Daily Meditation: Monday, March 1, 1999
Our faith is based on all our experiences over the course …
Our faith is based on all our experiences over the course of our past incarnations, and these experiences are engraved on our soul. Yes, everything we have studied, verified, and lived in our previous lives forms the basis of our faith. We can only have faith in something we have experienced; otherwise it is merely belief, not faith. You have faith in God, because you have communed with Him, you have been in touch with Him, and been so marked by this contact that you can doubt no longer. Your faith in Him is imprinted on you. You know that a certain road leads to a certain place because you already know the way. However, if you claim that just around a certain corner you will find palaces and gardens, whereas in reality there are only swamps and sheer cliffs, it is only because you were motivated by the need to believe, not the certainty of faith. Belief is the result of a subjective desire: you imagine it will come true, but more frequently it does not. Faith, on the other hand, is an absolute certainty which leads to fulfilment.
Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
