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 %FAITH WORKS SALVATION IMPOSSIBLE BELIEF TRANSCEND 911112

     Faith    pertains   to   the   realm   of    possible
personal    relationships,     connections,      dialogue,
conversation,  and conversion.   What  often appears to be
impossible  in  the reflexive  realm,    becomes  possible
through   faith  which helps  people to realize what it is
that they most  deeply desire for themselves and for  each
other.

     Faith   may   pertain   to  the  realm   of  possible
objective  relationships;  but it is misleading  to  focus
upon  possible  objective  relationships when  seeking  to
discover  the  realm of  true  faith.   Faith is  not  the
process   of  trying  to believe that impossible objective
relationships are likely to be realized.   That process is
misleading,  and leads to dishonesty which undermines true
faith.   True faith entails truly responsive openness  and
honesty; not games of mutual self deception.

     True  faith  pertains  to transcending  the collusive
games of  mutual   self deception which poison the quality
and    extent   of   possible   personal    relationships,
connections,   dialogue,  conversation,   and  conversion.
Such dishonest games stand in  the way of true faith;  for
openness,   responsiveness  and honesty will undermine the
misleading games  and bring them to an end.   Through true
faith  we  come  to  realize together what is possible  in
authentic personal  relationships,   when we  are  working
together  cooperatively  in  getting to really  know  each
other person.

     True faith does  not  exist as  objects  exist in the
objective  world;     and  true faith cannot  be  seen  as
objects are seen with the eyes of objectivity.

     True faith exists  in the  realm  of authentic inter-
personal   relationships    which    are   not   objective
realities.     True  faith   cannot  be  manipulated   and
controlled as  impersonal objects  can  be manipulated and
controlled.   The ways  of true faith cannot be predicted,
as  can  the  ways  and paths of  objects  moving  through
limited space and time.

     The   ways   of   true  faith   are   not  uncertain,
indeterminate and  unpredictable   as  are  the  paths  of
impersonal   objects  moving   through limited  space  and
time.     Neither  are   they  certain  in  the  ways   of
deterministic  classical  mechanical  objects   apparently
moving  according  to  exact  and   perfect   differential
equations  of motion.  The  realm  of  faith relationships
cannot be described accurately in the  same manner  as the
realm  of objective relationships.   The  two realms   are
complementary,  not alike;  orthogonal,   not parallel.

     In  the  objective  realm  changes  in  positions  of
charged  particles   moving along one line of  motion  are
related   to velocity  changes  along orthogonal lines  of
motion.   So also,   changes in the realms of faith may be
related    to  changes   within   orthogonal   realms   of
objective   events.  Changes  need not be parallel to each
other to  be  inter-related.    Changes in realities which
cannot be seen  with the  eyes of objectivity,   are often
related  to changes in the  realm of objects which can  be
seen with the  eyes  of objectivity.

     The  realm  of  faith  has more  to  do with personal
ideals,  values,    goals,   attitudes,   and life styles;
than    with  impersonal  relationships,     measurements,
objects,  means, and technologies.  The realm of faith has
more to do  with realizing  personal  possibilities;  than
with  achieving objective goals.

     To  realize our personal possibilities the  blockages
of  our  collusive    games  of  mutual   self   deception
must     be   transcended   through   faith  with   mutual
encouragement  of  real   people.    Through  faith  those
personal   possibilities  which initially appeared  to  be
impossible  are realized  as miracles.    Such  miraculous
realizations are not  achieved through   technical   fixes
by   means   of    objective  manipulations  and controls.
Such  miraculous  realizations are  not  the fruits of the
works of technocrats  who  are preoccupied   with   issues
of   control,    management, manipulation and fixes.

     Faith  does   not   focus   upon   carefully  defined
imperfections, but  upon facilitating honest conversations
regarding  real  experiences.     Through   such    honest
conversations   faith transcends  the confusing  dishonest
barriers  to  personal and communal integrity.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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