Seeing is Believing

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Belief arised naturally from direct experience.

This is how we are taught the nature of things. But in

the respect of God, we must turn this natural order

around, we can only see the infinite by

believing?<br><br>Yes folks, belief CAN give us that spiritual

experience. We are so surrounded by the Infinite that it is a

wonder that anyone does not always experience it! It is

not that we need to experience the Infinite, it is

rather that we need assurance that everything is ok.

That we can relax and just let go.<br><br>Belief can

also be the catalyst for the transcendental

experiences that takes on our puny conceptual mind and blows

our logic to smithereens. So dear lucideye, if

believing that God is this HUGE "Lutscher" (lollypop) that

blows my mind into samadhi, well, Kool, nicht Wahr?

<br><br>But all of a sudden this lollypop is taking the

centerplace of my living room and wants me to introduce It to

all my friends!!! We get content of the belief mixed

up with the proces of believing. We confuse the

samadhi with the particular paradox that happened to

cause it. Here is where conflicting beliefs come in and

then the religious flamewars! Is that lollopop green

or yellow?<br><br>Dont bother to ask me if i believe

in Brahman cause there is no right answer because it

is the wrong answer. Belief does not matter. To know

God and attain realization-moksha, you do not have to

believe anything!!! God realization-moksha just

happens!!! <br><br>Belief is most effective when it defies

logic. When we realize that 'we' are not our bodies that

are born and die. When we hear of miracles we think

"we got the ticket to ride" when in fact the

transendental kingdom of God is experientially here and now and

most important open to all Hindu and non-Hindu alike.

The point is, faith and belief are two different

things. <br><br>Faith is practical and a form of trust so

basic that we do not need to think about it. It is

faith that lets us drive down the autobahn each day

without going crazy that someone will cross the median

line and plow into us. Certainly you dear lucideye can

agree with that analogy, Ist das nicht doch

Wahr?<br><br>Faith is unconditional in its highest form. You dont

need to know that Lord Krsna danced with the gopis or

that Lord Jesus rose from the dead. This is the 'peace

of God that surpassith all understanding." It allows

us to 'let go' and free fall into God's loving

arms.<br><br>om tat sat<br><br>>:*)