WHAT IS FAITH?

Once again we draw from Light on Saint John, by Master Charan Singh, this following sentence:

"If you do not have even this much faith in me, then how can you expect to go back to the father?" This is from the Bible, (14:9).  This raises this question, at least for me... How is it that one person can observe an event that he attributes to God, while the person next to him observes the same event and makes no connection of that event with God?

I believe we need to re-define the term "Faith".  My definition of "Faith" would be this:

Faith:   "Possession of an elevated level of Consciousness whereas one's faculty of "Intuition" has been expanded [through special meditation] to "perceive" the invisible hand of God operating in "worldly events".  This means that one's faculty of Intuition (an aspect of one's Soul) has been raised so that the person's level of Consciousness can now perceive aspects from "Within" him or herself that are otherwise Invisible to people lacking that special meditation.

People capable of this level of Intuition are often referred to as "Enlightened Individuals".  An Enlightened individual is simply someone who has dedicated him or herself to many hours of a special form of meditation... that is provided to Man via a "special Initiation" by a Perfect Living Master. These Masters rarely speak of themselves as Masters, but more often refer to themselves as brothers or sisters of mankind.  The fact is, a Perfect Living Master is sent into the physical plane by God, expressly to find and to Initiate certain Souls [for Christ it was his "marked sheep"].

So,  I believe "Faith" is the natural consequence of an internal search for and subtle acquisition of Truth... and Truth only exists in the Pure Spiritual Realm, which in Man means the Soul.  One's Soul is the only part of Man that is Real, in an Absolute sense.  And we are told by Mystics over the ages that the only way to obtain Truth is via a special form of Meditation.  I believe this because I have found it to be true... having been engaged in daily meditation for about 50 years now.

So, want to develop more Faith?  Then consider praying for guidance in finding a Perfect Living Master for yourself.  I have found that no honest desire for Truth goes unfulfilled.

Peace, 1 Brother James