{"id":4002,"date":"2013-07-13T01:52:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4002"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:52:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:52:48","slug":"29-faith-vol-03-questions-and-answers-volume-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/03-questions-and-answers-volume-03\/29-faith-vol-03-questions-and-answers-volume-03","title":{"rendered":"-29_Faith.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Faith <\/font> <\/span><\/i>
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\nT<\/font><\/span>he
\nperception of the exterior consciousness may deny the perception of the
\npsychic. But the psychic has the true knowledge, an intuitive instinctive
\nknowledge. It says, \u201cI know; I cannot give reasons, but I know.\u201d For its
\nknowledge is not mental, based on experience or proved true. It does not
\nbelieve after proofs are given: faith is the movement of the soul whose
\nknowledge is spontaneous and direct. Even if the whole world denies and brings
\nforward a thousand proofs to the contrary, still it knows by an inner
\nknowledge, a direct perception that can stand against everything, a perception
\nby identity. The knowledge of the psychic is something which is concrete and
\ntangible, a solid mass. You can also bring it into your mental, your vital and
\nyour physical; and then you have an integral faith \u2013 a faith which can really
\nmove mountains. But nothing in the being must come and say, \u201cIt is not like
\nthat\u201d, or ask for a test. By the least half-belief you spoil matters. How can
\nthe Supreme manifest if faith is not integral and immovable? Faith in itself is
\nalways unshakable \u2013 that is its very nature, for otherwise it is not faith at
\nall. But it may happen that the mind or the vital or the physical does not
\nfollow the psychic movement. A man can come to a Yogi and have a sudden faith
\nthat this person will lead him to his goal. He does not know whether the person
\nhas knowledge or not. He feels a psychic shock and knows that he has met his
\nmaster. He does not believe after long mental consideration or seeing many
\nmiracles. And this is the only kind of faith worthwhile. You will always miss
\nyour destiny if you start arguing. Some people sit down and consider whether
\nthe psychic impulse is reasonable or not. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is not really by what is called blind faith that people are
\nmisled. They often say, \u201cOh, I have believed in this or that man and he has
\nbetrayed me!\u201d But in fact the fault lies not with the man but with the
\nbeliever: it is some weakness in himself. <\/span>
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If he\u00a0 <\/span>had kept his faith intact he would have
\nchanged the man: it is because he did not remain in the same
\nfaith-consciousness that he found himself betrayed and did not make the man
\nwhat he wanted him to be. If he had had integral faith, he would have obliged
\nthe man to change. It is always by faith that miracles happen. A person goes to
\nanother and has a contact with the Divine Presence; if he can keep this contact
\npure and sustained, it will oblige the Divine Consciousness to manifest in the
\nmost material. But all depends on your own standard and your own sincerity; and
\nthe more you are psychically ready the more you are led to the right source,
\nthe right master. The psychic and its faith are always sincere, but if in your
\nexterior being there is insincerity and if you are seeking not spiritual life
\nbut personal powers, that can mislead you. It is that and not your faith that
\nmisleads you. Pure in itself, faith can get mixed up in the being with low
\nmovements and it is then that you are misled.\u00a0
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\nPage \u2013 153<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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