Category Archives: faith
Suppose
Suppose one can heal one’s own illnesses and disease. Suppose one can do this by eliminating greed, arrogance, and self love from one’s minds. Suppose there is a prayer that asks God to help us with this difficult task. Suppose … Continue reading
Everyone is a child of God
What is the difference between a terrorist and a religious person? There may be a fine line. Some people believe that they are serving God by propagating their religion, and suppressing others that have different view. In many parts of … Continue reading
Thought of the Day
What I see in the world is a reflection of my mind. The hopes that come true, the dreams that don’t, are all what I have done or thought. The mysterious that happen today and tomorrow, are the results of … Continue reading
A World Constructed on Reason
We human beings are blessed with the cognitive abilities of reasoning. The occurrences in the universe can be usually explained by this cognitive ability. For example we know that the sun rises and falls daily due to the rotation of … Continue reading
Evil People
What kind of beliefs do people that cause sufferings in this world have? What religions are they affiliated with? The recent chemical annihilation of innocent children and the past history of genocide of the Nazi regime represent mankind at its … Continue reading
The Life of Pi
In the story the Life of Pi, Pi gets alarmingly close to a tiger when his father pulls him away from the cage. Pi argues that on staring at the creature’s eye, he saw the soul. But his father angrily … Continue reading
Why do we have joy?
The following blog is the same blog from yesterday. It attempts to replace the negative topic of suffering with the positive subject of joy, to accentuate the positive in religion. In our lives, there are facts of life that … Continue reading
Why do we suffer?
In our lives, there are facts of life that we have complete faith in, like the law of gravity, the earth is round, we are born and die, etc. Most of what occurs in our lives makes sense to us. … Continue reading
Why is life so difficult
Why is the path to a joyous life so difficult (salvation)? Why is faith tenuous and wavering? The answer may be the law of cause and effect (karma, innen). What we sow, we reap. Even if we wake up the … Continue reading
Blind faith
In this world, there are many that are adamant on their beliefs concerning religion. Even from the same religion, there are people that interpret the teachings differently, and have their own beliefs. Because of their stubborn and unwavering faith, it … Continue reading