Page 192 - Faith Personified

He descended from the sky and once again innocent and
curious people came running to catch a glimpse. Miracles
attract and entertain people of all ages at all times. No
invitation is required to witness them. Compare it with our
attraction towards religion. Leave alone enthusiasm; many
times, we do not exercise it inspite of being invited to do so.

This shows our interest since time immemorial. How much
interest do we have in such amusements and miracles and
how much interest do we have in following religion? Our

inclination towards religion has been short-lived but it is not
possible to achieve salvation without it.

A person can whole-heartedly exercise religion only if he is
interested in it. Exercising religion without interest cannot
boost your feelings. Religion not combined with pure feelings
cannot help you to achieve salvation.

Q. Why didn’t Sulsa go?

Ans. People are interested in amusement and hence when
Ambad dramatically glided down from the sky, people ran
towards the door where ‘Shankarji’ landed. Did Sulsa run?
Didn’t she know about the occurrence? That is not possible
because Ambad must have ensured that Sulsa came to know.

If he had set up this entire drama to test her, wouldn’t he
have made sure Sulsa would learn what was happening? So
Sulsa surely knew it. Then why didn’t she run along with the
others? Because she was least interested in such amusements.
She possessed such a noble religious outlook that she was
interested in nothing but religion.

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