Faith Could Play A Positive Role In Life
For most of us, life is often a struggle between faith and faithlessness. In the moments when we feel lected to the divine we are full of age. But when faith gets shaken we n to get scared of our own shadow nothing in the world seems to go for us. Are cent psychological research ide out at Princeton, New Jersey clouded that people for whom faith is important part of daily life, experien greater degree of emotional -being under all circumstances? y also feel more positively about present and future than those who faith. Clinical experience shows even those who are badly affected aumaticexperiences recover fast, eve self-growth and find a meaning fering so long as they hold on to faith. Many people would argue that faith has let them down because they did not get the kind of help and protection they wanted. Interestingly, some of my patients reported that during times of acute distress when they were struggling to survive, faith appeared to be an illusion ora philosophical speculation. They were extremely depressed because they had lost important anchors. But in many cases, after a while, maybe a few months or some years down the line, it became apparent that the loss motivated the person to take on a different path and find something new. And now this new discovery gives a better meaning and fulfilment to their life. The Mother of Autryville maintained that the greater our surrender to the divine, the more we can be assured that the best will happen to us from a spiritual point of view. Because we have limited perspective about who we are and the purpose of life, we are not able to appreciate this fact. She believed that even the greatest crisis can become a means for our self-growth, progress and manifestation of truth if we can preserve our faith. The Mother highlighted some important approaches through which one can build and preserve faith in the divine. Firstly, one needs to create an intense aspiration so that one can pray for more faith. Secondly, we need to build a childlike trust so that we can completely surrender to the divine in the belief that whatever help is needed will come. Thirdly, a majority of people have a deep conflict around faith and their mind is engaged in an unending debate over the presence or absence of faith. Rather than doing this we should all ourselves to be open so that divine grace enter and give us faith. Another important method to builfaith is to observe oneself carefully angry to eliminate all the anti-divine formations and forces that lie deеp within ourselves. Apart from this, we should also keep our ego in check and cultivate gratitude for whatever grace we are blessed with. Although it is a long journey, once our faith is as hardas rock, nothing can stop us from realising the truth and living in divine consciousness forever. Kabir captures this divine momen 'Khoji hoye turat mil jaoon, ik palki talash mein. Kahe Kabir sun bhai sadhu, main to hoon vishwas mein'- The divine can be found in a moment oearnest search, provided we have faith(The writer is a clinical psychologist)
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Faith Could Play A Positive Role In Life
For most of us, life is often a struggle between faith and faithlessness. In the moments when we feel lected to the divine we are full of age. But when faith gets shaken we n to get scared of our own shadow nothing in the world seems to go for us. Are cent psychological research ide out at Princeton, New Jersey clouded that people for whom faith is important part of daily life, experien greater degree of emotional -being under all circumstances? y also feel more positively about present and future than those who faith. Clinical experience shows even those who are badly affected aumaticexperiences recover fast, eve self-growth and find a meaning fering so long as they hold on to faith. Many people would argue that faith has let them down because they did not get the kind of help and protection they wanted. Interestingly, some of my patients reported that during times of acute distress when they were struggling to survive, faith appeared to be an illusion ora philosophical speculation. They were extremely depressed because they had lost important anchors. But in many cases, after a while, maybe a few months or some years down the line, it became apparent that the loss motivated the person to take on a different path and find something new. And now this new discovery gives a better meaning and fulfilment to their life. The Mother of Autryville maintained that the greater our surrender to the divine, the more we can be assured that the best will happen to us from a spiritual point of view. Because we have limited perspective about who we are and the purpose of life, we are not able to appreciate this fact. She believed that even the greatest crisis can become a means for our self-growth, progress and manifestation of truth if we can preserve our faith. The Mother highlighted some important approaches through which one can build and preserve faith in the divine. Firstly, one needs to create an intense aspiration so that one can pray for more faith. Secondly, we need to build a childlike trust so that we can completely surrender to the divine in the belief that whatever help is needed will come. Thirdly, a majority of people have a deep conflict around faith and their mind is engaged in an unending debate over the presence or absence of faith. Rather than doing this we should all ourselves to be open so that divine grace enter and give us faith. Another important method to builfaith is to observe oneself carefully angry to eliminate all the anti-divine formations and forces that lie deеp within ourselves. Apart from this, we should also keep our ego in check and cultivate gratitude for whatever grace we are blessed with. Although it is a long journey, once our faith is as hardas rock, nothing can stop us from realising the truth and living in divine consciousness forever. Kabir captures this divine momen 'Khoji hoye turat mil jaoon, ik palki talash mein. Kahe Kabir sun bhai sadhu, main to hoon vishwas mein'- The divine can be found in a moment oearnest search, provided we have faith(The writer is a clinical psychologist)
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Pulkit Sharma and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Pulkit Sharma and Speaking Tree ,Times of India