What is the value of faith?

[native]

I see faith and will as virtually synonymous, and that which lies at the center of the creative principle. If we didn't believe or think anything was possible, we would never make attempts at doing/creating anything. Faith/will is simply movement with a knowing or a belief. It is the actualization of the spirit.

We throw around the idea that we are creators, yet we don't seem to emphasize the potential that exists behind that idea. If there is something you would like to see happen, it is entirely possible to create it with enough will. That requires hard work and dedication, not just living in the fantasy of the mind. When Ra refers to the body in the tarot, they're speaking of it as an instrument for creation. The spirit uses the body to move around and carry out its workings.

"However, it would be more appropriate to draw the attention to the fact that although the chariot is wheeled, it is not harnessed to that which draws it by a physical or visible harness. What then, O Student, links and harnesses the chariot’s power of movement to the chariot?"

In the above, Ra is speaking of using our hands (body) to harness and direct our will. Creators create, and a strong sense of faith and dedication is required to manifest desire.

"O student, you have grasped the barest essence of the nature of the Significator’s complete envelopment within the rectangle. Consider for the self, O student, whether your thoughts can walk. The abilities of the most finely honed mentality shall not be known without the use of the physical vehicle which you call the body. Through the mouth the mind may speak. Through the limbs the mind may affect action."