Faith And Reason Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Knowledge is memory renewed
From perception and experience
Put to the test of reasoning,
Inference and some conviction.

Faith refers to a strong belief
That lacks reason and evidence.
It rests on inspiration
Intuition and revelation.

Knowledge is built also on faith,
The faith on the perception,
The faith on the gathered knowledge
Inference and hypothesis.

Whether or not we could explain
Our beliefs that we hold all along,
We associate with the believers
And pursue the faith, with blind eyes.

Faith comes through non-reasoning means-
The subtle influence of others,
The feelings from the happenings
And the cause and effect connects.

Faith cannot be wiped by reason.
10.05.2016