'Does God really exist? Is my prayer every morning justified? Am I being foolish in imparting all the mysterious things that have happened in my life to God?' These are some of the thoughts that started bombarding my mind while I was reading an article about atheism in Quora. I desperately wanted to find an answer. So, I started thinking ......'Is he there?'
Though it is not the first time that I have fathomed this question, this time I have felt really helpless in order to convince myself of His existence. This is because deep down I know that there is some magnificent force maintaining the universe. But I want to reaffirm it like I have never done before - by writing down my thought process. Since the time I have started reasoning out the things around me, I have been reinforcing my mind with the concept of God by recounting to myself the extraordinary things that happened to me but cannot be attributed to my actions alone. Even as a child I used to tell myself that God is great, and whatever happens, happens only because of him. I never really looked back once I had formed this mindset. Whenever I am in doubt I used to fall back to the same logic that when you cannot explain what happened to you in terms of your actions then you have no choice but to believe in the action of some unknown force, which is God. It is only now that I have started to question this and I hope that I reach a solid conclusion at the end of this. So, I want to put forth my basic understanding of life here and from that understanding I would like to know if I can find an answer to this perennial question.
I believe that our life consists of two types of things, in other words, everything in our life falls into either of these two categories: one, things that are in our control and two, things that are not in our control. The first category contains things that are as simple as being able to slap yourself(provided you have a hand and a cheek) and as difficult as slapping your professor in front of the entire class. The second category contains more important things like your parentage (you don't have the privilege to choose them) and your human form (once you are born human you have to stay human till you die, you cannot become a cat or a rat no matter how strongly you desire). There is nothing special with the first set but the second set may give some insight into our dilemma. Now, the things that are not in our control are usually defined by the word 'luck'. If things work in your favour then you are lucky or else unlucky. No matter how logical and analytical one is, one cannot deny the role of luck in success or failure. There are times when we don't work enough but get astounding results and there are also times when we work our hearts out but still achieve mediocre outcomes. Luck accounts for such difference. It is one of the most enigmatic and cruelest of concepts in life. What if, Luck=God? The next question would be 'if Luck is God then what is Bad Luck? Is it bad God?' I am not a believer of Satan (bad-God) because I believe that if God is present, he has to be omnipresent. At any given moment or place, there can be either good or bad but not both. Since God, if at all there, has to be everywhere, I have ruled out the possibility of Satan. So, 'bad luck' has to be something else.
After some thought, I have found that the answer lies in the adage 'everything happens for good'. I feel that 'bad luck' is God's way of saying 'I have better things in store for you' or 'Your are still not prepared to handle it'. We think of it as 'bad' because it goes against our 'the then-state' of aspiration. But once you get past it and look back at it you realise the beauty and necessity of it. This is the magic of life, a stupendous creation of God.
Yeah! Got the answer ...... err ...... God the answer !!!
God bless all of us ........:)
Always truly yours,
Ghouse.
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