With Faith, Banish Fear & Boost Self-esteem
faith is an important component in the life of a seeker. There are three kinds of faith: faith in self, faith in Master and faith in life. It is because of faith that cooperative, social life becomes possible. It is faith in each other mat facilitates free give and take of love, reef sharing of work and its results. When life is burdened with unjustified ear of one another, it becomes cramped md restricted. Children have natural faith in their ders. They instinctively look to nem for protection and help without equiring any letters of introduction. his quality of trusting others persists later life unless a person is rudely shaken by others who, through elf-interest, deceive and exploit them. Unshakeable faith in oneself is as are as implicit faith in another. Few ave developed it to the degree which nsures effective and constructive Control of oneself. In most people faith in self is always being challenged and undone by constant experience of one's own frailties and failings even when one knows what is right. If an individual has no faith in himself, he cannot develop those qualities that invite and foster faith from others. The confidence that you can remain loyal under trying circumstances to your own perception of what is right is the foundation of the superstructure of a reliable character. Self-confidence which is in perpetual danger of being shattered, could be securely established when one has an inspirational role model or models (that one chooses carefully). Faith in a (credible) guide or spiritual master is important because it nourishes and sustains faith in oneself and faith in life in the face of setbacks and failures, obstacles and difficulties, limitations and failings. Life, as we understand or perceive it, may be narrow, twisted and perverse, but life as one sees in an evolved master is unlimited, pure and untainted. Faith must be carefully distinguished from mere intellectual belief or opinion. When a person has a good opinion about someone, he is said to have a certain kind of faith in him. But this kind of opinion does not have that spiritual potency which belongs to a living faith ina Master. Living faith, on the other hand, has themost vital and integral relation with all deeper forces and purposes of the psyche. It is a powerful factor that reconstructs the entire psyche; it is creatively dynamic. For the disciple, living faith in a Master becomes the supreme source of inspiration and unassailable self-confidence. It expresses itself primarily through the spirit of active confidence in the Master and not me through some opinion about him. Living faith is not a sort of certificatgiven by the disciple to the Master. Itan active attitude of confidence in the Master, expressing itself not only thugh implicit and trustful expectation help from him but also through the spirit of self-surrender and dedicatiTruefaith is grounded in the deer experiences of the spirit and the unerring deliverances of purified intuition. It is not to be regarded as tantithesis of critical reason but as unfailing guide of criticalreason. Wcritical reason is implemented by a dand living faith, based on pure intuition, its functioning becomes creative, fruitful and significant. (Today is the 122nd birth anniversarAvatar Meher Baba)
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Courtesy: Avatar Meher Baba and Speaking Tree,Times of India
With Faith, Banish Fear & Boost Self-esteem
faith is an important component in the life of a seeker. There are three kinds of faith: faith in self, faith in Master and faith in life. It is because of faith that cooperative, social life becomes possible. It is faith in each other mat facilitates free give and take of love, reef sharing of work and its results. When life is burdened with unjustified ear of one another, it becomes cramped md restricted. Children have natural faith in their ders. They instinctively look to nem for protection and help without equiring any letters of introduction. his quality of trusting others persists later life unless a person is rudely shaken by others who, through elf-interest, deceive and exploit them. Unshakeable faith in oneself is as are as implicit faith in another. Few ave developed it to the degree which nsures effective and constructive Control of oneself. In most people faith in self is always being challenged and undone by constant experience of one's own frailties and failings even when one knows what is right. If an individual has no faith in himself, he cannot develop those qualities that invite and foster faith from others. The confidence that you can remain loyal under trying circumstances to your own perception of what is right is the foundation of the superstructure of a reliable character. Self-confidence which is in perpetual danger of being shattered, could be securely established when one has an inspirational role model or models (that one chooses carefully). Faith in a (credible) guide or spiritual master is important because it nourishes and sustains faith in oneself and faith in life in the face of setbacks and failures, obstacles and difficulties, limitations and failings. Life, as we understand or perceive it, may be narrow, twisted and perverse, but life as one sees in an evolved master is unlimited, pure and untainted. Faith must be carefully distinguished from mere intellectual belief or opinion. When a person has a good opinion about someone, he is said to have a certain kind of faith in him. But this kind of opinion does not have that spiritual potency which belongs to a living faith ina Master. Living faith, on the other hand, has themost vital and integral relation with all deeper forces and purposes of the psyche. It is a powerful factor that reconstructs the entire psyche; it is creatively dynamic. For the disciple, living faith in a Master becomes the supreme source of inspiration and unassailable self-confidence. It expresses itself primarily through the spirit of active confidence in the Master and not me through some opinion about him. Living faith is not a sort of certificatgiven by the disciple to the Master. Itan active attitude of confidence in the Master, expressing itself not only thugh implicit and trustful expectation help from him but also through the spirit of self-surrender and dedicatiTruefaith is grounded in the deer experiences of the spirit and the unerring deliverances of purified intuition. It is not to be regarded as tantithesis of critical reason but as unfailing guide of criticalreason. Wcritical reason is implemented by a dand living faith, based on pure intuition, its functioning becomes creative, fruitful and significant. (Today is the 122nd birth anniversarAvatar Meher Baba)
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Avatar Meher Baba views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Avatar Meher Baba and Speaking Tree,Times of India