The Meaning of Faith

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The mind is not an instrument of
knowledge.

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It is an analytical and
organizing tool, but is unable

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on its own to establish truth or
certainty.

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It also maintains a certain
arrogance of in its own powers

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and thus, when confronted with
something Beyond its own

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capabilities, it doubts the
veracity and asks for proof,

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some things, however, cannot be
proven.

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To the satisfaction of the
intellect, however, that does

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not disprove those things.
The Canaan who punish odd tells

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the tale of how the powers of
the body, the Life Energy, and

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the mind thought, they were each
powerful and masters of the

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existence of the Earth.
But at some point their powers

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were nullified by something,
which they could not understand

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or Define.
The mental power, exceeded

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itself, and came to know that
there was a greater power, the

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Eternal, which created and
maintained all the Lesser powers

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of the creation.
This does not imply that there

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cannot be some instrument of
knowledge but it is not

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contained within the powers of
body life and mind.

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Rather it is the psychic being
the sole, which is a spark of

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the Divine in the individual
being and thus through its

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Oneness, is able to know what
these other powers cannot the

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knowledge of the Soul cannot be
proven with the tools of the

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intellect but are expressed
through the inner certainty that

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we call Faith.
SRI aurobindo observes, quote,

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faith in the spiritual sense is
not a mental belief, which can

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waver and change, it can wear
that form in the mind, but that

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belief is not the faith itself.
It is only its external form.

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Just as the body, the external
form can change, but the spirit

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Remains the Same.
So it is, here, faith is a

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certitude in the soul, which
does not depend on reasoning on

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this, or that mental idea on
circumstances on this, or that

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passing condition of the mind,
or the vital or the body.

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It may be hidden.
Eclipsed may even seem to be

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quenched, but it reappears again
after the storm or the eclipse,

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it is seen burning.
Still in the soul.

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When one has thought that it was
extinguished forever.

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The Mind may be a shifting see
of doubts and yet that Faith may

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be there within.
And if so, it will keep even the

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Dow tracked mind in the way.
So that it goes on in spite of

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itself towards its destined
goal, faith is a spiritual

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certitude of the spiritual, the
Divine, the souls ideal.

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Something that clings to that,
even when it is not fulfilled.

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And in life, even when the
immediate facts or the

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persistent circumstances seem to
deny it, this is a common

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experience in the life of the
human being.

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If it were not.
So man would be the plaything of

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a changing mind or a sport of
circumstances.

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And quote, reference SRI
aurobindo in the mother growing

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with him, the psychology of
inner development.

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Chapter 3 growth of
Consciousness, basic requisites

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Pages, 42 to 43.