Reagarding Faith......

[Navaratna]

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.

I think finding meaning in life develops out of the idea that all systems seek connectivity.

Think of how many more people there are than 500 or 100 years ago, and all the energy that went in to connecting continents with seafaring vessels and now telecommunications in the past few decades.

It's a tendency of all systems, living or non-living.

That last part of your message kind of sounds funny to me because I remember how I was years ago with this understanding..it's nothing new to me.
homeostasis=balanced vibratory complex=Sahaj samadhi

I remember one time I tried explaining my perspective to someone younger than me and he mocked me for saying something like 'I seek an equilibrium with my surrounding environment.' He started as imitating me like repeating what I said like in an auto-robot text speech app.

Once you understand it this way, the Ra materially is practically finished in terms of it's practical purpose. Graduate through the densities/balance your vibrations. Ok...so you understand. Now...trying hard to convince people of your way of thinking is a complete waste of time for the most part in my opinion. That is oftentimes what people hate about religion.

OH WAIT I MIGHT NOT BE SOUNDING SPIRITUAL ENOUGH! Sorry peregrine

I'm joking...but
...lol it doesn't need to sound so mystical. It's awareness of the nature of vibration.

Once you understand you don't ascend to heaven you just become a more chill person. What exactly else is there you should want? The only thing left to do is find people who agree with you and put the understanding in to practice unless you want to go tell your neighbors and community at large about the incredible channelings of an Egyptian social memory complex and have them murmuring amongst each other about if you need to be put in a straitjacket.

Coming across as a boring or average person doesn't matter at all. A person free of bias wouldn't be very controversial or exciting.
It's not your job to be a circus act on a unicycle once you're 'enlightened'... to keep people entertained and inflating your ego.