Why do we need to prove the existence of the Divine or God? If we do not try to comprehend the workings of the sun that rises and sets daily without fail; we do not ask the reason the moon turns up every night to show its brilliance; we do not try to comprehend the workings of the automobile before driving off; we do not want to figure out how the internet, the smartphone and all the appliances that make our lives easy and that we cannot live without now, works; if we have no interest in finding out the functions of this miraculous body given to us that is so close to us; why is it that we need to know proof of God to believe him? Why can't we accept that there is a force out there, like the many forces science has proven, that has created and is driving us too? As Manikavasagar says in his Sivapuranam, "Avan Arulale Avan Thal Paninthu", it is only with his grace that we shall know him one should understand that God never gave you a calling yet.
Upon seeing a medical doctor we take his advice and medicine and move on. We do not explore the contents of the medicine. We do not investigate the test results, the x-rays, or other records. Neither do we investigate the doctor. We only want to be cured. We went on our own accord seeking a cure.
Similarly, we go to the Nadi reader to listen to what the Siddhas have to say. Why does anybody want to investigate the reader, the Nadi, or the Siddhas? Why can't we accept the message and move on? The Nadi reader did not invite or drag us to have a reading. We went on our own accord.
Similarly, we go to the Nadi reader to listen to what the Siddhas have to say. Why does anybody want to investigate the reader, the Nadi, or the Siddhas? Why can't we accept the message and move on? The Nadi reader did not invite or drag us to have a reading. We went on our own accord.
Similarly enrolling in an ashram why would one want to investigate the guru? The guru did not coax us into stepping into his ashram. We went on our own accord.
As such why do you end up having a confrontation with them having gone to meet them on your own? You do not investigate your teacher at school. You do not investigate the lecturer who tutored you. You do not investigate the one who speaks at a seminar.
As such why do you end up having a confrontation with them having gone to meet them on your own? You do not investigate your teacher at school. You do not investigate the lecturer who tutored you. You do not investigate the one who speaks at a seminar.
Why do we need to refute and challenge another's views, opinions, beliefs, and faith? Why do we need to ridicule others? Why do we need to end up being enemies just because we differ in our opinions or belief? All our problems with inter-relationships is a result of a difference of opinion and our approach to issues on hand. We would understand a thing differently or want to tackle it in a different manner, but the moment we voice it out a debate takes place and ends on a sour note. All our quarrels and fights, be it in the family, workplace or between nations is because of differing opinions. Just because we cannot comprehend and understand one another we argue, have a showdown, leave the other camp, eventually sabotage the other camp stopping so low as to bad-mouth the others, write poison letters, calling another a cheat and a fraud and end up as enemies forever.
Sophy Burnham quotes CG Jung in her book "The Art of Intuition - Cultivating Your Inner Wisdom, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2011,
"I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud."
Sophy quotes Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
"As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live."
When we are familiar with things we tend to accept them over time without question. It's only when someone tries to bring change or voices a different approach or brings a different understanding and when one's ego feels threatened, that all hell breaks loose. But the world is continuously going through change. Nature is changing every moment. We are undergoing great changes each second. No days are the same. We are never the same.
The elders say "Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum Onru" or that the child and God are one. Sophy quotes Ambrose Worrall,
Not only are children the repositories of infinite possibilities but they also have within them still the murmur of angel wings, an essence of divinity, unscathed. They believe. They accept. They do not doubt in terms of adult doubt... Their innocence opens the gateway of faith and healing.
Let's go back to being a child.