& There Are 2 Kinds...
One is blind faith or mechanical faith, and the other is the real thing. It’s 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 “blind faith.” 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 “robotic faith” 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 “I believe in God” as a mechanical statement or comfort blanket. But the thing is, I’ve encountered many people in my life who are either agnostic or not necessarily “spiritual” 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 that’s the problem because as soon as you believe in God “out there,” you’ve created a conflict. Then you’re still stuck in the old projection of the “man in the sky” 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 “spiritual” beliefs may be able to use this power effectively because they’re tapping into it without realizing it. But if you’re 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 it’s usually in the wrong direction.
It’s 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 “out there” - it’s a delusion. If we look outside of ourselves for a foundation in life, we’re vulnerable to all the ups and downs and the emptiness it ultimately brings. This is NOT to say we don’t require external people and things in order to enjoy life.
It’s to say that these “externals” 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, you’ll enjoy them more.
Struggles In Life & Leaky Buckets
As long as you’re in human form you’ll still face struggles because the ultimate reason we’re 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 you’re no longer leaking energy through “holes in the buckets.”
The biggest hole in the bucket is the fear of the unknown, or death. But real faith is “dying” into the unknown and discovering that you’re still here. When you experience this for yourself, you know that you’re 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 you’re no longer leaking through “holes in the buckets.” 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 “faith” because you’re bargaining to get, you’re back to square one: blind faith. This is the main mistake most people make whether they’re in a church, a coven casting spells, or using the “law of attraction.”
If your faith isn’t resting on this firm bedrock of understanding within yourself, it doesn’t matter your beliefs - you’ll begin to leak energy when struggles, problems and challenges invariably come your way.
How To Get & Have Real Faith
Now it’s time to cut to the chase and discover how we can go about having this faith.
While it’s useful to talk about it and study it in order to understand the idea, it’s quite another thing to have it. Having it goes beyond the intellectual understanding and is what makes all the difference. It’s what truly makes it faith. One of the most powerful sayings, which is now a cliche, is to “take a leap of faith.” There’s 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, we’re no longer fighting the Divine Flow of Life and it can support us even as we don’t know.
So, this tells us that real faith is a kind of letting go. When we’re able to feel our way into not knowing, a sudden knowing certainty that comes from beyond our thinking mind is revealed. It’s 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 you’ll begin to see.