Blind Faith

BLIND FAITH

Ask anyone who stands in the queue to board a flight whether they know who the pilots of the flight are, and you would most probably get a blank stare for an answer. Just see the blind faith people have in persons who they know nothing about and trust them enough to get into a metal tube to fly thousands of miles high above the earth. The same is the case with people boarding a train. This, despite several incidents where people have lost their lives due the sheer negligence of the people who they trust their lives with. Still, people don’t think twice before boarding a flight or train without knowing anything about the people or machines that are entrusted with carrying them safely. These are just examples. I don’t have to tell about people who hand themselves over to doctors without knowing anything about the background of these professionals. But then, why is it that when it comes to God and epics depicting is life are always viewed with suspicion, even by those who regularly pray to God.

If atheists seek proofs of His existence or the events mentioned in the epics, it is quite understandable. But we see that even those who claim to believe in His existence seem to constantly seek proof of that. It is also quite amusing that we try to explain Him and His feats using the knowledge as it exists today, while expecting Him to perform miracles for us. How can we explain His mysterious ways with our limited knowledge? Why is it that we take pains to explain to people as to why we believe in Him and His power? Why do we just not say that we trust him blindly without having to explain?

It is not just the common people who find it difficult to place blind faith on Him and admit of doing so. I have been reading certain commentaries on our epics, written by highly educated authors. They are well-versed in our scriptures and epics. Yet, in their commentaries we find them going out of the way to explain the various episodes using science as we know it today. Even as newer discoveries are being made and scientific truths themselves keep changing daily, we use them to explain God’s ways. Even these learned authors don’t seem to have complete faith in Him.

Why do we try to use modern science to explain mysteries of the past? Why do we depend on our limited knowledge to explain His actions? Shouldn’t we be using His powers to explain science? If we had complete faith in Him, shouldn’t we attribute all the miracles that we are unable to explain, to His powers? This is blind faith. And unless we have that blind faith we will never be able to experience Him and His powers.

Most of us spend our time and efforts trying to understand God and His mysterious ways. But in the process, we forget to experience Him. As long as we are trying to understand Him and find explanations for His doings, we will lose out on experiencing Him. If we really want to know Him we have to experience Him. For this we need to develop blind faith on Him.