Does showing faith in inconsequential matters really show faith?

Hi vandana, No, I do not think so. Belief, trust or faith - they all come to your existence when you mold them in your own way. People go to the temple or the Church to look for the holy mercy and you have faith on it. My question is why can not you do your player or do some ceremony at home itself? Well you would tell me that temples or churches are places to unite people and ignite the spiritual being in them. But how many understand this? People believe or are made to believe that you would not get anything in the inconsequential things. The most important thing is to have your faith and show this anywhere or in any manner is up to you.

I really don't know Vandy. If I do give some money to others even when I don't have any foods on my table, it would be because I know they need it more than I and that I can still find resources to get money. Not because I want to be a good person, not because of faith and not because I want something else from them. My act would be solely guided by my conscience. Is that a faith? I don't know. I just believe in God.

hi vandy . to me God helps those who help themselves as he gave us brains and common sense. so then we work hard using brains and commons sense and having deep abiding faith that when you do your' best then God does the rest,Faith is beleiveing in things unseen'klnowin he is always there and he will see us through.

Firstly I would like to start with a disclaimer: What I believe in and do not believer in is strictly reflected for me and would never impose my beliefs and or non-belief onto others. LOL, thought I made sure I put that in as so many read comments and totally mis understand. Now for your discussion: I believe in God and everlasting life! I am one that when and if I am to be in any form of danger that I face it on. Meaning that if many are afraid to fly because they feel that it is dangerous, due to failing of plane functions and or terrorists, I am one that when and if I decide to fly, sure makes me a bit frighten, but I will fly anyways. See here is how I see it, if I make it to my destination, GREAT! If I don't well I suppose it was God's will and my life on heart is over. This analogy pretty much with anything in life, some may lay and fall asleep and never wake up, while others do. So this in no way means that I intentionally put myself in face of danger, with hopes that I will be saved or not as a test. Simply common sense FOR ME, that I look, live, research and be happy with my outcome. Whether it was right or wrong I made a decisions I FELT, was right for ME.

You are right about God giving us the common sense to avoid doing silly things. We were giving the ability to think and use or intelligence. I do have great faith in God and I do pray to God on a daily basis. Not repetitive mundane prayer, but heartfelt sincere prayer. Once I have asked for his assistance or thanked him for my daily living I leave it with him. I have the "faith" to know that I will be given direction. Sometimes the direction may be difficult for me to accept. I don't just sit around and wish for the things I need or wonder why I'm not happy. God has given me the ability to and strength to work to get out of debt. It may not be the type of work we want at times, but at least I was given the opportunity to take care of myself and in that I can take pride and show gratefulness.

There is good on this earth and there is evil. Like the negative and the positive. As they balance out each other the equilibrium is maintained but the balance keeps tilting this way and that.so as a human being you know you can be good or bad, the choice is yours.All of us make our choices and enjoy/suffer the consequences. No one can truly claim that she is in total control or totally helpless, you will agree. It is up to you to make the effort and the results will convince you that efforts do bear favorable results most of the time. You can be diplomatically neutral but you can not be totally neutral. You have to take a stand and be ready to receive bouquets and brickbats in equal measure. when you say the chair is rocking on its own please understand that this could be a case of possession. This could be dangerous if you choose not to take action.You could be under some one's control without being fully aware of it.The threat could come from jealous relatives or enemies. Believe me these things do happen. The reason could be anger, envy, hatred or enmity. By possession I mean a spirit which is hovering around you and could be waiting to invade your mind and body. Such a spirit can do you more harm than you can imagine. I suggest you seek help from Sahaj yogis near you and better still go on a 2-4 weeks treatment at Belapur where you will understand what is going wrong. And get a solution to your problems. Time to take action sister and take this very seriously.

To me faith is believing the deity is and seeking to ever know this one more and more.. And believe we experience this friendship and communion in the quietness of our inner being (what some call our soul) by prayer, prayerful contemplation and (to me) reading the scripture, which to me is the Bible, especially the New Testament and Psalms.. all the best..

I beg to differ. Yes, the big things are challenging, but living your faith, day to day is actually more difficult. Its how you treat other people. How you treat things around you, with or without respect. How you act in both public and private. Yes, God gave us common sense, that tells us to do things like come in out of the rain. But if you do a small thing, like help someone without an umbrella with your umbrella, that is one of those small signs of faith.

I will preface this by saying that I have a strong faith in HaShem, and then I will say that He does not Micromanage. He does not peek into individual lives and fix our little problems. That is a ludicrous thought. HaShem created a massive Universe with billions of solar systems and trillions of planets(estimates of course). We do not know how many of these planets have life forms on them. Are we so arrogant as to think we are the only ones? Were we the practice ones...are we the test tube marked failure? Hopefully not. Even so, HaShem gave us a planet of beauty,full of resources. He gave us a book with 613 Mitzvot(laws) not just the 10 commandments that christians try to follow. And he gave us a mind that is capable of great things. We squander all of the above. We could cure all of the ills of the world if pharmaceutical companies were not so greedy. We are destroying our world of beauty through greed and war. We are destroying each other through hate.... Why would HaShem peek into our individual lives and fix our little problems. That is a ludicrous thought....

Vandana- Faith to me is a very individual thing. I think it differs from one person to another is not something we can quantify or qualify. The simplified definition of faith is taking something as a belief without having sufficient evidence that it exists. I'm not sure exactly what you consider inconsequential but I believe that there is nothing that is outside the realm of faith and that nothing is wasted by faith. I believe that the Divine is in everything so I try to keep that every day. As far as giving my "monies" to a cause, I don't believe in handing it over to a preacher just because he says that is the way to God. I don't believe that. I never have. I do believe in helping my fellow sentient being though and if they need help I will do my best to help. Namaste-Anora

Don't try to classify you???? Well, I'm going to anyway!!!! You are a Child of God!!! There I said it. Yes, A pretty good class to be in. Perhaps I don't value faith as so many. It isn't really important. I concentrate on discovery and knowing the truth. The truth is that if you have a problem that will teach you then you must overcome that problem. If it's time to change like die and move on then you will have to move on. There is one thing I have noticed. If you absolutely need help and it has nothing to do with any lessons in life that God will send help from somewhere or someone. This has happened too many times to discount.If this means faith, great. God loves all His children unconditionally. Life is about learning and growing. Believing has never been important to God. Vandana7 if God ever needs you to spend money for some cause on His behalf, somehow deep in your heart, I think you will know this. You have sound judgement.

Hi Vandana, I mentioned earlier I do not believe in God as propounded by the caretakers. I do believe in doing my things and my thoughts as long as they dont interfere with someone elses happiness or lives(in the negative aspects). But going by the little knowledge I have, God never says "Trust me and dont do your duties". He has given us the knowledge to judge for ourselves and act according to our thoughts and instincts.

Vandanaji I have very strong faith in our gods and goddesses, when ever i am in some problem, pain, i close my eyes and recite some verses like 'Hanuman Chalisa'; I get almost instant relief, it is miracle for me.. Thanks for sharing your thought. kalyani

The kind of faith that matters is like 'eight-on-a-hand' (a drumline-exercise)---if the drumline can execute eight-on-a-hand perfectly, they can play any drum-music perfectly just the same way (i.e. with practice!) The kind of faith it seems like you're talking about though is more like 'demanding that God perform miracles.' "Thou shalt not test the Lord."

I have faith in the Great Spirit (my God) but not that the Great Spirit will protect me in this life, the roads were put before me to choose from and I made choices that got me to where I am but I have faith that the Great Spirit will guide my spirit to the right place when the time comes.