{"id":27188,"date":"2018-01-11T01:50:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T08:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=27188"},"modified":"2018-01-06T06:55:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T13:55:40","slug":"tips-regina-lesson-356","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-356\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 356"},"content":{"rendered":"

What Am I?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our special theme says, \u201cOurs are the eyes through which Christ\u2019s vision sees a world redeemed from every thought of sin. Ours are the ears that hear the Voice for God proclaim the world as sinless. Ours the minds that join together as we bless the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

What jumps out at me from this excerpt is, \u201cOurs are the eyes \u2026 Ours are the ears \u2026 Ours the minds\u2026\u201d In other words, we are the ones that have the direct experience of awakening.<\/p>\n

Direct experience is different from belief, and belief is different from faith.<\/p>\n

As we have already seen, faith is important on the spiritual path. We cannot know the direct experience of what lies ahead of us. The fact that it \u201clies ahead\u201d means it is not our experience yet.<\/p>\n

When we have faith in the direct experience of masters, we are motivated to continue this journey so we can find out for ourselves. Faith is a motivating factor.<\/p>\n

However, belief has an opposite effect. Belief is intellectual. When we believe something is true, we do not have a driving motivation to find out. We think we know.<\/p>\n

It is fair to say that faith has a healthy amount of doubt in it. It isn\u2019t the kind of doubt that holds us back. It is the kind of doubt that isn\u2019t satisfied until one knows for herself, from her own<\/em> experience.<\/p>\n

Belief doesn\u2019t doubt in that way, nor has it gone far enough to know for itself. Belief is a type of delusion, where one pretends to know what he doesn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Direct experience is the only means of knowing. It is firsthand experience. For example, the only way to know what a pineapple tastes like is to bite into one. You can never know the taste of a pineapple by reading about it or by listening to others describe it. At best, you can only imagine it.<\/p>\n

As another example, most humans who live on earth believe in death. However, no living human knows death as a direct experience. No living human has tasted death directly. Death is perceived indirectly when we see a body. The living sees a body and thinks \u201cdeath.\u201d Death is an intellectual belief. It is not a direct experience.<\/p>\n

Death is an example of a belief.<\/p>\n

Awareness is an example of direct experience.<\/p>\n

Faith trusts the teachings of masters enough to want to find out, but it seeks the proof of direct experience and will not settle for belief.<\/p>\n

It is important for a spiritual aspirant to have enough faith in the teachings to seek direct experience. However, like a scientist, the genuine spiritual aspirant has no use for belief. Belief is seen as the cause of delusion.<\/p>\n

Sickness is but another name for sin. Healing is but another name for God. The miracle is thus a call to Him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please read today\u2019s workbook lesson in full. Notice a phrase, sentence or excerpt that you feel particularly attracted to and go into it more deeply through writing.<\/p>\n

Meditation Options<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guided Meditation Audios<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Meditation Playlist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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