Material life or spiritual life both face same situation. When one decides to walk on path of spirituality, obstacles and problems starts to play their part to stop him from reaching destination by crushing hope and enthusiasm. Spiritual life is more vulnerable than material life in maintaining hope as on the path of spirituality one might be walking alone. He has no one for motivating and encouraging him. On the name of friends, only some spiritual guidelines and his faiths are there. In addition, there is no fixed time, no fixed length of journey on this path. This makes this path more vulnerable for seeker to fall prey in a hopeless situation thereby quitting the path.
First of all 'Hope' is an honest faith, expecting a certain possibility to occur. Hope is the mysterious source of energy, which keeps people on the move during the most adverse conditions in life where expected outcome is uncertain. Hope marks its existence with beginning of life.
According to Greek mythology ancient Greeks, believe that, hope was the only spirit that was left after Pandora opened Pandora's Box.
While in Christian scripture hope is considered to be one of the most important virtues that should be used by believers. Its, Proverbs 23:18 say that,
"There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off."
Also, in great Hindu epic Mahabharata, valiant ‘Arjuna’ is seen losing this hope and then ‘Krishna’ urges him to shed his weakness and realize his true potential.
Not only human being but also every living organism lives with some kind of hope. ‘Fyodor Dostoevsky’ the mystic writer said that,
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