Psychology Of Religion Quotes

“Secularism has three stages. First, you realize, all religions pray to the same God. Second, you realize, God exists only in the human heart. Finally, all talk of God disappears, and what remains among the humans, is a natural sense of oneness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Infidelity is the first sign of religion,
Disbelief is the sign of practical divinity.
Birth of a question is the birth of understanding,
To question division is to practice humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Faith explained is faith lost.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“Take the beliefs of any fundamentalist, and replace all mentions of their particular religion with any other religion, and you won't be able to tell the difference. Why? Because fundamentalism changes only label from one religion to another, but the underlying prejudice, biases and bigotry remain the same. Because underneath every fundamentalism, there is the same old primitive, animal mind trying its darndest to defend the integrity of its personal mental universe.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“Personal fiction is a psychological necessity of the individual – hence, a right - why can't we simply accept it as such! Why do we have to diss another person for not believing in the same kind of fiction that we believe in! It is time we become an aid to each other's light, not an impediment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“God is all in the mind,
What's wrong with that!
Art is also all in the mind,
So, is art nothing but dirt!

Dividers will always divide,
Haters will always hate.
Apes will find one excuse or another,
To justify their authoritarian trait.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“The same sun and the same moon are reflected in all the lakes and ponds in the world - neither of them is superior or inferior to the other. Likewise, the same love and the same human condition are reflected in all the religions of the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“I get visions of words,
But it ain't nothing supernatural.
It's just a natural expression,
of divergently wired circuits neural.

Much of my literary universe
is born of intense transcendental states.
Had I let it overwhelm my common sense,
I'd've risen a supernatural figurehead.

Instead, I looked for a tangible explanation,
that flatters my curiosity, not ignorance.
Thus, I stumbled upon the neurochemical roots,
from which all normal and paranormal manifest.

Mind is not a gateway to another realm,
Mind is a wondrous universe on its own.
The messages we think we get from the heavens,
Are actually subconscious constructs of our own.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Mind is not a gateway to another realm,
Mind is a wondrous universe on its own.
The messages we think we get from the heavens,
Are actually subconscious constructs of our own.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“I get visions of words,
But it ain't nothing supernatural.
It's just a natural expression,
of divergently wired circuits neural.

Much of my literary universe
is born of intense transcendental states.
Had I let it overwhelm my common sense,
I'd've risen a supernatural figurehead.

Instead, I looked for a tangible explanation,
that flatters my curiosity, not ignorance.
Thus, I stumbled upon the neurochemical roots,
from which all normal and paranormal manifest.

Mind is not a gateway to another realm,
Mind is a wondrous universe on its own.
The messages we think we get from the heavens,
Are actually subconscious constructs of our own.

Be conscious of consciousness,
but more of your subconsciousness.
Your eyes will open up to new vistas,
with wider and more meaningful sapience.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Personal fiction is a psychological necessity of the individual – hence, a right - why can't we simply accept it as such!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Naskarism, Marxism, Buddhism, Sufism, Confucianism, Christianism, Judaism, it's all human construct. As such, none of it is infallible. Yours truly admits that, so did my friend Sid (Buddha), as well as my brother Mevlana (Rumi). And what's wrong with acknowledging the possibility of folly anyway! It is only through folly that fervor unfolds - it is only through mistakes that the mind expands.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“No belief is inferior, diverse beliefs are diverse means of self-preservation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“There are many symbols [...] that are not individual, but collective in their nature and origin. These are chiefly religious images. The believer assumes that they are of divine origin -- that they have been revealed to man. The skeptic flatly believes they've been invented. Both are wrong.”
― C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

“God is Schrodinger's cat,
one moment it's there, the next it's not -
all depends on the state of mind -
God is the oldest fear-bending construct.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“God is Schrodinger's cat, one moment it's there, the next it's not - all depends on the state of mind - God is the oldest fear-bending construct. Problem is when apes use God to enforce fear, a healthy refuge is rendered harmful refuse.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Neurons are the birthplace of God,
Neurons produce all ghosts and goblins.
Life is a concoction of neurochemistry,
Boon and bane are both our own making.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Neurons are the birthplace of God.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Neurons are the birthplace of God, neurons produce all ghosts and goblins.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Law of Nature is its lack of meaning,
as well as its lack of morality.
We needed an image to bear the blame,
and be the imaginary steward of our destiny.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“What you believe or don't is of no consequence, one true god or another. Imaginary friends are often therapeutic, just don't thrust your friend on another.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Keep god or not as you need,
convert to whatever you like.
There is no other grand design,
except a beautiful human mind.

What you believe or don't is of no
consequence, one true god or another.
Imaginary friends are often therapeutic,
just don't thrust your friend on another.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Faith is A Private Pill (Sonnet)

Faith is a private pill, not public law;
belief is a personal mechanism, not a mandate.
I am not a religious figure, but a human one;
only gospel I offer is the gospel of tolerance.

I stand not to dehumanize, but to dedogmatize,
yet to entitled bigots it always feels dehumanizing.
In my world, science is philosophy is theology is poetry,
beyond the grasp of your fractured compartmentalizing.

Ivory tower of belief and ivory tower of logic,
are both equally antithetical to life's delicacies.
We gotta bring belief down from the sky into the soil,
and logic down from the tower onto the streets.

Live deeply, love madly, indulge moderately;
remember, vengeance is not power, but paralysis.
Love is not an emotion, love is existence;
tolerance is not a faculty, it's consciousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“What kind of a moron demands his devotee to slaughter his son just to prove his loyalty! What kind of an alcoholic father sends his son to be tortured and nailed on a cross just to prove how much he cares! What kind of a pervert rescues his wife from her abductor only to abandon her, just so his reputation as the ideal king wouldn't be tarnished by a violated woman! Mythologies have nothing to do with holiness, nor with the actual creator of the cosmos, even if there is such a thing, at most they reflect the mindset and morality of their time.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Mythologies have nothing to do with holiness, nor with the actual creator of the cosmos, even if there is such a thing, at most they reflect the mindset and morality of their time.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“I Don't Have Time to Explain
(Sonnet 2466-2467)

I don't have time to explain basic science,
I don't have time to explain
why vaccines are crucial,
why the earth is not flat.

I don't have time to explain basic theology,
I don't have time to explain why
no religion is truer than another,
and why belief as coping mechanism is okay,
but belief mustn't be confused with truth.

For example, if you wanna talk facts,
most scientific religion is buddhism,
for much of buddhist literature is basic psychology,
sure, all religious meanderings occasionally
align with modern science, but no theology
is more aligned with modern science than buddhism -

likewise, most nonviolent religion is jainism,
to harm even a fly is sin in jainism -
and most charitable religion is sikhism,
nobody goes hungry where there is a sikh langar,
that too without being converted into a sikh.

There are two kinds of divinity in the world,
doctrinal divinity and human divinity -
doctrinal divinity is less holy, more prejudice,
whereas human divinity prioritizes humanity.

There are two kinds of truth in the world,
empirical truth and human truth -
empirical truth is all about facts,
human truth is more than facts -
human truth applies facts wisely among other
instruments to uplift human condition.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Wandering the earth as a monk scientist
I've understood one thing about converts -
people convert to christianity looking for bread,
people convert to hinduism looking for answers,
people convert to buddhism in search of freedom,
people convert to islam in order to heal.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Wandering the earth as a monk scientist I've understood one thing about converts - people convert to christianity looking for bread, people convert to hinduism looking for answers, people convert to buddhism in search of freedom, people convert to islam in order to heal - it has nothing to do with god, it has nothing to do with truth - every person carries a secret wound, religion we run to is the bandage that fits.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Don't Be The Salt (Sonnet)

Wandering the earth as a monk scientist
I've understood one thing about converts -
people convert to christianity looking for bread,
people convert to hinduism looking for answers,
people convert to buddhism in search of freedom,
people convert to islam in order to heal -

it has nothing to do with god,
it has nothing to do with truth -
every person carries a secret wound,
religion we run to is the bandage that fits.

I am born of dust, and as I'm nearing to be dust again,
my tolerance of intolerance has become apocalyptic.
We are all wounded, looking for a bandaid -
some act like salt, I choose to be ointment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Every person carries a secret wound, religion we run to is the bandage that fits.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace