For me, faith has proven to be a true lifesaver, when the chips were really down and all else had failed.

But faith can also become a religious distraction, an excuse for closing the mind to alternative, perhaps more beneficial viewpoints, technologies and philosophies. At this point in my life, I consider "faith" second-best to real knowledge gained through first-hand experience, through trial and error, through a lifetime of doing "inner work".

Faith is, however, a fine and very workable starting-place for anyone interested in spiritual growth.

daylia