When I was about 8 years old, the most frequently asked question by me to others was, ‘Do You Believe in ghosts?’. The answers were varied (yes, no, maybe), to which I promptly asked have you seen any? The response was mostly in negative. I was too young to ask any more but most of these responses would make me wonder about the existence of a world that I had never experienced. It would be interesting to mention here that my mom had seen apparitions and spirits but her experience to me wre just thrilling stories that would fuel my imaginative mind.

Much later in life I asked myself if I believed in ghosts? I am yet to get adefinite answer. No I have not seen any but then I have not seen god either and yet I do believe in god.

In recent times I have observed that there is so much of respect for science and the scientific minded, And quite rightly so. But what about the things that we don’t know or the ones that we don’t see. The fear of the unknown has been much reduced with the advent of Science and technological progress since time bygone. It has been replaced with a kind of irreverence that some times I feel is imprudent.

Do you remember that quote, most probably by Newton ‘that what I have discovered is just a pebble in a pool of ocean’. It went some thing like that, I don’t remember the exact quote but that was the gist of it.
What we don’t know is like that ocean; yes truly one needs to boldly sail across it to find new shores. The journey though should be made without trepidation but a fair amount of veneration I feel is definitely a prerequisite of such an expedition.