What is the value of faith?

[Sacred Fool]

Carla's reference to doubt as that which impedes faith reminds me of that scene in "The Neverending Story" where Atreyu has to pass the two sphinxes in his test of faith.

Thanks for the reference to this film--I had never seen it before. My girlfriend & I found it on iTunes and enjoyed it very much...but I think maybe you owe me $3.99 now, GLB?

Putting humor aside (not really), the business of psychosis can, of course be organic in origin, but, to me, it also sounds as a warning bell regarding the incredible intensity of self-deception. That is, it can be an extreme case of our ordinary work-a-day incapacity to recognize our connection to source, no?

So, returning to faith... Here's a little morsel which might whet the appetite...

...it is unnecessary in terms of preparing the self for graduation from third density to penetrate the veil of forgetting. Indeed, it is far more important, in preparing for graduation from third density, that one come finally to the understanding that one knows nothing and can know nothing of the mystery that is the one infinite Creator. Reaching this level of humility and emptiness offers to the seeking student a peace and a confidence that are lacking when one is striving to know more and seek more deeply into the history of the self before this incarnation.

The veil of forgetting was put into place not in order that it may be penetrated but to set up the conditions for a life in which the choice of polarity and the continuing choices of polarity that follow such an initial choice might be played out without any possibility of proof. The choice of service-to-self or service-to-others polarity is intended to be made against the backdrop of unknowing so that one must literally take a leap of faith in order to choose how to respond to the catalyst of everyday life. In each situation where there is a decision to be made that has ethical overtones, the whole point of that veil of forgetting is to clear the canvas of any paint except that which you wish to apply in the present moment. Your choices, then, are made very cleanly—not because you feel there was karma from this or that previous lifetime or because of any other fact that you feel that you have come to know but because, by faith, you wish to choose your manner of being in a way that expresses your heart’s desire.

Ain't that last part a beautiful concept?