--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Barry writes snipped: > > I think if you ponder this you'll come back with "faith." > > Jim Flanegin responds snipped: > An interesting and provocative statement—that we confirm our belief > with regard to another's enlightenment primarily with faith. > > Faith for me plays a central role in my ongoing spiritual journey, > but not in answering this particular question about whether or not > someone is enlightened. Rather, faith comes in when my rational mind > is pitted against my intuition. More specifically when intuitively I > know what I must do in order to move my life forward, and yet all > purely rational conclusions end either in contradiction or fear. So > I gather my faith together like a parachute overhead, take a flying > leap into the Infinite, and hope for a soft landing. > > Tom T: > If one goes to the very large and heavy unabridged dictionary you can > look up the definition of the word TRUST. There are about 20 > definitions that deal with various people who have a fiduciary > relationship with money that belongs to other people. The last two > though are very different and go like this 21-- Information received > from the intuitive side of the mind. 22--- Action taken regardless of > the consequences. Jim I would like to suggest that your action above > is much more fitting to the definition of trust as outlined in 21 and > 22 above rather than Faith. Tom > You could be right- haven't lost a bet yet!:-)
