Thoughts of my Father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) a Great Spiritual Luminary of his time, who gave peace and beatitude to countless folk, relieving them of their ills and sorrows, and who called himself, the Servant of the Earth.
CAN YOU LOSE FAITH IN GOD?
There are many people who say that they used to have "faith" in God, but now they have lost faith.
The fact is that Faith is something that cannot be lost. If a person says he has lost faith it probably means that he never had any faith to start with.
Faith is that quality of life which grips you and you cannot leave it. We all have our five senses. Added to that is this all important sixth sense - and that is the sense of Faith.
You look at a red carpet and you say: "I have Faith the carpet is red!"
Now if anyone tells you to call the carpet green, firstly you will never say it is green because you have seen the color red. If, just to please the person and to avoid argument you agree and say, "OK, it's green!"--- even then your heart will bear witness to the fact that the carpet is red.
It is not you who have faith that the carpet is red, it is the red color of the carpet which is making you call it red! It is the Red color that is your Faith.
You have faith in yourself, that you exist. If the lights go out and you are all alone in the darkness, you will still have faith that you exist. You cannot run away from the sixth sense of Faith from the feeling of Faith.
You drink water and it satiates your thirst. You have faith that water can satiate your thirst. Now even if a hundred philosophers were to try to convince you that water does not satiate thirst, you will not believe them, because you have experienced the Faith in water yourself.
You are surrounded by darkness, and all you have with you is a candle giving you light. You lose faith in the candle and throw it away. You will then be in total darkness. Thus to lose Faith in God when in trouble is only to worsen the trouble for yourself.
You stand outside a locked house. Is anyone inside?
You call out and ask for a banana. And a banana is thrown out of the window.
You ask for an apricot and an apricot is thrown out of the window.
You are convinced there is someone inside the locked house.
Then you ask for a mango -- and nothing comes out.
Do you lose Faith that someone is inside the house? No. There is someone inside who answered your earlier prayers. If he does not answer some prayers now, it does not mean that He does not exist.
Maybe His silence is His answer.
Never lose Faith in God no matter what happens, or else you will feel you are all alone in the world.
CAN YOU LOSE FAITH IN GOD?
There are many people who say that they used to have "faith" in God, but now they have lost faith.
The fact is that Faith is something that cannot be lost. If a person says he has lost faith it probably means that he never had any faith to start with.
Faith is that quality of life which grips you and you cannot leave it. We all have our five senses. Added to that is this all important sixth sense - and that is the sense of Faith.
You look at a red carpet and you say: "I have Faith the carpet is red!"
Now if anyone tells you to call the carpet green, firstly you will never say it is green because you have seen the color red. If, just to please the person and to avoid argument you agree and say, "OK, it's green!"--- even then your heart will bear witness to the fact that the carpet is red.
It is not you who have faith that the carpet is red, it is the red color of the carpet which is making you call it red! It is the Red color that is your Faith.
You have faith in yourself, that you exist. If the lights go out and you are all alone in the darkness, you will still have faith that you exist. You cannot run away from the sixth sense of Faith from the feeling of Faith.
You drink water and it satiates your thirst. You have faith that water can satiate your thirst. Now even if a hundred philosophers were to try to convince you that water does not satiate thirst, you will not believe them, because you have experienced the Faith in water yourself.
You are surrounded by darkness, and all you have with you is a candle giving you light. You lose faith in the candle and throw it away. You will then be in total darkness. Thus to lose Faith in God when in trouble is only to worsen the trouble for yourself.
You stand outside a locked house. Is anyone inside?
You call out and ask for a banana. And a banana is thrown out of the window.
You ask for an apricot and an apricot is thrown out of the window.
You are convinced there is someone inside the locked house.
Then you ask for a mango -- and nothing comes out.
Do you lose Faith that someone is inside the house? No. There is someone inside who answered your earlier prayers. If he does not answer some prayers now, it does not mean that He does not exist.
Maybe His silence is His answer.
Never lose Faith in God no matter what happens, or else you will feel you are all alone in the world.
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