Day 290 of the Pandemic

09/01/2021

290th day of the pandemic. The evening at Harmandir Sahib seemed as though religion held captive man’s ability to reason. The footfall of the faithfuls continue to be high. The kirtan held thicker than the evening’s blanket of fog. The queues held steady, waiting to bow down to the Akal Takht, seek the Guru’s blessing and be on their way back into the world that exists outside the Harmandir Sahib’s sanctuary.

Religion doesn’t always help reason. It surely helps in finding fragments of resilience within oneself to get back into the world and face it. For reason shows limitations, whereas faith in a God, a book, or in a Guru helps in unburdening the heavy yoke of thinking what would happen to us.