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==Heading==
===Topic: ''Why Faith?''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “A religious [[practice]] always requires an element of [[faith]]. It is always necessary to believe in what is yet to be reached. This faith should not be a new [[experience]] for a [[human being]]. Children are educated to be better [[prepared]] for adult life. However, [[growing]] up is not a guarantee, it is instead a [[hope]]. A little one could [[think]], ‘why invest so much [[effort]] at school if I am not even sure I will grow up?’ Looking at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_mortality infant mortality] rates all over [[this world]] would give some validity to this thought. However, this [[attitude]] would be unwise. If the child is not prepared for the demands of adult life, he or she will have a great disadvantage compared to others. And even if the child dies before growing up, her life would have certainly been enriched by the acquired [[knowledge]]. She would have enjoyed many pleasant experiences during her school life and experience the [[satisfaction]] of mastering new things. Educating a child for the [[future]] is an act of faith.
“Similarly, some mortals may argue that the efforts to be better are not worthwhile when the idea of [[life after death]] is something that cannot be demonstrated beyond all [[doubts]]. But even if this life was all there is, striving for the [[perfection]] of [[being]] and the [[discipline]] to attain self-mastery will always have [[positive]] consequences in the lives of those who live this way, consequences that extend to those around them and even their entire [[civilization]]. Today you enjoy many comforts and benefits that were not available to your [[ancestors]] just because some of those who lived before you considered that what they did with their lives was relevant. Even if you were to never [[wake]] up after you die, living your life striving to be better each day, would have given you a more satisfactory life and ensured deeper and more meaningful [[relationships]] with your peers.
“But those who dare to look beyond the [[appearances]] of the material world will always have the comfort of the [[possibility]] of [[eternal life]]. To them this life is simply the first [[step]] in the preparation for a life full of [[purpose]] and in the [[service]] of a loving Father whose only goal in every endeavor is [[truth, beauty, and goodness]]. The [[proof]] and the certainty of the promise of [[salvation]] can only be found in your own [[heart]], once you sincerely search for the connection with the [[Ta|presence of God that is already within your being]]. This certainty is possible and is available to all those who search for it, because it is not the intent of [[the Father]] to keep their children in doubt and uncertainty.
“Learn to [[trust]] like little children in the [[guidance]] of your Father in heaven, who [[whispers]] through His [[presence]] in your being. The trust, in this case, is not placed on a man or a woman, but in the most [[sacred space]] inside each one of you. If you learn to think independently and search within the highest and more [[beautiful]] thoughts that [[your mind]] can entertain, you will find the personal [[guidance]] you need to make your life a [[journey]] of [[progress]] toward perfection. This is how each person becomes his or her own master and manages to be able to see the [[truth]] in any [[form]] it is presented, without being [[deceived]] by [[sophisms]] or baseless human [[arguments]].”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: 2013]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: ''Why Faith?''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “A religious [[practice]] always requires an element of [[faith]]. It is always necessary to believe in what is yet to be reached. This faith should not be a new [[experience]] for a [[human being]]. Children are educated to be better [[prepared]] for adult life. However, [[growing]] up is not a guarantee, it is instead a [[hope]]. A little one could [[think]], ‘why invest so much [[effort]] at school if I am not even sure I will grow up?’ Looking at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_mortality infant mortality] rates all over [[this world]] would give some validity to this thought. However, this [[attitude]] would be unwise. If the child is not prepared for the demands of adult life, he or she will have a great disadvantage compared to others. And even if the child dies before growing up, her life would have certainly been enriched by the acquired [[knowledge]]. She would have enjoyed many pleasant experiences during her school life and experience the [[satisfaction]] of mastering new things. Educating a child for the [[future]] is an act of faith.
“Similarly, some mortals may argue that the efforts to be better are not worthwhile when the idea of [[life after death]] is something that cannot be demonstrated beyond all [[doubts]]. But even if this life was all there is, striving for the [[perfection]] of [[being]] and the [[discipline]] to attain self-mastery will always have [[positive]] consequences in the lives of those who live this way, consequences that extend to those around them and even their entire [[civilization]]. Today you enjoy many comforts and benefits that were not available to your [[ancestors]] just because some of those who lived before you considered that what they did with their lives was relevant. Even if you were to never [[wake]] up after you die, living your life striving to be better each day, would have given you a more satisfactory life and ensured deeper and more meaningful [[relationships]] with your peers.
“But those who dare to look beyond the [[appearances]] of the material world will always have the comfort of the [[possibility]] of [[eternal life]]. To them this life is simply the first [[step]] in the preparation for a life full of [[purpose]] and in the [[service]] of a loving Father whose only goal in every endeavor is [[truth, beauty, and goodness]]. The [[proof]] and the certainty of the promise of [[salvation]] can only be found in your own [[heart]], once you sincerely search for the connection with the [[Ta|presence of God that is already within your being]]. This certainty is possible and is available to all those who search for it, because it is not the intent of [[the Father]] to keep their children in doubt and uncertainty.
“Learn to [[trust]] like little children in the [[guidance]] of your Father in heaven, who [[whispers]] through His [[presence]] in your being. The trust, in this case, is not placed on a man or a woman, but in the most [[sacred space]] inside each one of you. If you learn to think independently and search within the highest and more [[beautiful]] thoughts that [[your mind]] can entertain, you will find the personal [[guidance]] you need to make your life a [[journey]] of [[progress]] toward perfection. This is how each person becomes his or her own master and manages to be able to see the [[truth]] in any [[form]] it is presented, without being [[deceived]] by [[sophisms]] or baseless human [[arguments]].”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: 2013]]
