Faith can move mountains. Faith is free cannot be purchased or manufactured. Since faith is free, the value of faith is based on how deeply a person believes. In addition, the fact that faith is free makes faith available to everyone. Faith is a commitment that does not come from a price tag or prestigious award, but rather from a free will decision. Yes, faith can move mountains, if a person's faith is deep. Faith can also move people; it can move people in a very special way that creates a sense of unity and harmony. Free will has unlimited capacity through ‘THE POWER OF FAITH.’

By Shyla: Faith is an inner knowing within your heart that something is ‘true’. It is a feeling of complete and utter ‘belief’ in something. When we exercise faith in our lives, everything is possible. Because we already know that we can create and manifest all of our desires if we have the faith of a mustard seed, it is the key that unlocks the doors of creation. The Great Source had faith in us when he/she allowed us free will; faith that we would eventually return back to the ‘One’. Firstly, we must have faith in ourselves that we are all an individualized spark of the Divine and secondly we must have faith in each other so that we are able to recognize that divine spark in every particle of creation. All is sacred and divine and made of the same substance, which is God. How strong is your faith? Have faith in your faith and you will achieve another initiation on your path to enlightenment.

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The poem 'Our Love' has won Shyla a nomination as Poet of the Year for 2006 with the International Society of Poets and is featured at www.poetry.com

Is faith an illusion? Well firstly, each and every day we survive on it! Yes, by simply having enough faith by waking up and carrying on. We wake up to face the challenges ahead, and believe it or not, whether consciously or sub-consciously as retain some degree of faith in our own ability to survive, if not thrive another day. This cannot be denied, only some have more open faith in themselves than others.

Yet, just as we have faith the sun will rise in the morning or the lights will go on from an unseen source in our homes, we can if so choosing and wanting, also retain greater faith in that unseen, yet very much alive as Celestial Creation. Even as a divine force always by our side walking in line, but if not fainting! A wonderful energy just waits to be recognised, invited to protect, guide, deliver and yes deliver answers to vital questions or to bring more balance to life.

WITHOUT FAITH AS AN ADDITIONAL FREE SENSE, WE LIMIT OURSELVES AS TO TOTAL MEANINGS! WE REDUCE A TOTAL CREATION AS MERE SHELL'S TO FULLER POWERS AND MEANINGS, PURPOSE, EVEN DIVINE PATHWAYS DURING A SPECIFIC LIFE PERIOD, TIME OR SPACE.

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Here are only some beautiful posts through a forum:

The posts I have seen on faith have not had a ring that is true for my experience. However, the perspective you share on faith is the same one I maintain. I have indeed applied my faith to things unseen by my mortal eyes. In so doing, I have seen what I always knew must be there. I have come to know my source. The names humanity has given that must be overcome. Our source is where our love comes from and what it is made of. Our source is where the power comes from that we used to create the mortal universe, many forgotten ages ago.

You are right, Carter. Where faith is given is where it grows. Faith given to war and disaster grows war and disaster. Faith given to peace grows peace. Faith given to wholeness grows health. Faith given to things mortal will eventually be betrayed. What we feed is what grows. We feed things by our faith. Everyone has faith. It is an organ of our being. As we exercise our faith (put faith in faith) it grows. By our faith we shape our world. Everything grows that we place faith in. That is why it is wise to invest faith consciously and with care.

We place our faith in what we want to be true. We cultivate it until our life reflects what we believe. When people do this unconsciously, they frequently find themselves in a life they do not like, especially in a world where there is a lot of manipulation going on. It is possible to have faith in what is true. Truth is revealed in that. It is possible to have faith in illusions. Such faith grows a crop of misery. We truly shape our lives by where we place our faith.

Faith is not wishing. Faith is more like the wind in our sails. It is the primary assumption we maintain at the base of our awareness. By faith the pessimist looks for dangers and things to fear. By faith the optimist looks for opportunities and wonders to explore. What we look for is what we see. What see is what we react to! The way we react shapes our physical life. Faith, the individual’s underlying attitude of what is true and real, is the foundation of the life we are living as a whole and as individuals.

It is true that faith is most powerful when it is used in innocence. Innocence is lost by betrayal. That is the result of placing faith in things of time. Faith placed in anything mortal, no matter how long a cycle it is, will ultimately betray. We all know that all things in time end. Placing faith in things mortal will always betray. Once a being has been betrayed by misplaced faith, innocence is lost. Faith is given to the betrayal and causes confusion to rule the mind.

That is why giving faith to things eternal is a good idea. The easiest example of that is Universal Love. By exercising faith that our source is love, has love, and gives love to each of us individually and collectively, the betrayal of mortal endings begins to fade. Innocence is restored in this process. Those who have experienced this know that innocence is true power. The power wielded by betrayal can only betray. It is not powerful to withhold love. It is foolish. It causes problems wherever it is done. True power comes in the ability of a system to maintain growth in time. Misery and betrayal have no place in that.

Janet: The more important question it seems to me is what does each of us choose to believe in, choose to focus on or choose to create. Hate or love, despair or joy, resentment or gratitude! What does each of us want to manifest?

Hi Janet :) I agree. I also believe part of the difficulty of our time is people don’t necessarily want love, joy and gratitude. And I say this for a couple of reasons. Like the raucous, violent times we live in, there can be a kind of soul thrill and rush in anger and resentment. I’ve known many people who have to have turmoil in their lives to feel, well, alive. (I was one, at one point). Plus it serves to deflect the blame for the problems in one’s life, away from the real source of those problems: the individual them-self and that which they choose to manifest with their mind and their thinking.

Tied in with this is the fact that the attainment of love, joy and gratitude requires an immense amount of quiet, conscious inner work again, anathema for many. I will add though, that one in a sense has to be “called” to that peaceful inner world. The time and personal circumstances have to be right, in other words. So there’s more to it than choice and intellectualizing (not that you’re suggesting that, of course). It’s about deep, deep belief... Period!