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BP 31 Faith, a Meditation...

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What is faith? Faith is the yielding—the Trinity-breathed, Trinity-ordained yielding—of oneself to God in and through the organic (that is, the naturally supernatural or supernaturally natural) consent of one’s absolute belief. The soul drive of faith is to breed “Divine Heartfulness (that is, a very-present oneness [ see below ] of heart and mind) with God.” And… once such oneness is realized [ apprehended ], faith then becomes the ineffable [ largely indescribable and inexpressible ], ongoing P erson-to- p erson experience of He in whom one previously believed but does so no longer because The Object of One’s Previous Belief (that is, God Almighty, The Trinity) is now known and loved intimately… and with a certainty that shatteringly-bursts open what existed previously in one’s heart as little more than just “a hunch.” Once one truly knows and loves—or, rather, once one knows and experiences himself [ or herself ] to be known and loved by—The One Who Knows (that is, The Eternal

BP31: I will Not Go with Death

When I die, “I will not go with death [ Sengai (spoken when he was on his death bed) ]…” Earlier in life, I thought I was unattached (and that I should strive always to be and remain unattached) to the continuing of my life, but these thoughts were not true. Why? Well, because in all honesty, I'm wholly attached to life (as I should be!). I'm attached to living… to continuing to live… to continuing to be me. Having no attachments is not the aim; rather, living, being wholeheartedly alive, being wholeheartedly attached to living, and being wholeheartedly attached to the Source of All Life—is the aim. These beliefs, these feelings, and these notions were not placed in me by me. No. They were seeded there by another: By The O-one who made me; by The Author, Pioneer, Perfecter, and Finisher of All Life (and not just of my own). H-his Name is Jesus… YHVH … The Eternal One… The Name of Existence… The Master of Forces… The One Whom C.S. Lewis Called [ in The Narnian World of