THE LIFE WE SEEK

The Life We Seek ~ 437 ~ puts these questions into words, but still they linger in the human soul, causing untold anguish and something welling up with such force that they lead to insanity. What this longing stems from is an instinctive human consciousness of a Lord and Creator. Ingrained in the subconscious of every human being lies the thought: “God is my Lord; I am His servant.” Everyone tacitly makes this covenant on coming into the world. The idea of a Lord and Creator— one who watches over and sustains creation—runs in the veins of every human being. Until he has found his Lord, man feels himself lost in a vacuum. William James (1842-1910), an American philosopher who was one of the founders of pragmatism, said that “faith is one of the forces by which men live, and the total absence of it means collapse.”1 Subconsciously being aware of God, man wants more than anything to reach God. Above all else, he desires to hold firm to the Lord he knows in his heart he cannot do without. But the God he instinctively is aware of, has yet to appear before