Since childhood, they(teachers @school) taught us that hinduism follows idol worship whereas other religions like Islam do not.It was when I saw it while growing, suddenly our religion(hinduism) started seeming so ordinary, so base, so primitive. ‘ Why was it not matured like others..?’ I always argued that it was because Hindus could never come around the shapelessness of God(or the power, or of the unseen), that they created ‘idols’ to ‘depict ‘ God as if God could ever be confined to stones in shape of creatures..And you would also be reminded that people acting /posing to be Krishna, Rama, etc worsened the feeling. Hence, if there was one thing about Hinduism, I would have objected to, it was idol worship.
But while the beauty of a flower is visible, its nectar can only be discovered by a seeker. Inspite of this understanding in me, I often went to temples.. the aura there has always been tranquil & devine… just as it has been in case of gurudwara or a dargaah(could never visit a mosque). I was pondering over this view point lately when I realized it is mostly and only Hinduism , that still has an elborate space for idol worship, all others mostly don’t. Seems good, their will to define the formless power succeed , but hindus…, they succeeded
in defining their will.
There is no cat fight here.
If any of us have studied Ayn Rand this should be clear.i believe that he aryans , from the very beginning were very conscious and spiritually mature humans.Since, religion should give direction, the depicted God as idols. Mostly, idols resembling humans since, it is the human who is the pinnacle of ultimate power, mental & spiritual, the sublime realms. May be they wanted her to realize that the fountain of creation rests on human shoulders, and although nature itself i s supernatural, the whole game of worldliness & spiritualism revolves around her and evolves around her conscious.So , the focus to God is actually focus on her and hence the power depicted in her form. This should always remind her that there is no other power she should try to incline on, its her. Because, when she transcends
herself is when she becomes.. the power herself…
