Faith (and reason)

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Namaste,

 

 

Faith is abidance by the stamp of truth in the Self. The realm of

faith is the land of certainty. If it were not, how could it be

called 'faith'? Isn't there a fracture of faith the moment there is

loss of certainty? And then, can we call this fractured

thing 'faith'?

 

But we do, and that is the source of confusion regarding the

word 'faith'.

 

Faith is repose, and it is the nature of Self. Doubt hides the

natural faith (repose) of the Self, and then faith must be recovered

by certitude – by cleaving through the forest of doubt with the sword

of reason to return once again to faith, the repose of self in the

Self. Faith is what is to be recovered, and reason is the means to

its recovery.

 

But reason is easily misled into the land of fantasy. What is it that

holds the reigns of the chariot of reason to restrain it from flying

into the alien lands of fantasy? It is faith in the Pole Star of the

Luminescent Word of Self (Scripture) that shines in the sky and helps

navigate reason to its Destination. To navigate the chariot of

reason, one needs to have faith in the Pole Star. Faith is necessary

for reason to reach Home.

 

So, what is faith when we are in the doubtful waters of samsara? It

is the repose of Self that is still there underneath the spectrum of

doubts thrown up by the prism of ignorance. Faith can only be this

much, and not more, in the troubled waters of samsara, but it shines

more and more as more and more of the lost repose is regained until

there finally is the original Repose in the true Faith.

 

Faith is repose in the Destination that was once the Place from where

it got lost. Reason is the means for recovery of the faith that is

lost, and faith is the pre-requisite for reason to recover it. Reason

is tautological to Faith. It is all a round circle. The long journey

to the stars and the return to Home is after all a Leela of Self-

Discovery.

 

The lover who asks a reason for her love can find it only in her

Heart.

 

 

Warm regards,

Chittaranjan