Currently reading up a book titled "faith - trusting your own deepest experience" and i'm almost done with it. Most likely i'll finish it before end of the day.
It's kinda of easy reading type of book where the author shares her own personal opinions and experiences. Really love the way the book is being titled - very down to earth, practical yet mesmerizing in its own way. Guess it struck a chord in me since i believe that true faith must always be from within, not without.
So, what is faith then? Let me qoute something from the book and maybe you too, can see what true faith is all about and why i'm in agreement with the author. (",)
"Faith does not require a belief system, and it is not necessarily connected to a deity or God, though it doesn't deny one. This faith is not a commodity we either have or don't have - it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience.
Faith is the beginning of all good things. No matter what we encounter in life, it is faith that enables us to try again, to trust again, to love again. Even in times of immense suffering , it is faith that enables us to relate to the present moment in such a way that we can go on, we can move forward, instead of becoming lost in resignation or despair. Faith links our present day experience, whether wonderful or terrible, to the underlying pulse of life itself.
A capacity for this type of faith is inherent in every human being. We might not recognise it or know how to nuture it, but we can learn to do both."
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