ncertainity & limitation of the conscious mind is the creation of beliefs.. fiaths ..religons.. & Vaham(read it in hindi..cant get exact word for it in English). On the mortal plane when you plan for something..like making your financial plan, you have myriad choices MFs, equity, FD, PPF , futures, real estate etc. You may believe that PPF is the best giving 8 % tax free returns ... add 2-3 % for tax saving part... but get a financial calulator & you know that PPF cant give you the crores.. so you move on to Equity .. but what about the great depression china attacking India.. world war... all these can cripple your economy & your equity can crash to go to the dogs...so u go for a mix.. desiring above average returns...There is a limit beyond which you can not get any information about the futur.. uncertainity creeps in.. So you make beliefs based on intelligence..derived form information.. This Share will give me 20 % return.. PPF will be certain also has a belief that the govet would not fall.. so on .. so forth..
Lets go on a higher plane.. you think beyond life.. you get no ansers.. the ordinary mind will go to refuge to a spirirtual person believing his theory of moksha..recarnation etc.. the mind which is slave of the intelect.. who simply can not have faith .. will find reasons.. think of physics.. astronomy & eventuallym ake beliefs which are backed with higher level of reasoning...big bang theory etc.. Still there is no concrete answer any one could give.. philosophy take the advantage of jumping you from the complicated circuitry inside the grey matter back & forth so much to make it tired & make it loose the link between the various hypothesis ..in plain terms confuse you to make you believe the theory for the moment.. Revisit that after sometime & perhaps you would feel you have been taken for a ride..
To overcome the insecurity triggered by the biological clock ticking inside everyone we consciously or unconsciously look for answers to the truth.. to the uncertainity to the events beyond our control... We get too anxious & feel solace in beliefs in religions in vahams.
Well. its ok to do that because we do not want to make progress in the quest of our truth,, we want to let it be,.. so we say God exists.. he will take care of us.. just like a child is carefree who has the belief deeprooted in him that his parents will take care of everything..
Well, its ok to be like a child to be carefree... why the heck should we bother... but the fact is that uncertainity is the supreme ,, nothing is bigger than the fact that human knowledge & faith are never absolute..
What I get from above thoughts :-
1) Be tolerant of other's beliefs, religions & views. They are ways to fight the universal insecurity about uncertainity.
2) Never make absolute statements..like"I will never do this".."This can never happen" ..." I hate this".. you never know what its in store for you... you should be confident but not blind...
3) Forgive the sinners..as their influence on you is infinitely small & limited..
4) Be child like .. have faith...but be flexible when needed.
It was great writing this piece of blog for the pleasure of extracting the mental juices.. hope u enjoy & contribute...