Faith could make us a greater individual if we perceive the actual that means of it. But when we merely observe the faith as instructed to do with out even understanding it, we shall be in a cage as you say.
Each spiritual cult has defined faith in several methods. Each individual has a distinct definition of faith. The rituals given in our religions are fashioned in view of well being, hygiene, happiness, and extra so for our non secular well-being. So, it’s good to observe them. Nonetheless, once we strictly observe them at the price of inflicting discomfort to others, and in addition insist the remainder of folks to do the identical, we find yourself in conflicts and unhappiness. Because of this, we don’t get internal peace and really feel that we’re within the cage of faith, unable to find the actual that means of life.
Faith is to offer happiness to others. Each faith preaches us methods to keep away from inflicting unhappiness to one another and liberate ourselves from all sufferings.
When we don’t damage others by any means and provides happiness, it counts as faith. If we quick for a day to worship God and get indignant with the folks round us, it’s not faith. As an alternative, if somebody doesn’t quick however helps folks or makes them joyful, it’s faith.
Thus, we will examine whether or not we’re following faith accurately or not from the end result.
Blindly following spiritual practices and rituals is not going to convey forth the end result. Faith decreases one’s kashayas (the internal weaknesses corresponding to anger, delight, deceit, and greed) – this must be the top end result
Once we observe faith, the kashayas change into lighter, lesser and finally disappear. When one doesn’t have any arthadhyan (adversarial inside meditation that hurts the self) or raudradhyan (adversarial inside meditation that hurts others), he’s mentioned to have attained the essence of faith. An individual’s internal power and bliss will increase as soon as these kashayas start to dismiss. One turns into conscious of the unimaginable internal power then.
Past all these religions is the Atma Dharma (faith of the Self), which implies Self-realization. When somebody asks you, “Who’re you?” you say, “I’m John (please insert your title right here).”
However are you John or is John your title? You say, “John is my title.”
Then who’re you in actuality? That realization of the ‘Self’ is Atma dharma. Realizing the Self and the world in its true type is spirituality. One has to stay within the consciousness of true non secular information – that’s the final faith.
In non secular science, we stay within the consciousness of our Self and settle our worldly life with equanimity. For instance, if we need to clear soiled water, we preserve filters and make it drinkable water. However utilizing filters, we can not separate hydrogen and oxygen from the water. Nonetheless, if we do chemical evaluation, we separate hydrogen and oxygen and get these components of their pure type. Likewise, the worldly religions train us to scrub the unhealthy inside us and be a greater individual; whereas spirituality is to transcend the great and unhealthy and to change into God (Self).
Religious science helps separate the everlasting components, i.e. to separate the Soul (the Self) from matter.
Thus, we should transcend the worldly faith by attaining Self-realization from the dwelling Gnani (Self-realized) and stay in final bliss – that is the final word function of human life!