04-29-2012, 12:00 AM
quantumshaman wrote:
Belief is faith.
Knowledge is experience.
The rest is illusion.
QS
I understand what you are saying, QS and agree with you to a degree. However, if we take the (religious) connotations away from the word "faith" we can be left with a powerful tool that along with the will and intent to succeed, can make for a powerful formula for success. Personally I come from a non-religion background so I don't see the word faith as connected to religion in any way. However, here is an equation that illustrates my point:
Intended action + the will to make it so + the faith (or knowing) that intended action will come to pass = successful manifestation.
So
Intent plus will plus faith equals action
If you break this down further, you can say that faith is under the umbrella of intent (also a facet of will, but we won't complicate things neeedlessly here) -- Intent being the mechanism that sets your will in motion, Faith (or knowing) in tandem being the force that propels that motion further toward your will and expected outcome. If you intend an outcome without the knowing (or belief or faith ) that you will succeed, you may just as well have intended to turn into a pink fluffy rabbit, ya get me?
Of course, If you want to call it belief, you can, too. I intend an action and I believe it will come to pass. (Obviously you need to add personal power into the mix too. A warrior with power, can use faith to his or her advantage, whereas other people, perhaps religious followers would use it as a crutch. )m
So it's all in the adaptation of the words, their uses and the equations each individual may use more so than it is about the words themselves. If you ask me...
Belief is faith.
Knowledge is experience.
The rest is illusion.
QS
I understand what you are saying, QS and agree with you to a degree. However, if we take the (religious) connotations away from the word "faith" we can be left with a powerful tool that along with the will and intent to succeed, can make for a powerful formula for success. Personally I come from a non-religion background so I don't see the word faith as connected to religion in any way. However, here is an equation that illustrates my point:
Intended action + the will to make it so + the faith (or knowing) that intended action will come to pass = successful manifestation.
So
Intent plus will plus faith equals action
If you break this down further, you can say that faith is under the umbrella of intent (also a facet of will, but we won't complicate things neeedlessly here) -- Intent being the mechanism that sets your will in motion, Faith (or knowing) in tandem being the force that propels that motion further toward your will and expected outcome. If you intend an outcome without the knowing (or belief or faith ) that you will succeed, you may just as well have intended to turn into a pink fluffy rabbit, ya get me?
Of course, If you want to call it belief, you can, too. I intend an action and I believe it will come to pass. (Obviously you need to add personal power into the mix too. A warrior with power, can use faith to his or her advantage, whereas other people, perhaps religious followers would use it as a crutch. )m
So it's all in the adaptation of the words, their uses and the equations each individual may use more so than it is about the words themselves. If you ask me...