& There Are 2 Kinds...
One is blind faith or mechanical faith, and the other is the real thing. Itโs important to know the difference because having real faith will support you and provide you with guidance no matter what challenges you face.
Faith as its normally understood is a โblind faith.โ This where creed becomes dogma and people latch onto it in an attempt to feel safe. And if anyone threatens that creed, it feels to them as if their very life is being threatened. The thing is, this kind of โrobotic faithโ never stands up under the heat and pressure of real life. To me, this is one of the root causes of why so many people are currently facing mental health issues.
Having faith has come to be synonymous with โI believe in Godโ as a mechanical statement or comfort blanket. But the thing is, Iโve encountered many people in my life who are either agnostic or not necessarily โspiritualโ who were very giving and honest people. They were just as much an expression and channel for Divine Flow as people who claimed to have a faith.
So real faith is not necessarily about creed or dogma.
Note: This is NOT to deny the existence of God because God (or whatever word you want to substitute) IS Existence-Being-Itself.
Belief Is Not Faith
Many think you need to believe in God in order to use this great Universal Power.
But thatโs the problem because as soon as you believe in God โout there,โ youโve created a conflict. Then youโre still stuck in the old projection of the โman in the skyโ rather than The Universal Being-ness living through you as you.
A good analogy is do you need to believe in gravity for it to work? Gravity works regardless of your belief just like God is not a super person in the heavens who you turn to when you need a favor. Anyone can use this power regardless of their beliefs, and in fact, everyone IS using this power already. Some people who may not even have โspiritualโ beliefs may be able to use this power effectively because theyโre tapping into it without realizing it. But if youโre consciously aware of this Power, you can accomplish even more for yourself and everyone else on the planet.
The Universe is centered in you whether you believe in it or not. This means the Universal Flow is centered in everyone you meet in the same way but with varying degrees of expression. So just like the air you breathe, this Intelligence-Energy with no beginning or end is within you and all around you.
You can access even more of this Intelligence-Energy by working with It and growing in understanding from that practice.
You Already Have Faith, But You're Facing The Wrong Way
Many of us already have real faith, but itโs usually in the wrong direction.
Itโs in the stories we have about our past or the projected worries about our future that have been formed from a negative bias. This takes us away from seeing what is and thus weakens our ability to make good choices.
When we look to externals for our faith - including a God โout thereโ - itโs a delusion. If we look outside of ourselves for a foundation in life, weโre vulnerable to all the ups and downs and the emptiness it ultimately brings. This is NOT to say we donโt require external people and things in order to enjoy life.
Itโs to say that these โexternalsโ that society values so much will come to us naturally when we have access to real faith.
It also means that not only will you have more success, a healthier body and better relationships, youโll enjoy them more.
Struggles In Life & Leaky Buckets
As long as youโre in human form youโll still face struggles because the ultimate reason weโre here is to grow.
But instead of getting stuck in the struggles, faith will guide you through to a new baseline of accomplishment and joy in life. This is because Life has more power to create through you because youโre no longer leaking energy through โholes in the buckets.โ
The biggest hole in the bucket is the fear of the unknown, or death. But real faith is โdyingโ into the unknown and discovering that youโre still here. When you experience this for yourself, you know that youโre an individual expression of The Universe and your fear of death greatly decreases. This kind of faith gives Life more power to create through you because youโre no longer leaking through โholes in the buckets.โ This influences every area of your life from health to relationships to business and career.
But the thing is, faith must come first. If you have โfaithโ because youโre bargaining to get, youโre back to square one: blind faith. This is the main mistake most people make whether theyโre in a church, a coven casting spells, or using the โlaw of attraction.โ
If your faith isnโt resting on this firm bedrock of understanding within yourself, it doesnโt matter your beliefs - youโll begin to leak energy when struggles, problems and challenges invariably come your way.
How To Get & Have Real Faith
Now itโs time to cut to the chase and discover how we can go about having this faith.
While itโs useful to talk about it and study it in order to understand the idea, itโs quite another thing to have it. Having it goes beyond the intellectual understanding and is what makes all the difference. Itโs what truly makes it faith. One of the most powerful sayings, which is now a cliche, is to โtake a leap of faith.โ Thereโs an image of The Fool archetype from the tarot (see image at top) in which the character is about to walk over the edge of a cliff. This is a perfect symbolic picture of what faith is. When we let go of how we think things should be, weโre no longer fighting the Divine Flow of Life and it can support us even as we donโt know.
So, this tells us that real faith is a kind of letting go. When weโre able to feel our way into not knowing, a sudden knowing certainty that comes from beyond our thinking mind is revealed. Itโs a willingness to allow the Universal Flow to live through you as you.
This willingness gets easier the more you practice because of the inspiring results youโll begin to see.