Come Out Of Religion Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Religion comes from Latin word ‘ re-ligere'
Meaning ‘to bind'. So all religions bind.
Religions have been thriving all the years
Because they have organised to find the mass.

Individuals are more vulnerable
Than the collective and hence religion.
The closer the bonds more the rituals.
The more the rituals more the bonds.

Religion is an army that derives
Its strength from the discipline it enforces.
Each religion brain washes its people
On the efficacy of that religion.

The oneness is premised on the otherness.
To each religion others are inferior.
Rivalry and conflicts are the history.
Blood-sheds and massacre are the legacy.

To unbind oneself from the bondages
Of the organized religion is good.
Walk alone. To walk alone is the start up
To the spiritual journey sans religion.

Sheddingof the blinkers of religion
Is the first step of the solitary walk.
Unidentifiedwith any religion
You are free to emulate religions.
12.09.2018