Why Should I Believe in God?

Please tell me why should one believe in God? I am frustrated as nothing seems to work out for me, either my material life or my spiritual life. Please guide me - I am lost at the moment!! 
 
Reply: Nobody wants you to believe in God. What difference does it make to God whether you believe in Him or Her or That or not!?
 
Look at the Sun, it gives you love and light and sustains you and the whole of existence. Did you ever hear the sun whispering in your ears, “Hey! You have not saluted me and so no love, no light for you today?” Whether you express your gratitude and reverence to the sun or not the sun always floods you with light and love and sustains you through the vagaries of life.  So also is God. He never waits for your salutations but keeps you flooded with innumerable gifts every moment of your life. Of course, the more you open your eye of awareness and try to see in the midst of darkenss the flickers of Light that are always there, your eye will show you, for What you want to see, you see. Like your own mother, the Divine loves you irrespective of whether you reciprocate with gratitude or not.
 
Start recognizing the grace without any expectation of magic, and just do what you do with a heart of love and gratitude, for the divine principle that works all the miracles in the world is Love and Gratitude. 

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Comment by Maynard on June 14, 2012 at 12:14pm

While the question itself is not a good one because it requires a definition of "God", it does lead to the question of "What should I belive in? and why?"

Simply put, we believe in that which we know to be true, and for the reason simply that it is true.

Perhaps the post intended to inquire "Why should we revere that which sustains us?" Even then it seems obvious that if we don't [have reverence], then it won't [sustain us].

In the physical world, our bodies are sustained by water, air, and foods. Each of these are sustained by the entire ecosystem in its complex harmony and diversification. Our bodies are the sustaining system for that which lives within us, our emotions, intellectual stimulation, inspirations and aspirations, and more, all of which are highly dependent upon, more precisely interdependent with, other humans.

From cellular biology to the vastness of the cosmos to the neurological processes of the brain, we see cause and effect, not serially but interwoven network of energy (and some matter), all responsive. But only in humans do we see choice, and specifically choice in the presence of conscience. Both choice and conscience are dependent upon the breadth and depth of our consciousness.

As the original post concludes, our particular and specific human contribution to this wondrous universe is to actively express love and gratitude.

Comment by N.Shubhakara Jain on June 6, 2012 at 9:07am

dear avyaktha shuddhaanandaa,

God is lift to life - it is my experience. One has to live along with - people, animals, and all living creatures of the world happily and peacefully. It requires wast knowledge, one may get it easily from God, may get else where to some extent at the cost of  more time and money. One never bather material or spiritual benefit, he nearest to god.