His Holy Pranks Poem by Sathya Narayana
His Holy Pranks
When I believe in God
I think I must also fall in line
With those, who say there’s no God
I sound so weird? ! Do I?
But weirdest is He, His ways alas! !
The God did create Himself
As an amorphous body of love
And made his charm known
To a few of His prophets
But the prophets became wiser
They made God in their own image
Ascribed to Him their own theories
Some rational and many absurd
Wore on their faces garish symbols
And played loud trumpets
That their God alone was the greatest
And pasted posters on humans’ mind walls
Showing Poor God
In forms diverse with features varied
To God’s own doubt of what He was
But God is the best and the wisest
To keep His believers to test
To prevent the devotion
Crossing the limits of faith
And becoming superstition
And turning into fanaticism
He created at last
A formidable opposition
Called the atheism! ! !
Now…. isn’t there equilibrium?
Let us now admire
His good governance
He applied checks and balances
In His democratic universe
Even before the Greeks, Romans and Indians
Did start thinking of ‘demos’
Well, well, well! He is the original
Let us bow to Him and His holy pranks
And appreciate both His wise creations
The staunch believers and the rational pagans
With equal respect and reverence
A provocative piece indeed with a generous dollop of wry humour...Altogether a good and witty write Sathya...
I stirred to this poem. I question the democratic nature of 'God' however. A dictator is anything but democratic. I see a dictator in 'God'. I doubt the necessity of an all perfect, knowing, seeing, omniscient nonentity creating humans to worship 'him'. That is as mentioned idolatry is it not? I think in my own small understanding of the 'nature' of existence that humans must have an answer for the prospect of infinity. They cannot imagine their ego not existing. God becomes the answer. Alan Watts once said that he didn't fear death because 'What did I fear before I came here? ' This is a provacative poem and a good one.
Some Philosophers say that God created us so that HE may come to know Himself better, - as we sing His praise? ! 10! -Raj Nandy
very provocative write, compelling to think, although you have done all the thinking for us Sathya. His Holy pranks- a very original write indeed, with wry humour and wit. Mamta
All said in vedas and scriptures for good all misapplied by perverts...yours is a masterpiece
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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very well said sathya...god is there in creation and goodness...atheist are better than misleading believers...god here is in fractions..we create him with goodness