Page 186 - THE SILENT HEALING POWER By DR. MURDO MACDONALD-BAYNE

MAY 1950

will free you, it is what you arrive at through your own understanding of
that which is a hindrance to the establishment of “Faith” in you.
Neither can you set one idea against another or choose according to

your own prejudices for this only binds you. There must be fearless honesty
in your discernment of that which is a hindrance to the power of Faith.
This Faith must be free from all prejudices and preconceived ideas
of right and wrong. You must arrive at that which is unconditioned and free

and you cannot make it conform to your ideas or right or wrong. For this is
merely struggling with the relative, and this is not expressing the “Presence,”
you are merely expressing your ideas and opinions and this is not “Faith”

neither is it understanding.
If you try to understand what I say to you with ideas built up from the
various religious conformities which are in themselves but contradictions

you will see that this background impedes your true discernment, and you are
no longer able to think clearly because of your beliefs.
Neither trust you accept what I say, but examine what I say impersonally,

without bias, then you will discover for yourself the immanent power of “Faith.”
You cannot examine, criticize or question intelligently if you are attached to any
idea or belief or if you are biased or have prejudices.
You will realize that this is not understanding nor thinking, you can

only realize true Faith when there is no division, no distinction, no attachment,
no bias, no prejudice. You have only to look into a mind in which these exist
to see how stupid it is, and this is truly ignorance.

To approach or try to understand “Faith” through division is futile, even
the idea of tolerance is but an intellectual invention which covers up the conflict
arising out of false division. Where there is real understanding there is no need
for tolerance.

You do not need to belong to any organisation and denomination or
society to understand Faith. Faith is greater than all these. Faith is the realization
of the “Presence of God” in your every waking or sleeping moment.

There can be no duality in this conclusion. Figures mean the same thing
in all languages, so it is with Faith.
In the beginning you will not find it easy to acquire the mighty power of

Faith, this Creative Power inherent in man. For fear and Faith have equal power
in man. What you think in fear and what you think in Faith are generated by the
same creative power. Think well over this, it will help you to gain your freedom

from struggle.

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