Never challenge the Lord

Time and again ,time and space have proved that they are infinite, omnipresent, and can't be controlled or modified by anyone in this universe. Energy couldn't be created nor destroyed though man has tried every possible innovation that could defy the supreme power of nature. It's high time to accept that the universe or beyond is par excellence than the mere human brain. There are numerous secrets of the world around us that we, humans have to still unearth. When it's clear that there are factors much beyond the human control it's quite sensible to accept the existence of a massive force which is running the universe in a systematic fashion and that force is what I refer to as God in generic terms. Different religions might associate different names for the same.

In spite of knowing the limitations that bind the human thinking and planning, man still aims to challenge the Lord. A lot of times you might have heard people saying that there was one moment that came in their life during which they challenged the existence of the Lord itself. That was the last moment that they ever believed in God, and from then onwards stopped believing in Him. So, they were testing whether God would give them what they wanted or not. How funny of petty humans like us who command God to satisfy our silly desires of life! The moment what they wanted didn't happen they gave up the belief in the Lord. They turned into, so called, atheists. My question is- what did they achieve by giving up their belief in God? Did their desire get fulfilled? Just because a human desire couldn't get fulfilled can we dare challenge the existence of God? As I have stated earlier I am not assigning the God title to some unnatural or super natural force in the forms which are worshipped by people belonging to different religions. Going by science terms, every effect is preceded by a cause and a creator creates the cause to affect the resultant effect. If man can be a creator of many things happening under his control then there must be someone who is the creator behind happenings which are not under human control. That force of creation is what I refer to as the Almighty/God/Lord.

At the end of the day, we must know that everything happens for good. Challenging the existence of the Lord might only satisfy our ego temporarily but cannot alter the outcome of a situation. Either by believing or by disbelieving in God we can never control every circumstance of life. At least with a belief in God we have a moral and spiritual force to rely on at times of difficulty. By disbelieving we are only making ourselves more lonely and, a battle fought lonely is never won. Humans are born in millions and die in millions but God is only one who is, like time and space, omnipresent, unalterable, eternal, infinite, undecipherable and uncontrollable. Let's have faith in this force called God and forbid the childish attitude of challenging the Lord.

You're gifted, be thankful

God has been kind enough on many of us to bless us with all the amenities that we need to carry forward a happy life. He has blessed many of us with good health and a wonderful body with all parts working in proper conditions. There are few differently abled kids of God who also exist among us. The reason for their physical or mental changes might be attributed to genetics or other scientific reasons only by a logical brain. Probably I don't know the answer as to why God created different people with different weaknesses and different strengths though this question keeps passing from one head to the other among homo-sapiens. However, in the busy schedule that we are enrolled into, we seldom find time to ponder over such questions or answers. A man was sad that he had no slippers but became happy when he saw another person without limbs. Probably you might have listened to or read this one-liner many a times. Just be thankful for whatever you're gifted with. No doubt that you cannot find a fully perfect person anywhere on this earth. God has bestowed certain powers and abilities with certain people. Just make use of them which are vested in you in the right manner for the growth of the self and the world around.

It so happened that I had been along with a set of students for a meal donation programme to one of the trusts which took care of physically challenged kids. These kids in the ashram have been taught with the discipline of praying to God before having food. We had served the food that we had taken on to the plates for all the children. There were few kids who were blind, few orphans and few who had a defected growth. I was very happy seeing all these children praying to God before even touching the food right in front of them in the plates. When the guardian asked them to start the prayer, one of the blind girls started a bajan and all the other children followed her and sang the bajan. During this time I observed that one of the girls, who was perfectly fine physically without any defects was not singing the bajan but was making an irritated face towards the girl who had started the bajan. This girl was also started taking the food in front of her little by little and started to eat while all the blind children were singing. At that point, it struck my mind as to how those children who had blindness inflicted upon their lives paid the respects to God honestly while another girl in the same house who was completely gifted with a proper body by God failed to understand the gift of God. I felt pity at the girl's ignorance. No doubt that this is not just the case with this girl alone. It's the same case with many of us who are so busy utilizing all the gifts of God that we forget or ignore to thank Him back.

Friends! a sincere request from my side is to know that everyone of us should have the attitude of gratitude and when it comes to the Almighty, we must have the highest gratitude for the gift of life that He has bestowed upon us. Please share if you have witnessed any such experiences on is.mohanbn@gmail.com

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Walk Jog Run Sprint Bolt

This was a quote on a T-shirt that I observed in the gym. Initially at the first reading I couldn't understand it then I realised that these were the measures of our pace of movement and in that category Usain Bolt had achieved so much that his name was also included in the measuring scale metrics. For the benefit of my dear reader I would like to let you know that Usain Bolt has been one of the fastest men on this earth winning many competitions in running sports. You normally jog faster than you walk, you run faster than you jog, you sprint faster than you run and if you are ahead of the speed of sprint then you are in the Bolt category. This is what the title symbolizes.

While thinking about this topic I just saw around how lethargic the world was. People are walking slowly, someone is sipping the coffee at the rate of 20 seconds per sip, some are working so patiently that the work itself would get bored to be completed. Just observe the scene around you friends. You can see how slow things are moving. The construction projects taken up by government take years to get complete, the plans set up for development of the common man take ages to get implemented and so on and so forth. Infact when I observe myself when there is no pressure I just take all the time in the world to finish the task. Have you been through those fabulous experiences of having delicious lunch for more than an hour? If you can just collect all these scenes in your mind together and press the fast forward button you can watch how funny it would be. No wonder on the other hand that the tasks would get over so soon that you would have enough time left to rejoice other things of life. I agree that there are certain moments that we must savour with the highest patience and time but for all other things I think having pace is a good advantage.

Just remember friends, that we we don't have time for eternal with us. All of us have limited amount of time vested into our life by the Almighty. How much we make use of it is what counts at the end of the life. Every second that you give extra to a task is your denial of that extra second to another task. If you can walk a bit faster to save few seconds, if you can read a bit faster to save few minutes, if you can work a bit faster to save few hours, if you can think to plan a bit faster to save few days probably you would end up saving few extra years of your life which can be invested in a lot of other productive activities. Your time starts now!

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