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Artificial Rains – Imaginary Gains, Real Pains
(This article was written when the Maharashtra government. attempted to produce, with much fanfare, artificial rains through cloud seeding) ‘Artificial rains soothe Maharashtra.’ Headlines like these have been a frequent sight in recent newspapers. The image of a political leader and a scientist flying in an airplane, shooting a chemical spray into the clouds and [...]
Isn’t chanting an act of blind faith?
Answer: Chanting is an act not of blind faith, but of reasonable faith. Reasonable faith is faith that is sensible and verifiable. Reasonable faith is not just desirable but also essential – and not just for chanting but for every human act. Let’s compare chanting with a common act of faith, taking medicines, because chanting [...]
Doesn’t spirituality demand blind faith?
Answer: No. Spirituality requires not blind faith, but intelligent doubt: doubt in our assumed and unexamined faith in materialism. Materialism requires us to believe that material trappings like money, sex and luxuries will make us happy. But is this belief grounded in facts? Let’s analyze the facts of life. Doomed at Death: The first fact [...]
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