[marjan]

Hi everybody,

I just recently studying a new faith and I'm getting so interested.
but my question now is what faith really is???

I appreciate your answers
Thanks
M.

[SeptemberMorn]

I'll take a stab at defining it for you from my own experiences:

First of all, "Faith" doesn't depend on the six senses. It is believing in the unseen.

It is a deep trust in ____

It is a firm attachement to _____

It grows as we learn about the person or object. The more possitive experiences you have surrounding who/what you trust, your firm attachement or faith grows.

How did I do?

[Rohag]

I like what SeptemberMorn said. Here are a couple thoughts from another direction.

"Religion" is the clothes "Faith" wears.

"Faith" is the water in "Religion's" pitcher. The pitcher contains the water (more or less) and gives it shape.

[sky dancer]

Originally Posted by marjan

Hi everybody,

I just recently studying a new faith and I'm getting so interested.
but my question now is what faith really is???

I appreciate your answers
Thanks
M.

In my view, faith is confidence. You have to have a certain amount of confidence or willingness ahead of time--to try something on, to see if it fits for you--like meditation, for example. Does meditation interest you? If so? Why or why not? You have to have at least a working assumption that there may be some benefit in praying or meditating before you even try it.

Then as you practice meditation, then you see results. You notice that your mind is changing, you develop confidence--that meditation actually works, and that makes you continue to practice a spiritual path.

When the path of practice leads to results, the development of positive qualities, confidence and faith naturally flows.

I'm not a believer in 'blind faith'. I think you have to be wise when seeking what will work for you.

I'm interested in what you're already discovering for yourself, marjan. What are your own experiences with faith.

Faith is a quality, IMO, not an ideology.

[marjan]

Originally Posted by sky dancer

In my view, faith is confidence. You have to have a certain amount of confidence or willingness ahead of time--to try something on, to see if it fits for you--like meditation, for example. Does meditation interest you? If so? Why or why not? You have to have at least a working assumption that there may be some benefit in praying or meditating before you even try it.

Then as you practice meditation, then you see results. You notice that your mind is changing, you develop confidence--that meditation actually works, and that makes you continue to practice a spiritual path.

When the path of practice leads to results, the development of positive qualities, confidence and faith naturally flows.

I'm not a believer in 'blind faith'. I think you have to be wise when seeking what will work for you.

I'm interested in what you're already discovering for yourself, marjan. What are your own experiences with faith.

Faith is a quality, IMO, not an ideology.

Thanks everybody for taking your time and answering my question

[sky dancer]

Originally Posted by marjan

Thanks everybody for taking your time and answering my question

Thank you for having a questioning mind, and an interest in exploring spiritual topics.

[StayGolden]

If I may add a bit here. Simple put, faith is trusting and believing. It is that child-like trust that blind to faults and short comings. It is believing something to be true without any proof. For some, if they cannot see it, touch it or feel it, they cannot believe it. For others, faith is nothing more than a word.

For yourself?

Stay golden, always

[chaotic13]

Faith to me is the open-mindedness that allows us to accept the possible existence of something that is outside our current ability see or measure. For me it my ability to say... "I believe that something exists even though it is not tangible and at the moment I cannot completely describe it, label it, or understand fully what IT is." Faith is my ability to say, "I believe and feel IT exists; but what ever it is, is beyond my comprehension and that's OK."

Here is another question regarding this concept. I've read...can't remember the source... that scientist have determined that there is a "Faith Gene". That some individuals have a greater faith potential than others. It DOESN'T mean that everyone is not capable of having faith or developing faith. It just means that some people on a genetic constructed to develop faith. The way I remember interpreting this is... its like more like a faith disposition. Just because a better disposition for faith doesn't mean you necessarily follow or develop it. Just curious, what you all think about this as you are defining what faith means to you.

[sky dancer]

Originally Posted by StayGolden

If I may add a bit here. Simple put, faith is trusting and believing. It is that child-like trust that blind to faults and short comings. It is believing something to be true without any proof. For some, if they cannot see it, touch it or feel it, they cannot believe it. For others, faith is nothing more than a word.

For yourself?

Stay golden, always

Interesting post. If I were to translate your statement into my spiritual point of view, faith as you discuss it, is like being able to develop the abilitly to see through past adventitious flaws iin oneself and others to the purity of the essence of love and divine potential within each and every human being.

I would call your description of faith as the practice of seeing ourselves and others purely. Even though we may temporarily be bogged down by depression or negative thinking, the truth is not the passing show of these negative mind states. The truth, just is.

I think faith leads to presence. And I think presence is a quality that exists and is accessible to all whether involved in organized religion or not. I think presence is 'that which cannot be imagined or described'. It is a 'felt sense' of truth.

[Hunny]

Unseen gift.

[Perna]

To me, faith is just believing, "knowing" something you can't prove. I have faith the sun will come up tomorrow :-) I have faith I'm alive and "matter". I have faith in Love, etc.

[Vlo1980]

Read Hebrews chapter 11. You won't find a better description anywhere else!

[marjan]

Thanks everybody for beautiful answers....yes, all of you are right....
I think about my faith everyday....I think faith is that inner believe to something extra ordinary above who is helping us in the worse possible situations....and we are wondering who did that....
I was losing my faith for awhile and now it's coming back to me and I'm so happy about it...specially at this time of my life that I need it more than anything else.....

[youOme]

how i personally define faith is a belief amd dedication in something stronger then ones own self.