Yesterday, I shared this on faith. "'Faith is believing in what you cannot see, and the reward is seeing what you have believed in". We can only, in hindsight, connect the dots."
Someone later asked me to explain it. Here are some of my thoughts. Would love to understand your thoughts too...
Faith, to me, is not about God.
It is not about religion, of any kind.
It is not about temples.
It is not about idols. Or any ritualistic tenets.
Faith, to me, is our own personal and individual equation with the universe and with energy.
Faith in a belief that everything...all matter, all actions, all thoughts...is energy.
We can't see or have evidence of all forms of energy.
Or of the flow of energy.
But we can believe in none or some or all forms of energy.
And in the flow of energy.
The energy are all the dots - the matter, the actions, the thoughts... ...Our own and through our interaction with the universe.
And the flow is the connection between the dots.
Faith is not blind.
Faith does not even claim to know everything.
But it is sincere
It is sincere in its attempt to gain a clearer appreciation of the secret depths of the universe.
I was asked for an example of faith...
When we pick someone as our life partner, we may be all rosy about the future together. Or we may be badly scarred from previous relationships. Or we may be indifferent.
In any case, when we do decide to marry, it is not coming from a faith in ourselves, or faith in our to-be-spouse. Nor is it coming from a faith in love, or from faith in the institution of marriage. But we still take that leap of faith...a faith in "something". It is only later, in hindsight, as the relationship between the partners unfolds...in the form of actions, words, messages, deeds, thoughts...we can connect the dots, we can make some sense of the relationship.
And it's a continuous process. As everything is energy. And energy flows.
The same applies to our relationship with the universe.
On a spectrum, faith is on one end. And on the other end is expectation.
The expectation is for evidence...signs, actions, words...proof.
But if there is evidence...if everything is already proven...is there even a place for faith ? As then, all we have to do is observe what is already proven.
Hence.
"Faith is believing in what you cannot see, and the reward is seeing what you have believed in". We can only, in hindsight, connect the dots.
It is not about religion, of any kind.
It is not about temples.
It is not about idols. Or any ritualistic tenets.
Faith, to me, is our own personal and individual equation with the universe and with energy.
Faith in a belief that everything...all matter, all actions, all thoughts...is energy.
We can't see or have evidence of all forms of energy.
Or of the flow of energy.
But we can believe in none or some or all forms of energy.
And in the flow of energy.
The energy are all the dots - the matter, the actions, the thoughts... ...Our own and through our interaction with the universe.
And the flow is the connection between the dots.
Faith is not blind.
Faith does not even claim to know everything.
But it is sincere
It is sincere in its attempt to gain a clearer appreciation of the secret depths of the universe.
I was asked for an example of faith...
When we pick someone as our life partner, we may be all rosy about the future together. Or we may be badly scarred from previous relationships. Or we may be indifferent.
In any case, when we do decide to marry, it is not coming from a faith in ourselves, or faith in our to-be-spouse. Nor is it coming from a faith in love, or from faith in the institution of marriage. But we still take that leap of faith...a faith in "something". It is only later, in hindsight, as the relationship between the partners unfolds...in the form of actions, words, messages, deeds, thoughts...we can connect the dots, we can make some sense of the relationship.
And it's a continuous process. As everything is energy. And energy flows.
The same applies to our relationship with the universe.
On a spectrum, faith is on one end. And on the other end is expectation.
The expectation is for evidence...signs, actions, words...proof.
But if there is evidence...if everything is already proven...is there even a place for faith ? As then, all we have to do is observe what is already proven.
Hence.
"Faith is believing in what you cannot see, and the reward is seeing what you have believed in". We can only, in hindsight, connect the dots.
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