Watch: Kerala magician Gopinath tells you why you should not trust godmen
- The magician's video can be seen in the backdrop of the cases on godmen in the Indian courts nowadays
- In such a country where even the government is hand in glove with such godmen this sentencing of Gurmeet Ram Rahim comes as a consolation
FollowA Facebook user Mohammed Shafi's comment forced magician Gopinath Muthukad to post this video on Facebook. He says, the writer of the post mentioned that if you(Gopinath) wanted, he could have become India's best godman.
Gopinath replies: "I could have but then I could not have been to talk to you so freely."
The magician's video can be seen in the backdrop of the cases on godmen in the Indian courts nowadays.
The current hot topic being the sentencing of godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insaan.Â
The magician then thanks the court for its verdict on Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singhji Insaan and says how India is besotted with its godmen. And in such a country where even the government is hand in glove with such godmen this sentencing comes as a consolation he adds.
He tells the viewers of a story of the time of Indian Independence: When Lord Mountbatten was asked by a reporter when India would become Independent, he replied - August 15.
Two years ago the British had received decisive victory over Japan and the date was August 15 and it was the day he was declared a hero. Â
Astrologers immediately began calculating the auspiciousness of the date August 15 and they came to the conclusion that it was not a good date and did not align with the stars. Another round of discussion was called with the leaders, astrologers and other heads to discuss the appropriate date. And that is how Astrologers came to decide that August 14, 1947 midnight before August 15 began- India would receive Independence.
Then Lord Mountbatten had declared that India would never be free of superstition. "No books documented this. But it is clearly written in Freedom at Midnight written by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre," says Gopinath. We must understand that even today India is slave to godmens.
The magician then warns the viewers of not to fall into traps of godmen like this and that every trick performed by godmen had an answer in science. Teach your children to develop their own personality. He then warns how people should steer clear of such godmen who creep up in every city of the country.
“I am a magician. I am not a superhuman and I have no powers and my aim is to entertain people, I don’t perform miracles, I perform magic- the magician asserted.
He then reveals how godmen turn gullible people in bhakts used cheap tricks and warns the viewers not to fall for them.
Calling it his dharma as a magician to tell people all this, Gopinath in conclusion  says, " Do not lose your lives by trusting such people. The governments under their control. In the name of faith their ashrams distribute drugs and we common folk cannot do anything about it. So it is our duty not to fall for them and to safeguard our children from them."
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