Guest guest Report post Posted May 24, 1995 Hello All, I have a very basic question regarding faith. In our religion the utmost important point to reach is realization and absolute faith rather than intellectual explanations which supposedly helps us to understand Brilliant pieces as the paasurams written by our aazhvaars and Ramunuja's philosophies are quite scholarly and fascinating. They were the lucky CHOSEN/selective blessed souls who were given the opportunity to unite one with Bhagawan. In all practicality what does it mean to us? By merely analyzing the poetic forms and deciphering their intricate meanings, enhances our appreciation but what does it realistically mean to us? In other words, how exactly does thier preachings/ apply to our modern world/society? It is obvious that we are surrounded by chaos (figuratively), and the underlying message is "WE SURRENDER TO OUR LORD" Easy said than done as the cliche goes, I'd like to know the how and the why parts, Well, more importantly the how part?Yes, every individual has his/her own path that one would have to do soul searching etc. For how long would that be? eternity? Supposing hypothetically, one approximately figures out that if he/she does x,y,x things, chances are they are hopefully in the right path. But......... a zillion impedements, distractions, confusions, chanllenges(tests by God) serve as constant hinderances virtually driving one to athiesm (transiently) until the person reverts back to his/her senses. Supposedly prayers/poojas alone does not suffice for an individual to attain this absolute faith. Any suggestions???????? Meditation is simply too hard. Surely, there are other alternatives. Prayers are one way to escape mundane reality and helps us attain a blissful content state. Ironically, the more I pray things worsen for me. Why? Neeraj Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
