Religious People Have Fun Too

Sometimes it feels weird to wear my bindi when I’m doing really not very religious things. As you know, I wear my bindi at all times as an outward symbol of my faith and I’ve been practicing not removing it for convenience or to fit in somewhere better because I don’t believe that it is right that I can pass for non-Hindu if it seems useful.

And most aspects of my life are part of my religion. Being at work is a religious experience because I have the chance to practice seeing God in everyone I interact with, for example.

But then there’s things like gaming. I love computer and video gaming and I felt a little odd wandering around GameStop wearing my bindi. I realized that I think of these things as different parts of my life that don’t have much relation to each other. Then I started to wonder why I see them as separate. I am a religious person and that is the core of me no matter what I’m doing in life. Even when I’m shopping for video games, I’m still a religious Hindu at the same time.