Silent prayers, folded hands, flowers...heads bent and hands folded..in reverence...in faith..!Quick steps...short glimpse...a thousand wishes. She waited patiently for her turn, when it came...she bent down to whisper her deepest desires into the ears of the mouse statue outside the ganesha temple. She spoke, spoke and spoke some more. Wishes and hopes and dreams held so close to the heart...were now being poured into the ears of a mouse statue that would surely deliver her message to the lord. Fulfillment will come and so will happiness. Faith. I, who stood looking at her as a bystander envied her. Not her chance, not her leisure but her faith.
They say faith can move mountains.
I am an agnostic. I have never been enthusiastic about going to temples. The only reason being, I didn’t feel FAITH. I just didn’t feel anything. I've seen people moved to tears while praying...being lost in a world of their own...walking a hundred miles! Maybe mountains moved. Maybe they didn't. But what do i know, I try and push hard...very hard..and go back just to find the rock where i left it!
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Agnosticism is still faith on display. You still await evidence to turn onto to a full-fledged believer. What you claim is highly questionable because you still want to believe, unless you are not a theist at all, in which case, it's a case of complete atheism - which has it's flaws and pros.
As such, it's a matter of your own life, experiences and perhaps the sentiments of what hte universe actually is. The idea of reason to life is a fundamental question - because with motive, there's intent. With Intent, you find reason and with reason, you end up believing.
Such things are a matter of personal belief and experiences, all the best in it.
Faith... doesnt need anything external. It's in the head. The day you believe you can move a mountain... just to believe that is a battle won.
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