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Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience
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FAITH:
� its essence lies in trusting ourselves to discover the deepest truths on which we can rely
� No matter what we encounter in life, it is faith that enables us to try again, to trust again, to love again
� Faith is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience
� ✨As long as we are ignorant of what lies below the surface we will be unhappy�
� To have faith is to offer one’s heart of give over one’s heart
� Only when we have the courage to step into the darkness, does the light that guides you, reveal the next step itself
� With faith we move into the unknown, openly meeting whatever the next moment brings.
� Faith entails the understanding that we don’t know how things will unfold
� 💕 I’m going to go for it. I’m going to try
4 NOBLE TRUTHS:
� First Noble Truth � because we are born, we experience suffering, instability, sorrow , the hollowness of life. Sometimes the discomfort is minor; sometimes the pain is unspeakable
� Second Noble Truth � the causes of suffering are ignorance and attachment. We look at our personal histories , our bodies, our thoughts and feelings and we conclude “that’s who I am�
� Third Noble Truth � affirms that the way out of suffering lies in the liberation from distorted concepts of who we think we are by seeing clearly who we actually are.
� Fourth Noble Truth � the way to freedom lies in techniques developed by sages of old.
FEELINGS:
� The story I was telling myself was that what I felt didn’t matter anyway
� I had to acknowledge that underneath my façade of indifference, I CARED, and in fact cared a lot.
INTERNALIZED LUCY
� � You know what your problem is Charlie Brown? The problem with you is that you’re you�
� Many of us have an internalized Lucy, who tells us that our problem is who we are and that there is no way out, little reason to have faith in ourselves or in the possibility of turning our lives around.
� Our ingrained habit of viewing life as though standing with our noses pressed against the bakery window, believing that none of the goodies inside could possibly be for us, runs right up against this boundless, breathtaking inclusivity. The voice of the inner Lucy puts us outside the bakery window, saying “Life, freedom, happiness, love are for others. Not for you�. The Buddha holds out his hand, offering to bring us directly inside.
BUDDHIST CONCEPTS:
� Saddha �> to place the heart upon. Saddha is the willingness to take the next step, to see the unknown as an adventure, to launch a journey
� bright faith � the enthusiasm, energy and courage we need in order to stop aligning ourselves with the familiar or the convenient
TAKING REFUFE:
� Buddham saranam gachāmi � I take refuge in the Buddha
� dhammam saranam gachāmi � I take refuge in the dhamma, or dharma as it is commonly known in Sanskrit
�
FAITH:
� its essence lies in trusting ourselves to discover the deepest truths on which we can rely
� No matter what we encounter in life, it is faith that enables us to try again, to trust again, to love again
� Faith is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience
� ✨As long as we are ignorant of what lies below the surface we will be unhappy�
� To have faith is to offer one’s heart of give over one’s heart
� Only when we have the courage to step into the darkness, does the light that guides you, reveal the next step itself
� With faith we move into the unknown, openly meeting whatever the next moment brings.
� Faith entails the understanding that we don’t know how things will unfold
� 💕 I’m going to go for it. I’m going to try
4 NOBLE TRUTHS:
� First Noble Truth � because we are born, we experience suffering, instability, sorrow , the hollowness of life. Sometimes the discomfort is minor; sometimes the pain is unspeakable
� Second Noble Truth � the causes of suffering are ignorance and attachment. We look at our personal histories , our bodies, our thoughts and feelings and we conclude “that’s who I am�
� Third Noble Truth � affirms that the way out of suffering lies in the liberation from distorted concepts of who we think we are by seeing clearly who we actually are.
� Fourth Noble Truth � the way to freedom lies in techniques developed by sages of old.
FEELINGS:
� The story I was telling myself was that what I felt didn’t matter anyway
� I had to acknowledge that underneath my façade of indifference, I CARED, and in fact cared a lot.
INTERNALIZED LUCY
� � You know what your problem is Charlie Brown? The problem with you is that you’re you�
� Many of us have an internalized Lucy, who tells us that our problem is who we are and that there is no way out, little reason to have faith in ourselves or in the possibility of turning our lives around.
� Our ingrained habit of viewing life as though standing with our noses pressed against the bakery window, believing that none of the goodies inside could possibly be for us, runs right up against this boundless, breathtaking inclusivity. The voice of the inner Lucy puts us outside the bakery window, saying “Life, freedom, happiness, love are for others. Not for you�. The Buddha holds out his hand, offering to bring us directly inside.
BUDDHIST CONCEPTS:
� Saddha �> to place the heart upon. Saddha is the willingness to take the next step, to see the unknown as an adventure, to launch a journey
� bright faith � the enthusiasm, energy and courage we need in order to stop aligning ourselves with the familiar or the convenient
TAKING REFUFE:
� Buddham saranam gachāmi � I take refuge in the Buddha
� dhammam saranam gachāmi � I take refuge in the dhamma, or dharma as it is commonly known in Sanskrit
�
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