Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Is God marketable or saleable?









GODS' MARKETS : GOD PERSONS

Is there any problem in worshipping humans as Gods?
-- People can worship anybody they chose.
-- Freedom of worship exists in most countries.



Why do people deify humans?
-- Coterie around God persons (Godmen / God women) spread info about the divinity of the person.

-- The circle members may fabricate stories of miracles around the God person.

-- Some circle members may genuinely believe the divinity of the Guru. They might have been misled.


What harm in deifying people and worshipping them?
-- Gullible, innocent, illiterate, inadequately informed people may believe the stories of the eulogy.

-- Much fuel will be wasted in performing unwanted journeys to the God Persons. Traffic jams take place.

-- When temples are built, space available for other purposes gets pre-empted. Temples consume power, water. Create garbage. Create sound pollusion.


Give example?


--Thousands of foreigners visit Puttaparti, in India to seek the blessing of Satya Sai Baba.

--They donate, spend.

--A special Railway line has been laid to the place. A Special Airport has been built.


Do God Persons not have any merit at all?


--God persons do have some merits. They are good orators on scriptures and philosophy.

--They have a resonant voice and can sing well.

--Example: Mr. Satya Sai Baba is an impressive speaker. He speaks quite convincingly. He quotes from scriptures. He donates to Community programmes. He runs hospitals, colleges and universities.

--That does not make a person God in the sense of Creator-Protector-Destroyer (almighty).


Don't God Persons perform miracles?


-- God Persons cannot perform miracles. Vested interests create stories. It is necessary for making a person, a saint. Necessary for beatification and deification.

Don't God Persons cure diseases?

-- They cannot. A patient may cure himself through self hypnotism, sometimes. Visiting a God Person is also a type of self-hypnotism.


Can the God Persons allow others to call them God?


-- A true person of great wisdom should refuse being called a God. He must know his limits.



Who is Shirdi Sai Baba?

-- Shirdi Sai Baba lived: 1835 - 1918. Lived at Shirdi. A human in flesh and blood.

Who is Satya Sai Baba?

-- Born 1926. Claims himself to be an incarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba.


Can we get a list of God Persons in India and the world?

-- We have to search, collect and update. Some:


--Alive
Satya Sai Baba (alive).
Amritanandamayi (website amma.org). Donated to Katrina relief also.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. (Maharishi-india.org ). Trancendental meditation.


--Deceased
Osho (Acharya Rajnish).

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