I have been wondering a lot about this lately. Is Resurrection some form of Divine Grace ? or if I quote from "Da Vinci Code" - Divine Intervention. This is based on experiences in life, which in retrospect I think - I have worried a bit too much about things - which I should not have. Anyway - everytime if I compare myself - I have emerged stronger, wiser and with increased FAITH. Let me try to define FAITH here - FAITH is a somewhat stronger sense of belief. Belief can be fuzzy - there can be a degree associated with belief - where as FAITH is digital. It is either there or not there, just like a binary digit. I am not very sure, how else I can state this. But well - FAITH - is a state of complete dependence, a state of complete absorption, a state of complete oneness. So - FAITH cannot be a continuous or analog entity, it has to be a digital or level entity. I am not very sure - how else I can put this - it is a feeling which I have had - everytime in my life I faced a difficulty - in really difficult circumstances - I have felt the invisible hand - pulling me out of it - but with such subtle moves - so that the purpose of getting into that trouble is well justified and served for. I come up with renewed energy, renewed wisdom and most importantly renewed faith. In moments of difficulty, you can really learn and make yourself strong. In one of his books, Oghareswar Bhagwan Ram writes - "Suffering more often than not, breaks a person than make him". (It makes also) Suffering he tries to emphasize is a blessing in disguise. If you hold onto your inner FAITH - you resurrect yourself - You find yourself in the realms of Divine Grace. In my life - if I look back - I can see there have been difficult situations more often than not - and I have come out of them clean - with the aid of my pillars of strength. There have been many pillars - who have been the guiding stars of my life - who have shown me the way to maneuver through the difficult oddities in life. In many a case, these are the people who are GOD sent for me - to handhold me through the difficult phases in my life. They are the people who help me Resurrect, help me get my renewed life. It is a CONNECT-THE-DOTS feeling for me - if I look back - and try to find out the exact reason for the presence of these people in my life. All my life - and my souls knows it for sure - I will be ever indebted to the guardian angels who have helped me in resurrection - Divine Intervention indeed!!!
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Do we really need grace? www.jkrishnamurti.org/krishnamurti-teachings/view-daily-quote/20110214.php
yes,
So here my friend you are amongst a few who see that hand. Again and again it had helped me. Like a mad dog I have been searching for this hand..8 years..in my work, in my research, in my failures and in my moments of triumph trying to analyze why where how..but the hand was always there..because deep down I believed it is there...
It is just like Love..
They say " Love comes to those who believe.."
I say god comes to those who believe.I thought I was a lucky guy..Glad to know you too are there..Welcome to the club.
Gunjan,
I think life is God's grace itself, I do not know why I came to this world. I do not think all this is random and mere chance. It cannot be merely biological. And I think it is His Grace because of which I have been born.
I read through the article - It is important to be objective for sure. And Belief colours it for sure, I agree - but FAITH is something I was speaking about. That FAITH can be one one's own self - in that case you do not need Grace. The other thing - when you have FAITH on something universal - that is when I would rely on Grace of that universal entity.
Hope I have answered your question. The facts can be viewed by the all engrossing universal (infinity - I am all) perspective
or a feeling on complete reliance (zero - I am nothing - I need your grace).
Tapan - I have been a believer in God all through - only thing is - the state of FAITH or complete reliance is to be achieved - and the events in life lead you to that point.
In the Odia Bhagwata - it is written exactly as you said - "Biswasa rehi Bhagawan". God exists because the believer believes in HIS existence. I totally agree with your views.
The tremendous insecurity in our lives is making us take the support of Grace or Faith. If we were completely secure in all aspects of our life would we still care about these?
The insecurities because of the Unknown - if I was universal - everything would be known - and I would not have any insecurities or fear. FAITH according to me takes me from the realm of Unknown to Known. You and the Universe is no more separate then. The feeling of infinite persists after that.
Bishwase milayee Hari,
Tarke Bahu doora
Subrat,
Nice thoughts.
You need to first give it all and then only accept there was God. My experience tells that you need infinite cycles of self-resurrection and defeat to really become faithful.
Looking back and connecting is easy but, looking forward and working purely on the basis of faith, accepting the results as it comes without grudge is hard.
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Anupam
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