Thursday, February 2, 2012

Faith and Happiness!!

Ever pondered about the correlation between one having Faith in God and their overall happiness? Well, as I was in my thinking mode, I thought of what does man want? What's the purpose for each of us? If you try to answer these questions from biological/evolutionary standpoint, we can quickly relate our existence to the main purpose, i.e., reproduce and die. However, as intellectual as we humans are, that purpose seems to be too shallow and incomplete. This is where a lot of philosophy takes birth!!  Now, to converge on just the philosophy of Happiness and Faith, I believe there is a strong correlation between these two and to explain my belief on this, I quote "Ignorance is Blissful". I do not intend to call everyone that has faith as being ignorant, but in grand scheme of things, one's mind is at rest if they are oblivious to information that could potentially harm them. For example, while walking in woods if one is aware of all the possible dangers, such person will immediately worry about the dangers that they are exposed to. However, in lack of awareness of the dangers, one is able to enjoy the walk and relax.

Overall, the more information one has, the more stressful their mind can get as their mind is constantly working on what's the likelyhood of all that information (with potential dangers) coming to bear their fruit? Of course, one has the choice to ignore such thoughts, even after knowing the dangers. Nevertheless, for folks who do not know this information, are automatically happy and stress free. Faith instills confidence while lack-of-faith instills constant doubt, which leads to a state of unhappiness.