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Oct 15, 2019
"Faith means living with uncertainty--feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark" --Dan Millman
The Religious Value of the Unknown
In an age when the fate of the world is unknown, George Prochnik makes a case for uncertainty as a form of faith and hope. Restoring a sense of the unknown requires unlearning, calling into question our way of life. In uncertainty, reason fails whereas love guides. This love can be exemplified by those who spend hours practicing arts and handicrafts with no concern for real-world application, but which may give the skills and imagination necessary to envision and resurrect what war and disease have destroyed. In dark times, hope can emerge from a religious sensibility that proclaims, "I do not know what happens next." Faith can emerge when we ask questions until the context deepens and evil is transformed. Faith, hope and love of service can be the beginning of creation.
BE THE CHANGE
Of what are you certain? How has this belief served you? What would your life look like if you released that certainty, replaced it with a deep love, and embraced asking questions? Can you sit with the statement, "I do not know what happens next?"
