My views on religion

I have given up all belief in institutionalized religion. I firmly believe in God but I don't feel the need to give him a name or a form mostly because I believe it is not possible. God is this energy I can feel everywhere around me and in everything I look at.

Anyway a lot of ridiculous things are being done in the name of religion. For me - in life you should have faith in a higher power, be charitable, not go around constantly ridiculing others or enforce anything upon them... have love and respect for people and enjoy your life. I also do believe in a few religious concepts such as Karma. I am greatly interested in the afterlife. Since I believe in a "formless" god, you can say it is influenced from Islam or the "nirgun" path in Hinduism. Some how a lot of my beliefs reflect the teachings of Saint Kabir (co - incidence)

Religion restricts and controls people so much. It is so needless. People just put all their fears and insecurities into those deities and find comfort in it. And then religion lays down so many things "you should" and "shouldn't do" to please God. I don't think God is that demanding.

God is inside you - God is inside other people. And no one person or "guru" can ever tell me what I should do to please god... that is ridiculous. So I hate all these self-proclaimed babas and reincarnations of Gods.. that is such hogwash. I believe they are all just scamming us. Go about forming your own beliefs... let them even be influenced by religious books but please don't let any random dude with a beard and a fake aura of holiness around him tell you how you should pray and what you should believe. They're just so fake. And I always make sure not to judge people by their religion. Every single person is different and religion is no reason not to give a wonderful person a chance to be a part of your life. So yeah, I believe racism sucks. Religious stereotypes suck. There are good people and bad people and thats it.

Your conscience is your God.

Following a certain moral code while going about living your life is itself worship.

Worship is also giving to people who need things you have in excess and wouldn't hurt you to give away.

I like to keep my life philosophy simple and uncomplicated. I am grateful for the wonderful life I have and I trust god for a wonderful future as well.

This and every other post on my blog is open to discussion :)