Daily Meditation: Friday, May 31, 2013
Faith - and belief
Faith and belief are often confused, yet they are two different things. A man buys a lottery ticket; he thinks he is going to win the jackpot, and it makes him very happy for a while, until the day he discovers he hasn’t won a thing. That is belief. And now let’s look at a chemist about to do an experiment. He takes the elements he needs, and having measured them out in the right proportions he thinks the experiment will be a success. And that is what happens. This time it is no longer belief but faith. Belief is based on ignorance of the natural laws. To have a belief is to want arbitrariness to reign in nature. Faith, on the other hand, rests on knowledge. It is a certainty, the result of work and experience. So what we have studied, experienced and verified in past incarnations establishes itself of its own accord in this life as unshakeable faith.
Omraam Mikhael AivanhovBuy
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