The 45 day Maha Kumbh Mela, aka Great Pitcher Festival will attract over 400 million people.
For many it is a once in a lifetime event happening every 12 years. The aim is to bathe in the sacred waters to be spiritually cleansed.

Another demonstration as if we needed one illustrating the enormous power of living a human life under the dominion of a higher power. An attachment to a God can help bereavement outcomes.

There are a few interpretations of religion. Freud would say it was a defense against the meaningless of death. Then conversely he thought that the Unconscious doesn’t recognise death or an end – forcing us to live each day of our lives as though there is no end.

Marx’s interpretation of death was that it was a perspective on society. “Religion is an Opiate of the Masses” is mis-understood. A heart in a heartless world. A way of trying to keep our human dignity where subjugation, poverty and now capitalism is trying to erode. It allows us to have an idea of ourselves escaping the reality of our lives. So we become weak and apolitical.
Rid yourself of idealism and then you can really see society and how it is treating you.

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