With due respect, I beg to disagree with some points there:
Faith in God is a matter of self-comfort. Something that human beings (at least some of them) need.
E.G. when I was a child, and afraid of the dark; an uncle told me to whistle- it would help me make it through; while my Granny told me to pray to God, he'd protect me in the darkness. Both were right in their own ways; and both things meant the same: i.e. a means to reassure myself through a period of uncertainty. Of course I had to eventually dicover my own method(s) to deal with such a situation.
While our Philosophy very clearly explains, even enjoins us to understand that we have to have faith in ourselves, to really "give a boost to our morale and confidence."
We can't park it in God's doorway.
If you refer to what I said earlier here AND (most of all) our Philosophical texts; you'll understand that this concept may be infirm and fallacious. At best it is a "comforting mental cushion" (like whistling in the dark). The strength to recover from a daunting failure always is found within. Of course, may be with some stimulus, assistance from somebody else (usually another human
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To try and sum up in very simple terms; I am reminded of a simple Hindi expression which says:
"Dekhya, Parkhya, Seekhya"
Dekhya- to observe minutely with full concentration.
Parkhya- to analyse with complete application of all of one's faculties.
Seekhya- to learn with the utmost diligence.
Using this, anybody (including any Scientist) will be able to recover from nearly anything.
About faith in God: again the ancient Philosophical texts explain that Self is not detached from God and vice-versa.
Kabir explained that again in the simplest possible terms
"Moko kahan dhoonde re Bande, main hoon tere paas".
I.E. Why are you seeking me here and there, I am with you (within you).
So why complicate matters? We're simple folks, we can find simple (and yet effective) ways!
