Religion is a staircase to get to the divine world
of God. Instead of using the staircase, this staircase has become a
reason to fight with each other. Religion which is supposed to bring
in infinite happiness, is used to inflict pains on others. No one is
using the religion to seek God but religion has become a tool to
develop ego. This was the reason why a Muslim saint Rabia once ran in
the street with flaring stick shouting 'Burn the Kaba. Burn it!' when
asked about such unholy utterance, she replied 'People are forgetting
Allah - the house owner - and are fighting after the house.' Religion
is NOT God or Khuda or Bhagwaan. It just one of the way to advance
towards God. Therefore crimes in the name of religion are heavily
punishable and such acts have nothing to do with any religion. Few
people, who are self proclaimed protector of religion, try to usurp
the religious sediments for their own selfish motives. We hear all
the religious fighters are addicted drugs, wine and sex. This
misplaced faith in the criminals in the name of religion will lead to
sufferings as it happening all over the world where religious
fanatics are on the rise.
All these problems arise because the mistake done
at the start . 'I' is associated with body and not with the soul. Now
no amount of anything - money, girls, power, fame, prestige, beauty,
attention, food delicacies, lavish stay - can satisfy anyone because
this is not what 'I' wants. I, the soul, wants eternal life and
infinite happiness. And to achieve these two goals one has to take
recourse to God.