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Faith doesn't require a 'focus', that is, it doesn't need a deity,
religious group or teaching to trust. To be 'faithful' simply requires
trust in reality (what is, not what is thought to be).
To do this requires a letting-go of 'self', and 'my will'.
Self-will distorts reality, which sets up an imaginary battlefield between
self and 'the other(s)'. There is a contradiction between self and reality,
and it's this contrast that makes the sense of urgency (in protecting 'oneself')
appear real. When imaginary is recognized as imaginary (instead of real),
self and other forms will drop away as inconsequential.
It's only after self-will drops that faith has a chance to take effect,
which allows the person to see through the 'veil of the unreal' (the imaginary)
into the real.
Peace,
Matthew
Faith doesn't require a 'focus', that is, it doesn't need a deity,
religious group or teaching to trust. To be 'faithful' simply requires
trust in reality (what is, not what is thought to be).
To do this requires a letting-go of 'self', and 'my will'.
Self-will distorts reality, which sets up an imaginary battlefield between
self and 'the other(s)'. There is a contradiction between self and reality,
and it's this contrast that makes the sense of urgency (in protecting 'oneself')
appear real. When imaginary is recognized as imaginary (instead of real),
self and other forms will drop away as inconsequential.
It's only after self-will drops that faith has a chance to take effect,
which allows the person to see through the 'veil of the unreal' (the imaginary)
into the real.
Peace,
Matthew
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