I'm reluctant to apply the term 'faith' to to my personalized collection of spiritual beliefs/awareness. To me, 'faith' relies upon a certain amount of blind trust. There is nothing blind about my understandings of spirit. I suspect that others are less interested in my personal beliefs, but would be more interested in hearing truths that they themselves could apply in their own lives.
Around us are stories, fables, examples of right behavior and incorrect behavior. The stories and books we read attempt to show the rewards of right action and the consequences of wrong actions. People, individually, have the freedom to reason and decide for themselves what is truth and for as long as they believe what they believe, it is personal truth for them. However, it should be remembered, that the truth they have arrived at is not everyones' truth, it is only their own truth and it is only a truth for the period of time they choose to continue believing it.
Knowledge grows and accumulates by the development of truths during the course of ones life. What seems true and correct today, may not always be truth forever.
Some truths' are everlasting. The truth that love is the greatest of all spirits, and the truth that love gives us strength in the face of all problems we face, is one such truth. It is immutable and permanent. Love has no gender. It is obtainable and posses-sable by males and females alike and each gender has the power of love in their hands. That is why I am opposed to the concept that God is male and only male.
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