Hi Friends,
It has been a while that my book has been out in the market and I am pleased
with the volume of feedback and reviews that I have been receiving. One of the
common themes baffling many of my readers is the long title of the book – Do not Believe in God till You Experience
Him. “Do not judge the book by the Title” someone said. “The title doesn’t connect
with the content of the book”. “Was it a marketing stunt to choose such a
lengthy title?” “No comments”, “pseudo spiritual”. Some reviewers have taken potshots.
I
understand the dilemma of my readers. Will attempt to elaborate on why I chose
this title for my book. In reality the title came to my mind first and then the
book followed. In the beginning, I was not sure of how the story would flow but
I was convinced that this is going to be the title of my book.
As George Carlin said, “Everyone appreciates your honesty, until
you are honest with them.”. That was my experience. I was perplexed by how many
religious sects, cults, and spiritual groups encourage you to be critical about
other practices while give an absolute unquestionable authority and
righteousness to their own religion or sect head. How do you react when someone
with a small Bible in his hand stops you on the high street and asks you to
repent for leading a sinful life as Jesus
is the only way? The blasphemy law that certain groups follow to exercise sovereignty
over everyone’s freedom of expression?
There are cults led by real sociopaths who would make their followers believe
that their authority is unquestionable and the followers would garner bad karma
if they have an iota of doubt in their mind. This may sound very trivial but it
happens for real. In south of India, a God man claimed to be Lord Shiva and
asked his female devotees to submit to him as Parvatis. A father and son duo in West India, now languishing in prison
had applied similar tactics with their disciples. The protagonist in my book
encounters similar self-proclaimed God Man in Europe who claimed to be Greek
God Mercury among many other manifestations.
With this book, I attempt to remove guilt from mind of any follower of such
sects and cults if they doubt their leaders. It cannot be blasphemous to seek answers and
establish the truth by questioning.
As Buddha said; “Believe Nothing, no matter where you read
it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your
own reason and your own common sense.”
Do you agree to my view points? Do you have more such
questions on my book?
I would love to attempt to respond to your queries. Do write them as comments.
Regards
Mukul
