The child was sleeping so peacefully with her hands resting on a pokemon teddy while her grandma had that holy book in her hand.
Can you see some irony there? Both are having their comfort objects in their hands.
Is God the teddy for grown-ups, a source of comfort or a security object?
Both are offering a kind of protective embrace, a reconstruction of faith. For the kid it’s the teddy while it’s a version of God for adults, making them escape from some unknown fear.
Kids escape from the fear of darkness with a teddy. He assures himself “someone is there with me always”, like God for grown-ups.
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April 6, 2017 at 7:42 am
Viswaasam athalle ellaaam…. 😇
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April 6, 2017 at 10:36 am
Ha ha, athanne
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April 6, 2017 at 10:59 am
😇
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April 5, 2017 at 12:06 am
But where is my support! 😎
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April 5, 2017 at 4:12 pm
Hmm.. might be your pillow🤔
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April 5, 2017 at 4:14 pm
Ohh!! Right!! 😄😇
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April 5, 2017 at 4:18 pm
🤣🤣
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April 4, 2017 at 2:01 am
Wonderfully said! Truly that’s the case…we need a support, a resting place which can keep our fears away while nurturing the hope…
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April 4, 2017 at 6:57 pm
Yes..that’s it..it’s selfish driven, if thinking like that ..isn’t it
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April 3, 2017 at 10:12 pm
This is an interesting post akhila as always. But when people believe in intuitions and superstitions, why not in God?After all, you get peace,faith,hope and much more. Only thing is one cannot prove it, much like how teddy is non living thing. But do I really have to prove it?
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April 4, 2017 at 11:51 am
It’s all about faith. You are right jeni, you don’t have to prove it. If it gives some sort of comfort, that’s what matters.
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April 3, 2017 at 5:43 pm
A great thought here.
It is indeed the faith that we have in God that has replaced the teddy.
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April 4, 2017 at 11:54 am
It all happened as we are grown ups, otherwise we would have that teddy still in hand😉
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April 5, 2017 at 6:32 pm
Slightly ashamed though, I still have a teddy in my room. It is just there as a showpiece but I just don’t seem willing to give it away!
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April 6, 2017 at 10:32 am
That kid is still there with you
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April 9, 2017 at 7:17 pm
😀
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April 3, 2017 at 5:46 am
Interesting
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April 3, 2017 at 1:06 pm
Thanks
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April 2, 2017 at 7:10 pm
It is an amusing comparison but it makes complete sense.
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April 3, 2017 at 1:07 pm
Thank you..glad to know that it had some sense
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April 1, 2017 at 10:01 pm
Completely true notion.We do need someone,something to hold on.
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April 2, 2017 at 11:53 am
Ya..arising out of some insecurity feeling
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April 1, 2017 at 7:39 pm
This post… I just love it!
It makes me think that each one of us wants that support no matter what our age is. Yes, the medium would differ but the destination will be same👍👌
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April 2, 2017 at 1:07 pm
Yes.. but even then can you believe that god is a teddy kind of thing for you..
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April 2, 2017 at 1:15 pm
Obviously not. But yes we can feel the support of God by imagining in our Teddy and we do that infact, when we worship the statues, we do the same. It all about our faith and God exists in every bit!!
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April 2, 2017 at 1:17 pm
Yes..it’s all about faith
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April 2, 2017 at 6:14 pm
😊
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April 1, 2017 at 6:24 pm
Beautiful!
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April 2, 2017 at 1:06 pm
Thanks
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April 2, 2017 at 6:20 pm
You’re welcome.
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April 1, 2017 at 3:32 pm
nice
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April 2, 2017 at 1:06 pm
Thank you
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April 1, 2017 at 2:44 pm
Wonderful post Akhila ☺️. Nice thought. Someone is really there for all of us👍👍
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April 2, 2017 at 1:06 pm
Thanks priya..
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April 1, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Religion is a teddy bear for adults. We are an infant race. Homo Sapien has only been around for about 50,000 years. In the scheme of the universe that is very young. But the cataclysm from the war of the gods is the reason why religion works so well. Great post!
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April 2, 2017 at 1:05 pm
Maybe we will realize it when the age of homosapience becomes accountable
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April 2, 2017 at 4:45 pm
We need to hold ourselves accountable. We keep looking outside for a savior and keep looking for something outside of us to watch us and take care of us. This is what is meant by “Know thyself’. Nothing is outside of you. We won’t become accountable until we realize how much power we have as individuals. I say it all the time “We are who we have been waiting for”. 😊
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April 1, 2017 at 11:07 am
Outstanding…. you are terrific with your thoughts and words!!
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April 2, 2017 at 12:48 pm
Thanks chandrajit for your inspiring words. Have a great time
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April 1, 2017 at 10:30 am
Yes someone somewhere always watches over us, comforts us
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April 2, 2017 at 12:48 pm
Yeah.. maybe that comfort feeling is driving us
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April 1, 2017 at 9:58 am
Yes Akhila someone is always there for all of us. Beautiful post so well worded. We all need someone in our lives to love and protect
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April 2, 2017 at 12:47 pm
Yeah.. if not there would have been many more Bhakth Meyers’s
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April 2, 2017 at 12:56 pm
Yes absolutely
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April 2, 2017 at 1:15 pm
Meera
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