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Like a shadow that always follows me though not seen in light, like a moon playing a peek-a-boo in midst of clouds, like that jewels adorned hand that i somehow always sense & even see  in my dreams to be protecting my baby  

Paradoxical Religion

This world is full of paradoxes. .people who say something . .when it comes to practical living, they find the same thing not palatable . .even offensive.Like how Swami Vivekananda says "we speak of  many things parrot like but never do them ;speaking & not doing has become a habit  with us" and so we stand here. .  Every orthodox brahmin reads the great hymn form Yajur Veda Mantra Pushpam -which clearly says  "Anthascharathi bhooteshu guhayam Viswamurtishu" -a verse in simple Sanskrit which means "This which is residing in all beings secretly is the Universal God Himself ". Any next door kid bought up in a Hindu household  must have heard the Rama-Sabari story at least once in their lifetime where Sabari bites ,tastes & checks if the fruit is sweet before offering Rama .Rama never complains . .he only sees her love and accepts her offering.Any Hindu Viashnavite can repeat this story even in his sleep to its minutest detail.But, now take this story