FAITH

[Guest guest]

Shiva rushed in to the room where Sunder is sitting and reading the

news paper. Sunder I am losing faith in people, they are least care

to keep their words, said seriously. Sunder puts the paper a side,

looked at him and said it reminds me a mail from my friend, I

received today, it reads;

 

A little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. The father

asked his little daughter, "Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that

you don't fall into the river." The little girl said, "No, Dad. You

can hold my hand instead.What difference is it makes?" asked the

puzzled father.

 

"There's a big difference," calmly replied the little girl. "If I

hold your hand and something unforeseen happens, I may let your hand

go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that in no matter

whatever happens, you will never let my hand go."

 

Sunder continued, in any relationship, the essence of FAITH is in

its bondage. So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather

than expecting them to hold yours. Anyway "Guru jee", (The preacher,

who imparts knowledge) Sh. Mahadev is expected any time, lets ask

his opinion.

 

HI, Shiva and Sundar how long are you waiting for Said Mahadev while

entering in to the room. Does not matter much Sir, Shiva is eager to

know what is the importance of "Faith" in ones life?

 

Mahadev said with a pleasant smile, Shiva we born in this world with

faith. A visitor to a home asks a boy in the house to hand over a

thing or covey a message to his parents. The boy does it without any

hesitation or doubt whether the message conveyed to the persons

(Parents) are his parents in reality.

 

In due course of time he goes to the school and learns mathematical

tables from his teacher. He never questions how and why two two are

four why not five. He accepts it as it is. When he grows up, he

understood the multiplication is nothing but an addition and gets

the answer by him.

 

At this instance if a query born in his mind and doubts the answer,

he cannot progress further and his learning stops there at table

two. This point was narrated in our "Slokas". It teaches us, at the

very first instance do not reject any idea, accept it, later analyse

it to know whether it is right or wrong.

 

The boy in due course of time grows old and enters the manhood. He

tries to understand the abstract terms like God, the heaven, the

hell, the "karma", the

destiny etc;. He starts bothering to rummage around the thing in

detail. Here

lies the turning point of faith. As there is no one who had

witnessed or having authority to establish, confuses his mind. This

is the possible point of drift from faith.

 

On the other hand some one listens to their "gurus"/learned man

or "Pundits"/Scholars and gets themselves satisfied. This is because

one wants an answer to support his belief and to calm up ones hassle

mind. Is this the correct way? We learnt from the life histories of

the great saints or scientists that they were not satisfied with the

answers they got from people around. They explored the answer from

their inner self. This search has given them the way and satisfied

them, further it benefited the society.

 

Is this means we don't have to listen to the scholars and

experienced?

No, it is not always true. For all materialistic things we have the

examples set from past experiences but not in case of abstract

subjects. Here, you are the master to excavate the reply to

questions raised by your mind. How? It is the right search of your

inner self.

 

It is already late, lets meet next time said Mahadev in conclusion.