It has been said, if you have the faith the size of a grain of mustard seed, you could say to the mountain. “move from here to there,” and it will move.
In one sense it is certain that confidence in one’s own strength gives Man the capacity to carry out material things which would not be able to do if he doubted himself. However, here I wish to deal exclusively with the moral sense of these words. The mountains which faith can transport are the difficulties, the resistances, the ill will, in fact all those things which Mankind has to face, even when I refer to good things. The prejudices, routines, materialistic interests, selfishness, the blindness of fanaticism and prideful passions are but a few of the mountains that block the way of those who work for human progress (our ascension). Robust faith gives perseverance, energy and resources that allow us to overcome these obstacles, be they large or small. From wavering faith results only uncertainty, and the kind of hesitation those adversaries (old energies & thought patterns) we need to combat take advantage of; it does not even try to find a means to win because it does not believe it can.
Another acceptance of the term gives us to understand that faith is the confidence we have in the realization of something, and the certainty of attaining a specific end (the sacredness of our transition-our evolution-our purification-our ascension) It gives us a kind of lucidness, which permits us to know in our minds the goal we wish to reach and the means of getting there. So those who have faith go forward, in a manner of speaking, with absolute security. In either one of these cases, it can give place to the realization of great things.
Faith which is real and sincere is always calm; it permits patience which knows how to wait, because having its foundation in intelligence and the understanding of life, it is certain of reaching the objective it aspires to. Vacillating faith feels its own weakness; when its interest is aroused it becomes frenzied and thinks it can supply the force it lacks by using violence. Calmness during the struggle is always a sign of strength and confidence, whereas on the contrary violence denotes weakness and self-doubt.
It behooves us not to confuse faith with presumption. True faith is linked to humility; those who have it deposit more confidence in Creator/God than in themselves, as they know they are but simple instruments of Divine Purpose and can do nothing without Spirit/God. This is the reason why the Good Spirits (angels, saints, guides, ascended masters etc.) come to their aid. Presumption is less faith than pride, and pride is always punished sooner or later by deceptions and frustrations inflicted upon it.
The power of faith can be demonstrated in a direct and special manner in magnetic action. Through the intermediary of faith, man acts on the fluids (Grace-thoughts from God), which are a universal agent, modifying their qualities and giving them, in a manner of speaking, irresistible impulsion. From this it follows that whoever joins a normally great fluidic power to that of ardent faith can, solely by the strength of their will power directed towards goodness, operate those singular phenomena of healing and other occurrences known in the olden times as miracles. This is because they are nothing more than the consequences of a Law of Nature. This is the reason our dear friend and wondering Rabi said to His apostles that if they did not cure it was because they had no faith.
In one sense it is certain that confidence in one’s own strength gives Man the capacity to carry out material things which would not be able to do if he doubted himself. However, here I wish to deal exclusively with the moral sense of these words. The mountains which faith can transport are the difficulties, the resistances, the ill will, in fact all those things which Mankind has to face, even when I refer to good things. The prejudices, routines, materialistic interests, selfishness, the blindness of fanaticism and prideful passions are but a few of the mountains that block the way of those who work for human progress (our ascension). Robust faith gives perseverance, energy and resources that allow us to overcome these obstacles, be they large or small. From wavering faith results only uncertainty, and the kind of hesitation those adversaries (old energies & thought patterns) we need to combat take advantage of; it does not even try to find a means to win because it does not believe it can.
Another acceptance of the term gives us to understand that faith is the confidence we have in the realization of something, and the certainty of attaining a specific end (the sacredness of our transition-our evolution-our purification-our ascension) It gives us a kind of lucidness, which permits us to know in our minds the goal we wish to reach and the means of getting there. So those who have faith go forward, in a manner of speaking, with absolute security. In either one of these cases, it can give place to the realization of great things.
Faith which is real and sincere is always calm; it permits patience which knows how to wait, because having its foundation in intelligence and the understanding of life, it is certain of reaching the objective it aspires to. Vacillating faith feels its own weakness; when its interest is aroused it becomes frenzied and thinks it can supply the force it lacks by using violence. Calmness during the struggle is always a sign of strength and confidence, whereas on the contrary violence denotes weakness and self-doubt.
It behooves us not to confuse faith with presumption. True faith is linked to humility; those who have it deposit more confidence in Creator/God than in themselves, as they know they are but simple instruments of Divine Purpose and can do nothing without Spirit/God. This is the reason why the Good Spirits (angels, saints, guides, ascended masters etc.) come to their aid. Presumption is less faith than pride, and pride is always punished sooner or later by deceptions and frustrations inflicted upon it.
The power of faith can be demonstrated in a direct and special manner in magnetic action. Through the intermediary of faith, man acts on the fluids (Grace-thoughts from God), which are a universal agent, modifying their qualities and giving them, in a manner of speaking, irresistible impulsion. From this it follows that whoever joins a normally great fluidic power to that of ardent faith can, solely by the strength of their will power directed towards goodness, operate those singular phenomena of healing and other occurrences known in the olden times as miracles. This is because they are nothing more than the consequences of a Law of Nature. This is the reason our dear friend and wondering Rabi said to His apostles that if they did not cure it was because they had no faith.
From a religious point of view faith consists of a belief in the special dogmas that constitute the various religions. All of them have their articles of faith. From this aspect faith may be either blind or rationalized. Blind faith examines nothing and accepts without verification both truth and falsehood, and at each step clashes with evidences and reason. Taken to the extreme it produces fanaticism. While sitting upon error, sooner or later collapses. Only faith that is based on truth guarantees the future, because it has nothing to fear from the progress of enlightenment, seeing that what is true in obscurity is also true in light. Each religion claims to have possession of the exclusive truth. But for someone to proclaim blind faith on a point of belief is to confess themselves impotent to demonstrate they are right.
It is commonly said that faith cannot be prescribed, from which many people declare it is not their fault if they have no faith. Beyond doubt, faith cannot be prescribed, and what is even more certain, it cannot be imposed. No, it cannot be prescribed but only acquired, and there is no one who is prevented from possessing it, even amongst those who are the most refractory. I am speaking of the basic spiritual truths and not any particular belief. It is not the part of faith to seek these people out, but they should go and seek faith, and if they search with sincerity they are bound to find it. You can be sure that those who say "There is nothing I should like more than to believe, but I cannot", only say this with their lips and not with their hearts, seeing that while the are saying it they it they close their ears. However, the proof is all around them, so why do they refuse to see? On the part of some it is indifference; of others the fear of being forced to change their habits. But in the majority there is pride which refuses to recognize the existence of a superior force because they would then have to bow down before it.
In some people faith appears to be inborn, a spark being enough to cause it to unfold. This case of assimilation of spiritual truths is an evident sign of previous progress. On the contrary, in others there is difficulty of assimilation that is a no less evident sign of their backward natures. The first already believe and understand, having brought with them on being reborn the intuition of what they know. Their education is complete. The second still have everything to learn; their education is still to come. Nevertheless, come it will, and if it is not completed in this existence then it will be in another.
The resistance of the unbeliever is almost always due less to himself than to the manner in which things have been put to him. Faith needs a base, one that gives complete understanding of what we are asked to accept. In order to believe it is not enough to see, but above all else it is necessary to understand. Blind faith is no longer of this century, so much so, that it is exactly blind dogmatic faith which produces the greatest number of unbelievers today, because it tries to impose itself, demanding the abdication of the most precious prerogatives of mankind, which are rationalization and free-will. It is principally against this kind of faith that the unbeliever rebels, so showing that it is true to say that faith cannot be prescribed. Due to the non-acceptance of any proofs, blind faith leaves the Spirit with a feeling of emptiness that gives birth to doubt.
Rationalized faith, when based on facts and logic, leaves no doubts. then the person believes because that are certain; and no one can be certain unless they understand. This is why they are unshakable, because unshakable faith is that which can stand face to face with reason in all epochs of humanity.
Rationalized faith, when based on facts and logic, leaves no doubts. then the person believes because that are certain; and no one can be certain unless they understand. This is why they are unshakable, because unshakable faith is that which can stand face to face with reason in all epochs of humanity.
