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As an offshoot of the discussion that was going in the CSE_H Google Groups, I am writing a small post on how spirituality can be understood by a computer science student. This topic sounds a little idiotic but lets see how I justify this statement.

How does the computer do what you want it to do?
It is through the Programs. The programs you write in high level are compiled into machine code which is nothing but a string of 0s and 1s.
In life, the programs are compared to religion. These have been created by truly enlightened people. Religion translates into ONLY two entities - Man or Woman.(Think about it - Whole purpose of religion is only for two people - a man and a woman)

True that all programs are sequence of 0 and 1, but what information is encoded in them?
The higher level program is written to perform some action. Even when compiler translates it to 0 and 1 the purpose still remains.
Likewise, religion, family, society etc have an unifying intent - To reach God. But sadly, when it translates to Man and Woman, this intent IS NOT maintained. Even if our religion’s intent is to love everybody, think about God always, be selfless etc, Men and Women who follow this religion never follow all its intent.

In life, the compiler that does this translation is the Mind of a person. Will you accept a compiler that alters the intent of the program after translation? Then why do you accept the Mind that alters the intent of the religion after translating it to the level of an individual? Think about it…(your religion asks you to be selfless, but after translation, your mind is always fixed on SELFISH activities. Why is this disparity?)

Change your Mind. Orient it towards your religion. Like a good compiler producing useful code, our mind will also produce a very optimal, efficient and successful life.