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Do we need middle-men for GOD?

Do we need middle-men for GOD? -21 April 2005

Hi Friend,

Do we really need middle-men or so-called swamiji's to connect with God?!

My answer is a big NO, when these middle-men step beyond their limits of being a preist and becomes a God-men!

I visualise them as vessels that carry water! The vessels have to be empty if it has to carry what it is supposed to! Here I relate the emptiness to the deatchement these

people should have towards the worldly pleasures. When I said Pleasures - I didn't mean about eating good food, living a normal life (read as -married life including SEX).

These guys should act as a Guru/teacher who dedicates part of his life in understanding the depths of religion that he belongs to, the rites and rituals (with meaning), value of

the system etc. This learning should make him EMPTY, or detached from qualities like happiness/sad, jealous etc. Then he is qualified for preaching us what life is all about

and how GOD can be reached through them.

One more analogy I would like to use is that these guys should act like a copper wire conducting electricity! They only conduct it, but can never become IT or even like IT!!!

When someone crosses this limit and try to behave like GOD himself and expect the respect/rituals that is given to GOD, then these guys can be certainly called as

GOD-BROKERS rather than Swmaijis. In rcent times we have seen many such guys getting jailed and punished for many wrong-doings -including sexual mis-behaviours.

What a shame!!!

Donot give any importance or respect (read as Fear sometimes) more than what these guys deserve! Like the servants of government these guys are also just doing their

duty and for that pay only TIPS not salaries/gifts!!!

If you agree with me on these, next time when you visit a temple/god-man, do not worship him, but just wish him!

Waiting for your comments,

Hari
21 April 2005

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