Not Religious. Not Atheist.

February 23, 2025

The world is binary.

People judge things, places and events as either right or wrong.

You either agree or disagree.

The perspective is either 0 or 1.

I seek possibilities between zero and one.

As a child, I grew up with worshipping Hindu gods.

I was religious. I had blind faith. I had no logic.

My belief was,

God does exist.

Nothing matters.

I had faith in god till I was in college, and one day, I had a new belief that was formed due to early life failures.

God does not exist.

I was confused because I was thinking binary.

I often asked myself, “Am I Religious or Atheist?”

The process of being a theist and atheist has been repeated several times in my life. But everything changed when I visited Varanasi in 2023.

I found a new path, which was an unexplored path between religion and atheism.

Being spiritual liberated me from being bound by religion.

Spirituality formed a new perspective within me.

I considered Temples, Mosques, Churches, and Gurudwara tiny divisions. Now, I see them as an enormous union.

I was dissecting people with specific identities. But it was an illusion.

Now, I see the entire world as one because spirituality never discriminates.

The world is one family – वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्.

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Recently, I happened to meet a person after two years of break. He was shocked to know when I talked about temples and prayers.

“How come? The last time we met, you were an atheist.” He said.

I could not answer because someone asked me a different question five years ago.

“How come? The last time we met, you were religious.”

Telling people whether I am religious or atheist means that I think in binary.

I don’t.

Do I have to justify it?

No.

Do I have to prove it?

No.

Exploring spirituality means walking alone with yourself on an unknown path. If you have the company of other people, you are on the known path.

The question remains, “Am I Religious or Atheist?”

I am none.