To
peacefully journey through Life you must understand uncertainty and let go of
all that you fear.
Indeed,
none of us knows what lies in store for us in each approaching moment and, most
of the time, we are running scared of this uncertain, unknown, dark future. The
way to nullify the impact of the lethal cocktail of fear and uncertainty in
Life is to have faith. The faith that can remove fear and help you embrace uncertainty
is not the faith that religion tries to dispense and that we all claim we
profess. All religious faith is dogmatic, puerile and fanned by seeking to
identify with a power that (we are made to believe) is outside of us. God, per
all religions and their diktats, fatwas, gospels, is external. Which is why
anyone who is deeply religious will still be plagued by worry, anxiety and fear.
Whereas, true faith is having conviction in creation itself, in the Universe
and its Master Plan. The same energy that powers you__and me__and keeps us
alive also created the mountains, the trees, the gorges and the valleys, the
petals and the fruits, the oceans and the drops of water. It is part of the
Master Plan that the Earth goes around the Sun and not the other way round. It
is the same Master Plan that divined you were born to the family that you call
your own and were endowed with whatever faculties you had at the time of your
creation! That Master Plan has no flaws.
Knowing
this, feeling this and living this reality in wondrous amazement is faith. When
there’s this real faith, no imposter__religion, dogma, beliefs, rituals,
superstitions__can get anywhere close to you. Nor can fear and uncertainty torment
you! Where people have true faith, no explanation is required and no amount of
explanation works for those who don’t have faith!
Jaluddin
Rumi, the 13th Century mystic Persian poet, described living in faith
thus: “Do you think I know what I’m doing?...As much
as a pen knows what it’s writing, or the ball can guess where it’s going next.” He compared himself to a flute, a wind instrument made from
bamboo reed, that cannot create music, unless it is played by a master
flautist. So are we, he said, played on by Life. Thinking that we have no song
in us is letting fear and uncertainty get the better of us. Knowing that our
lives will be music is faith. Spike the fear, embrace the uncertainty,
keep the faith and you will live happily ever after!
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