actions that belie faith
ACTIONS THAT BELIE FAITH For the faithful God is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. Omnipresence “ KaN kaN me Bhagwan” (in every smallest particle there is God) is a universally accepted fact. 2.12 of the Gita is “never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in future shall any of us cease to be. (*1) Kabir, our greatest philosopher saint said in the 15 th century “a deer roams the forest searching for the musk, which is present in his navel, we roam the world searching for God, even though he is present everywhere.” (*2). For Anna, the irreverent child protagonist of Fynn’s “Mr. God, this is Anna” going to church to meet Mr. God is preposterous. After all, if Mr. God wasn’t everywhere he wasn’t anywhere. In the Holi story, King Hiranyakashipu (*3) declares himself supreme. His son, Prahlad quietly but firmly denies it and venerates lord Vishnu and declares His omnipresence. The king ties his son to a pillar and on pain of death asks him t...