Socks, towels, plates with leftover food and books. The list goes on. My eyes wander across the room. Everything is lying around on the floor. So random. The scene is laid out very well for some artist to paint chaos. What would be more interesting? To observe chaos on canvas? Or to differentiate art from chaos? Havent written anything in a while? I ask the lady inside the musical globe sitting pretty besides me. She is playing her melancholy tune. I ponder what to write. On the white wall opposite to me sits one photograph. That of the elephant headed God. He is looking down on me. Figuratively speaking yes. But, right now, literally too. Sort of a loving parent watching over as the kid plays. And the kid fumbles around. But, He is ready to pick up without a moment's notice...
Faith. Every dictionary will put some meaning for this word. Books expound on it. Tales crafted on it. Beings of wisdom have related their thoughts on it. Source of several ballads. Then, there is another word. Miracle. Countless stories recount episodes where coincidence and chance lost the battle with celestial response. So, as I write this blog I wonder. I wonder whether miracles are a pre-requisite for faith or the other way round. I am sure philosophers, sages of yore, meta-physicists, clergymen, yogis and everyone else must have put some thought on this. Add poets and scientists to this too. Now, I ask myself. "Must you witness a miracle to have faith?" In this wide world, there is no shortage of people who need "undisputed proof". Science itself stands firm on the bedrock of evidence. So, if this question were to be examined on the pedestals of science, then miracles would be considered "proof" of faith. In my personal opinion, faith does not need any "proof". Therefore, true devotion and faith stands independent of the need to witness miracles. It is the weakness in faith that requires physical and literal manifestation. Ofcourse, certain readers may disagree. How do they believe what they have not seen or faced firsthand? Lets Clarify. This is neither a scientific nor philosphical analysis into the dispute between atheism and theism. And there is not an iota of pretence in this claim. This is simply me asking some questions to myself...
Closing in on this piece. Would it be heretic for me to now say that having faith is a miracle in itself? And since I have faith in Him, I have witnessed this first miracle?? If so, then faith does not need miracles. Faith helps understand miracles. Now, aint that a miracle???
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