Usually we do not discuss political matters at our portal as it is mainly dedicated to spiritual matters but the recent intolerance vs tolerance issue has rocked the nation. Given the nature of the issue and its close relation to religion and spirituality, we have decided to put our own thoughts here.

What is Tolerance

In order to understand the issue of intolerance, it is first important to know what does tolerance mean in the first place. In the most simple words, irrespective of whatever law or leaders say, tolerance basically means having a feeling of respect for all and everyone irrespective of our differences especially in terms of religion. And this has to come from within, for any amount of legal regulations cannot ensure tolerance.

The Spiritual Perspective

From the spiritual perspective, to put it in blunt words, its all crap. Whether it is the issue of actor Aamir Khan or anyone else, it is merely a hype created by the media. Aamir Khan should not be blamed for being anti-Indian even though whatever he does is mainly due to commercial reasons but so are the news channels who tend to extrapolate and inflate anything and everything and relate it to certain sensitive issues, it is just that they become successful sometimes – perhaps the law of resonance where the inherent vibrations match with the outside frequency.

The above paragraph might seem too rude and bit negative but I only tend to state that anyone who has even a remote connection to spirituality cares a damn who said what. Words can be different based on the situation, circumstances and the person involved.

How to Remove Intolerance

The best way to remove intolerance is to inculcate the opposite, namely tolerance. However it will not come by following some theories or doing discussions on national television. It is an extremely individual matter and will come automatically when one starts on the spiritual path with sincere intentions and true devotion.

Here I do not mean it in the religious sense but in the purely practical spiritual sense. When you are focusing on your breath, doing pranayam, yoga and following the principles and restrictions of yama, niyama and so forth, there is hardly a reason why intolerance will even spring in your mind.

When such a state of mind is reached, it is the platform from which all the solutions of mankind will come.

Is Islam So Bad?

Whether we believe it or not, one most fundamental aspect of intolerance today is the question that many people belonging to a specific religion are being blamed for all ills. We are reaching a stage where the world will get bifurcated into Muslim and Non-Muslim parts. This will be really unfortunate even if this happens just partially.

Islam in itself is as good a religion as any other, just that the followers of this religion have spread havoc in the name of religion whether it is the ISIS or Al Qaieda or so forth. Yet there are radical elements in every religion so we should not lose hope.

We have an article also where we have argued that how The Hindu Sacred Texts and Holy Quran compare side by side and say one and the same message.

A few lines dedicated to religious tolerance and its importance

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To fight and kill in the name of religion and beliefs we have ample time

To understand that they are all the same, it is an issue subtle and sublime

If you truly read the holy ancient texts of any religion, you take my word

You will see that there is just one religion, no second or no third

For it is so that each religion has the same platform on which it does rest

Each faith and belief teaches to be human, just try and give your best

Yet most of the followers of these religions do not understand for a while

Instead of fighting each other, they can help mankind and make someone smile

When such crap of tolerance and intolerance will not remain important in us all

Then our steep fall will stop, and we will experience bliss and will surely stand tall