Faith and Knowledge
Faith is the root-cause of most vital questions. Without Faith– we cannot move forward even a single step, due to our lack of consciousness. So it is not faith to suppose anything for Faith comes to birth from ignorance. Malice comes to birth from faith. Terrorism comes to birth from malice.
Faith is blind notion, –faith is illusive knowledge. Generally, to which we mention 'knowledge' –the greater part of that is superficial or seeming knowledge.
There are many astonishing things in this world, but it seems to me that there is no astonishing thing more than blind faith of human beings.
Faith is assurance and consolation of ignorant human beings, faith is their capital, –faith is their support and shelter.
The object of faith –sometimes may be truth, sometimes may be not, and also sometimes may be semi-truth or partly truth. But it doesn’t depend on a believer.
This is an elusive world which is built on the base of faith. Faith is not anything debatable, there where is faith –nothing to debate.
You may ask me that all these sayings are also my faith! But not that, all these are seeming truth to me –to a knowledge-wayfarer.
We love truth superficially. Actually we do not wanttruth. We fear the truth. The fear is to be endangered of our existence, –which is standing on the base of untruth. We love to think our beliefs as truth.
Spirituality is not anything depending on faith. Spiritual science is the science of self-knowledge, –and it is the main subject of practice –study and research of the knowledge-wayfarer.
We are travelers of the path of blooming consciousness. Staying in between 'beginning' and the 'end' of the path, acquiring knowledge of the whole path and the ultimate truth is impossible. Even though, one is able to reach the end –isn’t able to make us known about the whole and the ultimate truth.
Our ignorant-blind mind –to establish its faith– belief, it finds blind cause– argument. It brings into existence a story– to make its faith strong. Those who put faith in its faith, it loves them and consider them as one’s own man.
First time, we go forward– towards any imaginary target, on the path of life, holding different beliefs. Gradually in this way– with increasing experience and knowledge, when we become more conscious, we advance following the way of science and rationality, supposing all are seeming truth, giving up beliefs – largely, towards the aim of true self-development.
In this manner, after passing over much more distance, –with increasing more consciousness, gradually step by step– one time we come near the truth. Then holding the hand of some truths or partly truth, –we advance to the aim of absolute truth.
In fact, the entire route is the way of blooming consciousness. We– in our different conscious stages, with different need and mentality– advance aiming different subject-matters. In this manner, pushing human beings forward to the aim of fulfillment –is the motive of worldly system. In different stages of the consciousness, it appears in different times –atheism, religious craziness, rebelliousness, appears different perverted and destructive condition etc. –all these are different stages of this path.
Belief is not true knowledge, it is blind and firm notion. To which we say knowledge– is also seeming truth –truth on the surface. Except it, due to lack of perception –due to misunderstanding, many times to which we consider ‘knowledge’ –think, ‘I know it’, –in fact, that is not knowing –not true knowledge.
If one is desirous to get the absolute truth –in belief- (sub)conscious stage, that who has no conception about truth, what could be the result of his/her desire? I do not claim that my doctrine –way –theory –views are only truth. Also I do not cherish suchlike notion that ‘Nothing is truth’. Which is truth to me, may be not to others. Which is truth to others, may not be supposed to me. I cannot say, by no means– emphatically that it is truth or it is not truth. All are seeming truth to me. We are so much ignorant that we do not know– just a little before what exactly happened and also we do not know, exactly what will happen just a little after.
Though, we feel proud for our knowledge –we be inflated with vanity. We do such owing to ignorance. We are proud because of our thinking ability. Of what sort that is:– It is a complicated activity of mind, to come to one or more conclusion or truth. This activity is formed– depending on different degree of consciousness and egotism of different individuality, –by some notion –faith, logic –deliberation with causation, blind logic and judgment, self-discussion, experience, direct and indirect knowledge and incorrect knowledge, imagination etc. But in most cases, it makes clear our incapability. Still then, ignoring that, we try to be self-satisfied dissolving in fancies. One to another topic, then that topic to some other topic, –in this way the running of thinking is going on continuously, and by this way the creature who is charmed losing oneself in it –are we –human beings.
Knowledge is not any information or theory. Knowledge is realized notion of reality of enoughwakeful and conscious persons, on any information or theory or any fact or skill or subject-matter. Knowing facts and information, knowing ability –how to do something with enough knowing ability, –is knowledge.
That realization also makes difference depending on realization ability of different individualities. Realization of all is not same. I cannot speak that all realization is pure knowledge. To be enlightened with pure knowledge, one needs to be enough wakeful –conscious, free from mental obsession, truth loving– free and clean minded. If any incompetent one (without realization) put faith in any pure knowledge, even then, it would not be pure knowledge to that one. In this context I would like to say, some persons are accustomed to proclaim or predicate their suppositions with such firm blind faith that whichever they are sayings, will happen inevitably. But it would be observed that their predicating or predictions will haven’t been realized even ten percent!
I have seen some doctors those who have predicated proudly after bringing round a few (one or two) patients of serious diseases (like cancer etc.), that they are able to cure such and such diseases, or they have infallible medical treatment of such and such diseases. Hearing like that predicating, many of us have put faith in those doctor’s words. Moreover, some of us also have proclaimed exaggerating their words– to make their faith strong! Even such like proclamation has been heard, too, that those doctors are equal to
God!
In the discussion of faith and knowledge, it is recollected to me the picture of that boy (suppose his name is ‘A’) who knew or believed on the base of his (polyandrous) mother’s word that ‘Mr. B’ is his father. After coming of age, he came to know that ‘Mr. B’ is not his father, his father is someone else! Still then, we believe –because we have no other way without believing–, believing is our basic instinct.
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