Is it necessary that we believe what we say?
I sometimes wonder why people say something and believe something else. I really wonder whether they understand the contradiction between their believing and what they’re doing. Do they understand that it makes it to some certain extent hypocritical? Let me give you an example.
Today I was playing a game. Like any other usual day, my mother called me. It’s not that she has so many things to say to me but to have a normal conversation. She simply asks regarding my day, how’s it going and how’s the weather etc etc. That is what our daily conversation about. Nothing more than that, nothing less than that. And we have nothing much more to say. It is simply because my mother doesn’t like to talk about her business. And I also stopped trying to go beyond that. It is simply because to keep peace.
Who is Lord Shani?
Lord Shani is the Hindu deity who personifies the planet Saturn and represents karma, justice, discipline, and time.
He is one of the Navagraha (nine celestial forces) and is known for delivering the exact results of one’s actions — fairly, slowly, and without bias.
However, coming from a Hindu Faith, we normally worship God in different forms or in different nature. Lord Shani is one of them. So, after having our usual conversation, she was saying that today we have Shani Puja at our village home. So, she said that Lord Shani is the deity of our Karma. When Lord Shani gives the results of our karmic things for good deeds, he blesses with good blessings.
I said, we have Shani in our house, and still need to worship Lord Shani. I didn’t say it in a sense of mockery but in a normal tone. I didn’t even say anything harsh. Just a simple fact. But my mother said, “what did you just say?” I understood that my mother took it personally and that’s why I sometimes avoid conversation with her. I just don’t want to be it in trouble. So I just said, ‘nothing.’ She said, ‘we have shani in our house and ….’ and I said, ‘ we still have to worship Lord Shani.’
As usual my mother she took it personally, instead of understanding the context, or instead of taking it playfully. She becomes offended so easily and then tries to manipulate me. So, she said, ‘just because I am fed by your bread, now what I have to here. Now I am the Shani in the house.’ It becomes utterly ironic when people don’t believe what they say. In her saying, Lord Shani is the Karmic Lord, and if i did a good thing, I would be rewarded with the good blessings. Instead I was offered mockery instead.
I could ask my mother, ‘do you believe in what you say?’ I had these conversations with her quite a times but I just found out it doesn’t really help to self reflect. She barely self reflect what she believes. However, an interesting fact here is that my mother is very much governed by Lord Shani. So, technically when I said, we have Shani in our house and still we have to worship Lord Shani.’ I was not wrong. My mother poses the qualities given by the Lord Shani. So, she could take it as a compliment, yet she didn’t. Instead, she took it as mockery and it hit her pride. And that quality just makes me wonder why people don’t act to what they believe.
I think it is necessary that people believe in what they say and what they do. If the belief doesn’t align with Karma, there’s not point in believing. Believing is a powerful tool to awake inner self, but not to self sabotage. So, believe in what you say. Or else it doesn’t make sense.
For further information regarding Lord Shani :
Shani (Saturn): The Great Teacher of Discipline and Karma — Sanathana Dharma
