Freedom of Choice

If I asked you what the square root of 1 is you might say it is 1, since 1 multiplied with itself is 1. Some of you might also say it is -1 because the same can be said for this answer. Actually, I once read a book on imaginary numbers in which the author claimed that it might be a good analogy for the spiritual realm, but I leave this discussion up for a different day.

I want to discuss faith instead. This is a concept which is hard to accept; we want to see things in the modern world not just blindly trust in some scriptures or tradition. I am a scientist by training so I have some understanding for this view. Yet, I would argue that you can very much penetrate and experience the world that our ancients talk about, it is just impossible to prove its existence to someone who doesn't want to embrace this perspective. Let me give you an example. Say that you see meaning in numbers, meaning in text sequences that you encounter wherever you go. To you they contain coded messages from the 'beyond', hand-picked and delivered just for you at this holy moment. Our scientists will tell you that you are fooling yourself; they will tell you that your brain is wired to find meaning in randomness. I tell you that both views are correct; anyone could perceive the holy world as well, but unfortunately faith precedes the perception. If your scientific mind feels violated by that statement, I would like to remind you that every scientific discovery starts out with a creative conjecture. Consider yourself a scientist who gives the faith hypothesis a shot and is willing to look herself with an open mind. I tell you that everything you see satisfies your mind as well as your heart in the spiritual realm.

The point is that you can only discover the world behind our experienced reality for yourself; sure, you can try to give pointers to your soul brother very much as I try to do right now, but a rational minded scientist will always be able to give you a counterpoint which of course will be logical. So there is no point in having a God debate. This debate is as useless as discussing whether 1 or -1 is the solution to our math problem. When you experience one world, you eclipse the other. God gave us the freedom of choice; no one can be forced to experience oneness yet everyone who looks for it can see it clearly for herself.






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