Some actions and gestures are very difficult to understand primarily..

Some actions and gestures are very difficult to understand primarily..

But we would come accustomed to them and would even realize the meaning and spirit behind such acts after long periods..

Most of the time we would understand that such actions had a lot of right in it..

Even as a boy and upto the time he treacherously left for heaven when I was just thirty..

I used to watch my father and his methods of worship.

Of course he was very hawkish in performing the Sandhyavandhanam, and chanting some mantrams which he had acquired from his father and certain most revered Nambuthiri gurus, especially the Arithoittathil Swamigal and Madangarli swamigal  and he gave most of the mantram to me too.. so if I start my pooja and rituals in the morning I would have to be engaged at least for one year..

But more than that he would start praying calling the names of every deity with whom he had grown or visited..

Lord Shiva of Thrikkandiyur near Tirur.. and the Vettakkaran there would be the first in his list as he grew as a child there..

This would be followed by Visvanathaswamy and Visalakshy of Koduvayur, Sreeraama of Thrikkandiyur and the list would contain a hundred addresses of Gods,

Vishnu, Shiva, Ayyappa, Ganapathi, Devi..And our Swamy.. the Pazhani Andavar.the murugan

God is same everywhere..

God has no religions even..

I was wondering why such a simple and straightforward believer was calling so many gods every morning and evening..

I could not find any rational answer to this while he was alive, and I have even tried to make fun of him for reading aloud the address list..

But in retrospect, I understand the spirit...

The man was living his whole life over and over again by mentioning the Pratishtas in various temples with which he had occasion to be in touch..

For his simple frugal and straightforward life, the focal point was always God and the deities in the temple

A son understands his father only when the son is sufficiently old and most probably the father is just a memory.

For the last few years, I would add to a written list kept in a book the names of all the deities I have got in touch in my life including the temples of Jesus, Allah or for that matter any God or God in any shape, and just would read the list at least once in the day..

Maybe it is raw idolatry, obscurantism.. but there is some peace in that process.

no via media or dilly dallying when it comes to Faith

There can be no via media or dilly dallying when it comes to Faith..

We have to trust in Divine actions and its complete propriety and fairness and simply we should not try to analyse.

Birth and death either pre ordained by God, or are just caused by the Karmas, for which God is only a witness.

When that Master is organising the affairs of innumerable beings in a canvas of infinite time, our judgment of an action of His as right or wrong or fair or unfair especially when we are sitting within the limited confines of vision with all possible biases cannot be fair.

If you think god is unfair, then our judgment of Him is million times more unfair.

If we see any ancient lore or scripture or history, we can find that good and bad things have happened to people and our limited mind is not able to say whether it was right or wrong, just or unjus..

The scenario repeats and repeats up to this date.

Secondly, even God gives us little degrees of freedom.

We can use iron to make a knife to cut vegetable or to make plough head to till and cultivate land,

and also to make swords, guns and bombs..

The same nitrogen nurtures plants and forms part of dynamite which inundates people and persons and god has given us freedom to synthesise that.

and strangely TNT also can be used to keep blood without clotting..

The cruel human being just sows and reaps destruction within the small extent of free will given.. Why bring God to this issue. Why blame Him?

Death of Abhimanyu in Maha Bharatham is a glaring example when God refused to move a finger against destiny.. The boys was his disciple, his nephew, his own son in law,, and so many things to Krishna..Then He had to face the death of that youngster at so young an age..

Remember, we can travel only if there is a road.

With utter humility, I have to state that I was surviving all though my life only on the strength of Bhakthi yoga.

That is absolute faith in the Divinity.

The names given to God are many.. Krishna, Murugan, Devi, Jesus, Allah etc., but then I do not know what is the name of God or what is His form..

But I trust He is kind, and He is walking ahead of us showing the way holding a candle to light each step of ours...

I have different perception about yoga.

Yoga was not conceived as a physical exercise at all, in our way of life.

It is a path to hold the wandering mind in tight rein to enable it to focus on the path which we avidly follow.

Maybe our thrust area is our profession, gaining riches, or finding happiness in material possession.

Alternately it may be pursuit of deeper meanings in life and discovery of godhead..

Every path is right.

No one can tell anyone else that some path is right or wrong.

Every path followed with sense of purpose and perseverence would lead us to our goals, and a work well done, a life well lived would lead us, to God, and God alone. I speak from conviction.

The ailments to the body as also pleasures we face at physical plane have their limitations.

Shelley talked about love's sad satiety.

Remember, we can travel only if there is a road, and if there no road at sight,you will have to find one through His bounteous grace. 

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡.

 

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥?

𝐈𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝-

𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥-

𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.?

𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞- 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐬, 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥.

𝐖𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜.

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.

𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 विश्वाक्ष 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 सहस्रास्क्ष .

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐟 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐛 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬, 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲.,𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐛, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬..

𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

(𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡-𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐝- 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲--𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞-𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬)

𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞?

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐲𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐧, 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫..

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞.!

𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐬.

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬- 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

एकं सद्विप्रा बहुधा वदन्ति 𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢..

𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬.

𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

In religion, what would work for me is good for me

There is one enigma..

We just assume some persons who suffer deserve better treatment by God.

However, is our evaluation of such poor and helpless factual?

Perhaps those who are suffering are in such an abysmal state, and perhaps God is propping them up with all His mercy.

Perhaps, if His help were not there, the sufferers would have been in a much worse state.

We can make a judgement about God only if we really have a measure of the mess the so-called deserving persons have created for themselves by accumulating so much of toxin in themselves.

We are trying to measure God; we either praising or berating Him, based on what is apparent to our eyes.

Our vision can be limited, our exposure to the targets of God's help or lack of it is limited. In short, our judgment cannot be error free for so many reasons.

Therefore we do not have adequate data to judge that God, if such a God is there, is lacking in Mercy for His creations, or that God is not fair to all..

Moreover, when fate closes every other door, if it opens the door of Faith, even if it is virtual or illusory, if it can just sustain our sanity, why should we not have such faith?

If one can depend on intoxicating drinks to maintain sanity in worst cases, if people use even opium and morphine to relieve excruciating pain in terminal cases, is there really anything wrong in having some faith too, if such faith can remove some pain?

We really do not know about others and their thoughts and action, we just do not know---

Even our closest associates and relatives are strangers to us in many ways.

So how do we judge their private virtues and sins and consequently judge God’s action in either granting rewards or meting out punishments?

In religion, what would work for me is good for me... We cannot compare or exchange notes in this matter.

the guru and the shishya.. a story

a story comes to mind..
A guru and shishya were about to cross a river in flood..
The shisya was full of reverence for the Guru..
And his faith in guru's wisdom was complete and unequivocal..
The Guru said.. "Just walk across the river, and think of your Guru's feet and you will not drown.."
The disciple obeyed.. and walked along, and crossed the river as if the surface of water had become a smooth solid road..

The Guru was surprised..
He had no idea that his own feet had so much of magical power that meditating upon it would enable a person to cross a river that way..
So he also started walking ahead
and even at the first step, he landed up in deep waters and drowned ..

What is faith?

What is faith? Is it blind belief? Or is it the result of logical reasoning? For a mature person it must be the end product of contemplation, evaluation and perhaps even experimentation..Just as a beautiful sculpture shows itself from out of a shapeless mass  of rock at the tip of a chisel wielded by a brilliant artist, faith is the final product of a lot of processing. Faith may be beneficial  or detrimental  depending on  the quality of the mind which nurtures it .