In Serch of God
2. Does God Exist?
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of helplessness and in crisis, we discover that there
is a Supreme Being. Every man and woman has
experienced this natural fact at least once in his or
her life.
Then why this question? If the concept of God is
present in our flesh and blood, why does one
question the existence of God? The reason is very
simple. People want to know whether there is a
rational basis to their inner belief, whether there is
some scientific proof in favour of their inner
feelings.
I must emphasise that there is certainly a scientific
basis for belief in the existence of God. But people
generally fail to discover it for the simple reason
that they try to apply a criterion which they
wrongly believe to be scientific. They want a proof
in terms of observation, whereas this is neither the
scientific method nor the criterion by which to
judge. If you apply the right criterion, you will find
that God is a proven fact.
Here I recall an incident which took place in 1965,
when I was living in Lucknow. I happened to meet
