FEAR
I never thought I would have to think about the definition of fear until the day someone defined it for me. Fear, for Pastor Rock, is False Estimate of an Apparent Reality. Really? Well, maybe in most circumstances. But unable to think before today what fear really meant, it gave me some stick to define a strange emotion which each and every one of us goes through.
All of us fear the unknown. Strangely enough, depression and sadness too have their roots embedded in fear. Fear is the only thing which can stop man reaching out to God and following his shown path. It is fear which has been the cause of all wars and still man has not learnt how to contain this emotion. I wonder at times- all religions preach that faith in God is a must. Most of them also have some notion of an anti God (Satan in Christianity, Judaism and Islam; Asurs in Hinduism and so on). Is it really fear that is the anti-God within all of us. Come to think of it. All Gods have in some time come to earth as a human incarnation. All these human Gods fought some other human and/or idea. So what made those other humans different? Was it fear? I bet it was. For the Romans it was the fear of losing power and seeing change, for Ravan it was losing prestige by returning Sita to Ram and it has been the same for all religions.
The conclusion I come to after two days of intense thinking and talking to other learned men is that fearing something is akin to going against God. One might think then what is God fearing? Well, English is a funny language and my love for my girlfriend is not the same as my love for eating. Similarly, fearing God is a submissive act to the magnanimity of his presence rather than being afraid of him. It is important to face all our fears head on to lead life as human beings should.
I realize that living life in the service of God is as important as doing well in school. That in the present context would translate to being good to other living beings, being sincere in studies and being thankful to God for everything I have. If I were to be wrong, why would every old person I ever meet talk about God, his path, his blessings and his ways to teach us to be better in every sense of the word?
Are you fearing something in life? Let peace be upon all of us!
All of us fear the unknown. Strangely enough, depression and sadness too have their roots embedded in fear. Fear is the only thing which can stop man reaching out to God and following his shown path. It is fear which has been the cause of all wars and still man has not learnt how to contain this emotion. I wonder at times- all religions preach that faith in God is a must. Most of them also have some notion of an anti God (Satan in Christianity, Judaism and Islam; Asurs in Hinduism and so on). Is it really fear that is the anti-God within all of us. Come to think of it. All Gods have in some time come to earth as a human incarnation. All these human Gods fought some other human and/or idea. So what made those other humans different? Was it fear? I bet it was. For the Romans it was the fear of losing power and seeing change, for Ravan it was losing prestige by returning Sita to Ram and it has been the same for all religions.
The conclusion I come to after two days of intense thinking and talking to other learned men is that fearing something is akin to going against God. One might think then what is God fearing? Well, English is a funny language and my love for my girlfriend is not the same as my love for eating. Similarly, fearing God is a submissive act to the magnanimity of his presence rather than being afraid of him. It is important to face all our fears head on to lead life as human beings should.
I realize that living life in the service of God is as important as doing well in school. That in the present context would translate to being good to other living beings, being sincere in studies and being thankful to God for everything I have. If I were to be wrong, why would every old person I ever meet talk about God, his path, his blessings and his ways to teach us to be better in every sense of the word?
Are you fearing something in life? Let peace be upon all of us!
posted by Ujjwal at 10/10/2006 02:49:00 PM
7 Comments:
people like ravana have an ego to keep... I wonder if they feared losing it. Think it is a different emotion, closely related to fear I suppose.
And as for thanking God, ever tried blaming God...
AWESOME....
"Jesus loves you, but everyone else thinks you're an asshole."
~ Albert Einstein on Jesus Christ
Religion is the opium of the masses
~ Karl Marx
Faith is believing something you know ain't true.
~ Mark Twain
'In God We Trust.' I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true.
~Mark Twain
Organised Crime = Mafia
Organised Faith = Religion
Both serve the same purpose of structuring something that is illegitimate.
~Unknown
Peace is upon us.
Good piece.
And very, very true.
living without fear is living in the fast lane..without brakes! :)
and as somebody famously said,
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
FYI:
Ujjwal is unable to speak decent english when he is conversing with anyone. most of the time he is talking shit in hindi.
So how does he write a blog using such 'extravagent' words.
How many days does it take for ujjwal to write a blog ?
How come he doesn't use such words in daily life ?
@ Faceless: Yes! Of course. Lots of times.
@ Shree, tanmay, zed: Thanks
@ Rio Guha: Whatever all those learned men say, they all had FAITH in something or the other which was unshakable. I guess for most of the world, that FAITH has been defined as God.
@ Anonymous: Come out of your frustration and have the guts to print your name.
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