Life

"LIFE"- What is life?.What do we gain when we die?.What is the reason to live?.So many questions being put up and we have got a variety of answers.Scholars across the world have a common answer to the questions raised above.All they say is"LIFE IS A JOURNEY TOWARDS DISCOVERING GOD".Now who is GOD?is the next question.We have got answers in plenty defining god to be OMNIPOTENT,OMNIPRESENCE,OMNIBENEVOLENCE,DIVINE and the list goes on.....Well each one can have their own definitions and there are ppl who dont believe in god.So it is upon an individual to say that GOD is so and so or maybe this way... to confine there is no GOD.Now this is like asking can i see AIR?Can i touch it?Is there AIR around?.The answer is there IS AIR and there IS NO AIR.We say there is air when we feel it.We feel the air when we breathe or when there is a breeze.Likewise we can say there is GOD when we feel the presence.We say there is no AIR,when we dont feel the breeze or when we are out of our breadth..Believing or not is an individual's call..
Now if we look in to our life,we follow three principles:
1.Belief
2.Faith
3.Discovery
The above principles are common to all,whether the choice for GOD is yes or no.
Belief-We belive in our friends,relatives,etc.Likewise we believe that "THERE IS GOD" or "THERE IS NO GOD".We believe our friend to be either "GOOD" or "BAD"...We have IDOLS of god being portrayed in various forms..These forms are like distinguishing our friends,each one being unique by nature...Remember!! all we do here is"BELIEVE".
Faith-We have faith on our friends that he/she is loyal,friendly,supportive etc.In the same manner we have faith on GOD too that HE will save,protect,bless us etc.
What's the difference between belief and faith?
Once lord Shiva and Lordess Parvathi was watching the earth and the ppl on earth.They wanted to test the ppl living on earth.They appeared as old grandpa and grandma and visited the HOLY GANGES.Their motive was to check the ppl's insight of realisation.After few weeks the grandpa passed away and the old lady was helpless and was left all alone.She had no strength to dispose her husband's body too.Seeing her struggle for days and unable to bear the foul smell,ppl who had their bath on the GANGES were ready to offer help.They approached the old lady to help her out.Appreciating the generosity the old lady putforth a condition to ppl who had come forward to help.The condition was "PPL WHO HAVE NOT COMMITTED SIN ALONE CAN TOUCH MY HUSBAND'S BODY" others who touch him will be turned to ashes!!.Hearing to this ppl backed out saying they will call for some help and all that..Excuses kept pouring to the old lady.Poor lady she was with the decayed body all the while..Days passed and finally one day one person came forward to help her.He was a butcher and he heard the old lady's condition.Hearing it the butcher left the place.The old lady thought he is also like the other ppl and was looking at the decayed body.After a while he returned completely drentched and he was ready to lift the body.The old lady asked are you sure u have not commited any sin?The butcher replied "JI I HAVE COMMITTED A LOT OF SIN,INFACT MY JOB ITSELF IS A SIN BUT I HAVE THE FAITH THAT IF I TAKE A DIP IN THE HOLY GANGES I WILL BE OUT OF MY SINS"...Saying this he lifted the body.Next moment both the lord and the lordess gave DARSHAN to him and blessed him.
What we realise from here is all the other ppl BELIEVED the GANGES to be HOLY but the butcher had THE FAITH that its HOLY.
Discovery-Once we have the faith we tend to discover many things...The discovery continues and is eternal without limits...which everyone must "EXPERIENCE"to complete the purpose of life.
Now each one of us let's question ourselves..Are we in BELIEF,FAITH or in the path of DISCOVERY???...