Faith (Part 1)- Buying your Ammeter

Heaveno!!


Well I was wondering how to start this post. Like most of us do, I started with "In this post I am going to write about faith......" I somehow thought that the title is absolutely explicit with with not even an iota of obscurity involved and the reader obviously understands what he/she is going to read about.Also I know that I was no Hemingway or Dickens in my past life so that I could have some reminiscent writing skills(Although I am a staunch believer of reincarnation).Finally I have decided to start this post in the way I first considered to write.If you have any better ways(I bet you will have!!),I am always open to suggestions and healthy criticism.Now that you know how it's going to begin,you can always skip the first line.After all it's Democracy in most parts of the world. :)

This post is about my own personal experiences with faith,religion and spirituality.It will be related to in instalments ( Interest free of course!).Although I consider myself still a novice to write on such a mature subject and rightly so,but I want to share what I went through and learnt in this process.Please don't infer that this is about some miracles which happened in my life like I prayed to God and Lo! I got a wish fulfilled.It didn't happen with me and I can assure you it won't happen with anybody else too(who can be sure that a psychiatrist will declare him sane).

Blaise Pascal said, "Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them."
Don't get irritated I won't ask you to convert it into indirect speech.
(Poor)Jokes apart,As we all know that Blasie Pascal was one of the greatest mathematician,physicist and a man of high scientific temperament.He devoted the later years of life to philosophy and theology.What compelled him to do so?
The two great physicists Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton were also strong believers in God.They knew and understood science more that most of us.What happened then?why did they started talking about old things like God and the superpower.That is where the thin line between scientists and pseudo scientists starts becoming visible.

The people who debate about God's existence always use science as the only weapon in the war of words.They argue that now when we've reached the moon (and quote some recent developments),it is useless to talk about God.Science is everything.I respect their contentions with the theists but I feel sorry for their myopic vision.

What I feel, is that the more you learn and study science, the more you will come closer to God.I don't talk here about God as some specific form but an entity as a whole.If you study with a little bit of understanding,you will definitely 'Imbibe' the basic laws of science and when you do so,you are surely on the path of spirituality.You need not to go to a spiritual 'master' and pay thousands of rupees to learn the 'Art of ___'.
(just in case money is overflowing from your pockets,contact me.I'll give you my account number :) )


I recently read the autobiography of Dr. APJ Kalam and I found that he had the same opinion too about science and spirituality.Actually it is the basic concept of duality.Science and Spirituality are the the two faces of the same coin.We always look it from only one side.Both go hand in hand.We always look up to the extremes.We have the basic conviction that both these are two opposite things.But actually it is the opposite of what we think.One thing justifies the other.People who call these things as opposites and unrelated are like   a student with only a Voltmeter measuring the voltage across two points.He correctly measures the voltage  but when he is asked about current, he says it is not present at all.Now he acts foolish and rejects the presence of current ,only because he could not measure it.
Bhaiyaji!!! Get an ammeter and Get well soon..... :)

When are you planning to buy your Ammeter??????

In the next post I'll try to give some examples which are actually the basic concepts I(and you too) read in high school science books and when you start pondering over whys and hows about these ,you will definitely get your answer.The best teacher and guide is inside you.It is you!!  Trust me....And for all students, I advise you to always be inquisitive.If someone shuns your questions,Consider him a bad teacher unworthy of your respect. Do not get disheartened and never ever devaluate yourself. Your inquisitiveness is precious.It is the path to knowledge and self realisation.Don't let it drown.

Glossary:
Ammeter: A device used to measure current in an electrical circuit
Voltmeter:A device used to measure voltage across two points an electrical circuit.