Faith
When I have talked to some about faith, a few of them have said something similar to this. Faith, you need to get real. Faith is some of that religious crap that christians are always rambling about. We are living in the real world, not a fairytale make believe world. That reminds me of something that my ex-wife told me when I ended up unemployed after resigning from one job for another, and having the other job inform me of changes and they would not be taking me one day before I was to be hired. She said; you better get real, and stop all of that prayer and meditation and find a job, I am not taking care of another man; I have been there and done that. I told her that my praying and meditating was not interfering with me finding a job. If anything, prayer and meditation would help me. I would pray and meditate around 4:00 or 5:00 every morning, and later each morning I would start searching for work. I also shared with her that prayer and meditation gave me the peace I needed during this very difficult time, it also played a key role in strengthening my faith.
Humanity has gotten so disconnected from Spiritual Reality that anything associated with Spirituality seems unrealistic and like a fairytale. Faith is an integral part of our eternal existence and reality. Yes, faith is a major focus of the christian religion, and here is one of their most famous biblical verses. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things unseen.” Another translation of that verse says; “Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.” Therefore, faith is the belief in, and devotion to GODDESS-GOD, trusting in something without logical proof, and allegiance or loyalty to someone and something that is much bigger than you and I and the entire Universe.
Whether faith is consciously believed or not, it is practiced by everyone throughout our lifetime more then anything else we do. We practice faith without consciously giving it a single thought, because faith is just that close to us. Faith is a very important major part of who we are. Whether we know it our not, we have a daily intimate relationship with faith. I will prove my point by asking you this. Do you give any thought to how to make the blood that carries the life force throughout your physical body, and what you must do to keep that blood flowing consistently through the veins at the proper rate that will keep you alive? Do you give any thought to inhaling and exhaling air? If you are in good health, do you give thought to whether or not you will wake up in the morning? I could go on and on, however I do not think that is necessary because my point has been made. If we measured it, we would see that we live on faith more then anything else. Here is one more example that I must share with you. Electricity and the light it produces are real, and so is the light switch that turns on that light. When we flip the light switch to the on position, we have faith that the light will come on in order that we can see where we are going in an otherwise dark room. When faith is accessed in our lives, it becomes the switch, the wire, the electricity, and the light that illuminates our surroundings and helps guide us through life safely. It is impossible to live a single minute of life without faith, period, end of story.
Speaking of living a minute of life without something, it is beyond the stretch of the wildest imagination, beyond reality to believe that we can live without GODDESS-GOD and Spirituality. We are Spiritual beings; it is just that plain and simple. Being Spiritual beings means it is natural for us to function in and through a state of Spirituality. It is possible for us to do some things in a semi-conscious state of existence. However, sooner or later we must recognize that we are Spiritual Beings that live by faith, and we must act accordingly. When we do that, life will be so much easier to deal with. Hear me well now; I did not say that life would be easy. I said; “… life will be so much easier to deal with.” Faith is what always sees us through our challenges, and faith is our strength and our companion through the darkest of times. Faith is such an integral part of life that we sometimes even choose to have faith in others. Faith in others can be risky, because we can let each other down sometimes, simply because we are still a work in progress. There are so many things to learn and work through such as faith and trust in GODDESS-GOD. Having faith in GODDESS-GOD is absolute; you can bet on it and bank on it. Having faith in GODDESS-GOD is a sure thing that will never fail us or come up short. I will bet on faith every single time.
Just about everything that I have acquired in life became a reality through having faith. When my faith was weak, it took longer to get what I wanted or needed. The stronger my faith, the quicker things or situation materialized in my surrounding world and within me. However, it is said that even a small amount of faith can produce great wonders, and that is true. "If your faith is the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." That was said to someone who did not believe in faith. In that case, it took just the smallest amount of faith. Our troubles and needs have become some of our mountains in life. Faith can move those mountains, transform them, or do whatever is needed and aligned perfectly with Divine Will. Many of our troubles in life seem like mountains when we are trying to deal with them without our faith in GODDESS-GOD as our provider. On the other hand, with faith the same situations that loamed over us as gigantic mountains now are seen, as they truly are, nothing but little anthills. They can be move out of our way, or we can step over them. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things unseen.” By the way, the mustard seed is one of the smallest seed in the world, and it produces one of the largest trees in the world.
"If your faith is the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
Another big problem we have is the show me mentality, to see it is to believe it. Yeah right! We are so caught up in this physical dimension, if we cannot physically see something; we say it must not be real. Actually, we can not see our true self because it is Spirit, and Spirit has no physical form because it is pure energy. Faith is invisible energy and our true self who is Spirit is invisible energy. Therefore, based on our intellectual wisdom and understanding of reality, we are not real, that is of course according to the definition of reality in the minds of many. According to our intellectual analogy of seeing something makes it real is wrong. We know that deep within us if we honestly think about it. Air cannot be seen, and it is as real as real can get. In addition, we cannot see sound; yet in reality we hear sound. Faith is real and likewise it cannot be seen. Without faith, there would be no you or me. Without faith, there would be no Universe, and without mustard seed faith, the Whole of Creation would vanish.
In times such as we are living in today, faith is an absolute necessity. Matter of fact, mustard seed faith times one hundred is necessary to get through the darkness of troubled times of today. To try to exist without faith is like trying to cross the desert without a drop of water, to do so is impossible. Therefore, since we know that we must have faith, we must go all out to be conscious of it as we live our lives through it. We must go all out to expand our faith as much as possible. Being faithful is not the same thing as being fanatical. Nevertheless, if being faithful was a sign of being fanatical, I will take an extra large portion of fanatical please. It is not about what others think, say, or believe. It is about us as individuals doing what we believe GODDESS-GOD would have us do. Faith is the Master Key that opens all of the doors that we must walk through in life that will facilitate the Spiritual process of Total Spiritual Re-Call, remembering who we are Spiritually. Faith is the water that we need that causes us to grow Spiritually as it quenches our Spiritual thirst. We must have faith so that we can break loose from the familiar and launch out into the deep. The familiar is the place we find ourselves today. The deep is that place of expansive Spiritual awakening, growth, and maturity. If we feel satisfied with where we are at right now, and we do not want more out of life, hold on to the familiar and stay right where you are. Moreover, the familiar is like stagnant water; it eventually starts to stink because there is no movement. However, if you want to grow, expand, and mature Spiritually, the deep is where you belong. As long as we are in physical form on this dense physical plane, we will break loose from the familiar and launch out into the deep many times. It is all about Growth, Expansion, and Spiritually Maturity, which is an ongoing process for us all as we sojourn through this physical plane.
If necessary, start by having faith the size of a mustard seed, which
is one of the smallest seed there is, it will move mountains for you.
Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala
(SpiritWalker)
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