Doubts on God
A thought on possible 'reasons' that prevent us from taking the spiritual path
1.Death: Though death was the prime reason for search for the soul, ironically, people who claimed God, the preachers, avatars, the Buddhas, the Christs are all no more. Apparently, they all had some kind of physical death. So we tend to disbelieve in something that ends.
2.No Magic: Holy books speak about wonders done by God in this planet through his avatars. But spiritualists today preach about body, mind, soul and nature. But no one shows the magic we want to see. They neither become invisible nor walk in an ocean. We expect the divine power to manifest in all these kind of super-natural events.
3.Love, ambition, passion: I love my career and want to achieve this and that. I love people around me. I love my house, my car, my food, my family and the objects I buy. I love travelling, adventures. When small things in life give me the satisfaction and happiness I am looking for, I don’t need to search for God?
4.Lack of Proof: I was taught in the high school to look for evidences before believing in something. The method I use is: Observe the object of interest with physical senses or tools like microscope, telescope etc, apply external stimuli if required and measure changes if any. I believe only if my experiment shows me results that I can ‘show’ it to someone.
5.Justice and morality: When I look around, I see people who make gross crimes but never get punished. On the other hand I see good people suffering. If there was an omnipresent and omnipotent God, wouldn’t he have stopped all this and given proper justice. Wouldn’t the world would have been a better place to live this way. Probably, you have to take care of your life. God won’t help or he doesn’t matter
6.Lack of cause and effect: I pray every day but I don’t see much effect of it. But when I work hard every day I reap the benefits. So why spend time on something that yields results? People might think I am crazy. These things don’t make sense in a technologically advanced modern world that runs on free market principles. These things appear to be for losers and not worth pursuing.
A thought on possible 'reasons' that prevent us from taking the spiritual path
1.Death: Though death was the prime reason for search for the soul, ironically, people who claimed God, the preachers, avatars, the Buddhas, the Christs are all no more. Apparently, they all had some kind of physical death. So we tend to disbelieve in something that ends.
2.No Magic: Holy books speak about wonders done by God in this planet through his avatars. But spiritualists today preach about body, mind, soul and nature. But no one shows the magic we want to see. They neither become invisible nor walk in an ocean. We expect the divine power to manifest in all these kind of super-natural events.
3.Love, ambition, passion: I love my career and want to achieve this and that. I love people around me. I love my house, my car, my food, my family and the objects I buy. I love travelling, adventures. When small things in life give me the satisfaction and happiness I am looking for, I don’t need to search for God?
4.Lack of Proof: I was taught in the high school to look for evidences before believing in something. The method I use is: Observe the object of interest with physical senses or tools like microscope, telescope etc, apply external stimuli if required and measure changes if any. I believe only if my experiment shows me results that I can ‘show’ it to someone.
5.Justice and morality: When I look around, I see people who make gross crimes but never get punished. On the other hand I see good people suffering. If there was an omnipresent and omnipotent God, wouldn’t he have stopped all this and given proper justice. Wouldn’t the world would have been a better place to live this way. Probably, you have to take care of your life. God won’t help or he doesn’t matter
6.Lack of cause and effect: I pray every day but I don’t see much effect of it. But when I work hard every day I reap the benefits. So why spend time on something that yields results? People might think I am crazy. These things don’t make sense in a technologically advanced modern world that runs on free market principles. These things appear to be for losers and not worth pursuing.
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