"The word ‘God', never has a higher meaning and it is definitely not something unachievable ; It is the highest stage of humanity a man can reach " - A Monk at Varanasi.
Greatest things never happen to you in special and memorable way , they seem just like your daily routine and hits you suddenly one day like a lightening(more of an en'lightening').
Great words only serve purpose not you or not even the one who told them to you, they serve their purpose.
This greatest conversation that happened between me and a monk in Allahabad, Not near the sacred place like Holy Triveni Sangam (though it is the appropriate setting for these kind of tales ,but it is not tale and it is not happened there) ; But at a small tea shop near the temple. The tea is the only nightmare i had there for the rest of the days and it is raining too.
So it is the completely bad setting for an enlightenment to happen, wrong day, wrong place and wrong time.
Then this monk suddenly sat beside me, he is more of a beggar to me if he didn't spoke to me. He started talking in Hindi and asked me where im coming from, when I replied he suddenly started talking in Telugu, my mother tongue, not fluently though, like a learner.
Then I started asking the questions about god and he gave me the beautiful answers.
They are not beautiful then, but later in the train ,a week after this happened they hit me hard.
I'm a definite believer of god and his existence, waiting for his miracles that are yet to happen in my life.(I think they'll never happen).so I wanted to test my knowledge about the god and his existence and purpose. so carefully framed the questionnaire. Remember, questions are shortened and answers are polished for understanding and convenience but they are not changed or manipulated.
The Questionnaire :
What is GOD?
Merely A noun, A name and also Title of honor; not just one thing and not even a thing, Also everything but Just nothing.
Who is he to us?
He is everything to us like air(oxygen) and nothing when you need.
Why do we pray if he is nothing when we need him?
Because we never needed a god we need something and we need god to give that thing. If you are praying for the money you lost, Do you need god or that lost money?
Then why do we need god?
For the same reason why we need peace, why we need happiness and content , why we need a life.
Did god love humans?
Did these water you drink and air you breathe loves you? you don't even think about it right? you think they are just things or heartless, they have everything except boundaries, like water; it has shape form and fluid like you and me ; In fact they are more fluid then us and can go any where just like god. where will these rivers seas and air will go if you are gone? they will be here and you will be born again to use them, along with god.
So god is also a necessity like water and air?
May be or May not be; do you always cry for water? do you always eager to breathe air? no, right;
You Just need them when you needed ,Just like God. nothing is a necessity when you have them around/near you.
What about the other gods, do they exist?
I will tell you, if you tell me this, tell me about the other airs we can breathe(he means the other breathable gases). If a money is always a money in any country then god is like money, currency name may vary but usage is same.
But all these religions and these killings for god?
Don't you see these states and countries are fighting each other for water and dams on it?
water is same and users are different ; same with the god. Namami Gangey(Union govt. scheme for cleaning river ganga; sparked disputes between Bihar, UP and West Bengal, Blaming each other for polluting it)scheme lit fire between three states , is it the mistake of River ganga?
What about Maha Bharat, Ramayan and all these? did they happen?
If you don't want to cure the illness of poor, why do you need to know about doctor education(Means MBBS), These are all tools to know about god some say they are proof of existence and some say they are myths. "why do they need proof of existence, if their existence itself is the proof?"
By that time the rain is stopped and I got a call from mom.so i asked the last question…
So tell me now Gosai , Am I the believer of your god or not?
Yes, you are Mahadev(In UP, specially in and around Varanasi the saints and most of the devotees call each other Mahadev) . you are seeking answers not questioning something. You know where to go and what to ask unlike non believers."