Why are people following Godmen of first to last century? Or alive Godmen of this century?

Why are people following Godmen of first to last century?

Or alive Godmen of this century?

They follow such Godmen's cult or even religion.

They even make 'filmy' bhajans on these godmen for popularity.

They make temples and churches and mosques and other prayer halls for the followers!

What drives these activities? Is it only money consideration?

Someone asks

My honest respnse

Religion and its observation are above five percent faith and the rest showmanship.

There may be a tiny fraction of conviction too..

And in any organized group activity, the more showy, the more talkative a person is, the more attention he draws and he is more popular..

Take for example a leader of a Namasankeerthanam gang.. More than his musical talent, the build up given to him by his team and others, the way he makes funny gestures while he sings, the way he makes funny noises in the middle, the way he would appear to be possessed with the presence of some god at some point, all these adds to his success. Every perfoming artist resorts to certain gimmicks unique to him..

At every point of history,the best showmen became leaders..

From Vyasa Valmiki, Krishna and a lot of them like that upto the modern swamys, periavals, gurus.. all are like that

Krishnas choice of a dramatic occasions to give Gita, his Rasaleela or his dance on the head of a Sanke... are some such occasions. Without such incients, would he have reached such a fame..

This idea applies to any divine personage in any religion or faith.

And there is a secondary line of godmen who pretend to be ardent followers of the men at top, and try to gain mileage but generation mass hysteria over the name and fame of the senior leader.. but they would be biding for their time to stab the leader on his back, throw him away from his seat and quietly occupy the seat falling vacant.

If there are two teachers, one of them well stocked in knowledge but less articulate, and another whose knowledge has many blank spaces but who talks and and presents things well, the second would become more successful and the leader too

No human being is above vanity, showmanship and worship of what is apparent than what is substantial comes instinctively to all the people

Maybe there are people who are indeed very deep and wide in their intellectual content, but if they do not show off, they would not be praised or followed in Society

Do you think there was no greater swami in India aprat from Vivekananda ?

Do you think there was no greater political leader in India apart from Gandhi?

And in the field of music, fine arts, word-craft etc, the persons who are able to churn up the emotions of the audience albeit temporarily are the only successful ones

We are carried way by the tall talks of many film stars..

We even attribute spotless character and all qualities like selflessness, chastity etc in such persons..

Remember, they are professional actors.

And let us remember, all leaders are consummate actors too..

No one can be really successful if he cannot have at least two faces.

It is a tragedy that often we have to show two faces even for mere survival..