Background – My dear friend Sujatha and I were having one of our deep,
philosophical discussions at the gym this morning. This particular discussion centered on faith,
and whether faith, prayer and “positive thinking” have measurable, “real life”
effects. I was telling her about a study
I had read about which concluded that there was no measurable effect from
prayer among the subjects that were studied.
I have thought a lot about that study over the last few years, being a
fan of science, and wondered how that fits into my current belief system as it
seems to contradict my belief in the existence of the “Strange Case Of Uncanny
Timing”. I have come to believe that it may be
difficult if not impossible to actually measure these types of events. Perhaps this is a case of “seeing what you
want to see”, but as I go along my doubts about “uncanny timing” being “just a
coincidence” continue to fade. One possible explanation is that, in the world of quantum physics, one
of the biggest challenges scientists face in their work is that just the act of
observing and trying to measure an event has the power to alter the outcome of
said event. Hmmm? Interesting! I think of it as trying to capture a puff of smoke in your hand. If you stand back and look, your eyes can capture the entire cloud, but when you reach for it...poof! It slips right through your fingers.
You can draw your own conclusions on this subject, my point
was just to tell you that the discussion that Sujatha and I were having this
morning centered on having faith in things that science cannot, as of yet,
prove.
S.C.O.U.T. - Sujatha scooted out of the gym and left me to my sweat and
my IPod shuffle. I clicked back in and
finished the song that I had been enjoying when Sujatha and I began our
conversation. I then waited as the next
song in the Shuffles “random” line-up of my 200+ songs cued up and began to
play….“Your Own Personal Jesus” with
the popular chorus “Reach out and touch faith” came barreling through my
head phones, sending chills down my spine.
This song had not made its way through the random line-up for
months – in fact, it had been so long that at first I couldn’t remember adding
it to my play list at all. How
completely uncanny that it would choose this moment to surface?
Reach out and touch faith indeed.
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