Through
the ages how many have spoken of faith,
preaching the importance of faith, the power of
faith,
the faith that can move mountains—
Preachers
who preach faith, I come among you,
I
also preach the cause of faith;
but this I must
tell:
No
secondhand faith of doctrines & dogmas satisfies me,
but only faith original & faith primal,
the open stance taken before any system, doctrine,
or dogma,
the open stance before all, most fundamental—
Only
to what firsthand comes toward you is it answerable.
This
faith I speak of, discovered & practiced,
all who willingly stand & surrender themselves in the
Opening
can discover & practice—
This
faith you know, firsthand you know
when you see
When
you see upon the furthest horizon the most formidable
dark mountain now bursting into light
coming toward you
When
you see day & night the signs & omens of cloud & wind
&
shooting star & strange atmospheric apparitions
coming toward you
When
you see Sun & Moon & planets rising & setting
in a previously unheard-of cyclical Melody
coming toward you
When
you see smiles of unknown men & women you casually
encounter on the streets
coming toward you
When
you see children & youth, minds fresh & chock-full
of still unanswered questions
coming toward you
When
you see birds from all directions, travelling from
across the globe
with marvels of answers streaming from their beaks
coming toward you
When
you see banners of new insights, discoveries, poems, songs,
pictures, realizations, achievements
coming toward you
When
you see singers & dancers & musicians gathering
for the great performance of a New Age inaugurated
coming toward you
When
you see ancient books, the hidden arcanum, the arts
of wisdom, lost for centuries
coming toward you
When
you see old saints, prophets, Self-Realized Masters,
Jesus,
Moses, Mohammed,
coming toward you
When
you see a tiny yet blinding star from so many billion
light years away
coming toward you
When
you see Death transformed into the most beautiful
dancer
coming toward you
When
at night the owl circles above you
When
money no longer enslaves you
When
time is no longer an ontological calendar of despair
& anguish
When
things no longer happen out of mere haphazard
coincidence
because you are going out,
out toward the Seed of Self divine,
out toward a Vision of New Life to you revealed—
When
such a Vision is coming toward you
When
such a Vision magnifies the power of your eyes
that you see all these things & more coming toward you
When
such a Vision addresses precisely you every minute
of each day
When
you give yourself absolutely to the Vision
given
to you
When
in your heart this Vision is absolutely second to none
When
this, your future, your New Life, in a new world
at one with
the Face of Living Light
is coming toward you because you are going out toward it—
When you see your life transforming before your very eyes
This is the sign of Faith!
This is the work of Faith!
This, my people, and not doctrines & dogmas
at secondhand, is the discovery of true Faith!
This is Faith!
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