Reagarding Faith......

[Asolsutsesvyl]

It may be that very few of us have any faith substantial enough to mention, and if that's the case, then the mystery of why such discussion is so scant is easily solved. Otherwise, I would heartily welcome here conversation on this particular topic.

So. how shall we define the distinction between faith and belief? I offer you Q'uo's point of view.

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Whither does your faith lead you? Where do you feel it? What proportion of the day and night do you commune with it? Is it just a peripheral concept floating in the breeze, or is it as central central to you as your spine?

I would say it has grown over a period of years. But initially, it was like something smaller within something larger, cultivated through effort and focus. Leading to an inner transition I cannot describe usefully. Half a decade later, it is more like a background to inner experience, while all the rest usually takes attention from the background when present.

Usually, I do not think in terms of faith, so it was useful to have it pointed towards in such a way.

Rationally, I do not see my life going in any particular direction, and don't find it particularly sensible or meaningful. Faith may be a good word for what makes the difference between feeling bad about life seeming to go nowhere, and somehow feeling quite differently and not heavily while seeing the same thing. I mean a calm lightness which is not a numbness, but replaces the heaviest feelings all the same.