Have Faith in Faith

Because we all want things, it’s easy to fall into the trap of constantly working, worrying, and struggling to get what we want. Yet the wizards say that if you let go, the mechanics of desire take care of themselves. This seems mysterious, but consider this: Do you really know how lost memories return to you? Your conscious mind can’t force you to remember things, yet the mind is quite capable of retrieving anything and everything it has ever known.

In much the same way, your conscious mind can’t fathom how the universe makes desires come true. And just like the person struggling to recall a name but getting nowhere, people thrash wildly to fulfill their desires, never realizing that effort is the problem, not the solution.

At this very moment you are a wizard. You are perfected in spirit; you have never separated from God or nature. All that has happened is that, in your struggle not to feel pain, you’ve started to block the present moment.

Memory and desire veil the spirit. They do so because long ago you began to fear for your security here on this Earth. Insecurity is the motive for attacking the Earth, for if we trusted that we are nourished and upheld, none of us would be quite so hysterical about surviving.

“Trust in trust, have faith in faith,” Merlin said. “That is the only solution when you have lost trust and faith.”

Adapted from Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 1995).

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LMj S.

1:35AM PDT on Apr 28, 2012

thank you

send a green star

1:34AM PDT on Apr 28, 2012

Selective C.

10:28AM PDT on Mar 24, 2012

TRUST NOT ONE, NOT EVEN SELF, BECAUSE WE MAKE MISTAKES.

Lost A.

1:52AM PST on Feb 10, 2012

Thanks.

peggy p.

7:40AM PST on Jan 2, 2012

trust, faith, and love

Gerald M.

4:44PM PDT on Oct 16, 2011

Always thankful for your insights, Dr. Chopra.

Namaste

Jane H.

1:18PM PDT on Sep 14, 2011

let go. let God

Irma P.

10:35PM PDT on Sep 7, 2011

Such wisdom! In God's time, we can have it. Thanks Deepra.

myra d.

1:18PM PDT on Sep 2, 2011

hmmmm

heather g.

12:39AM PDT on Sep 1, 2011

I decided earlier today before reading this article that I would deal with an urgent unsolvable problem thrown my way, by just going with the flow. When people don't think about the consequences of their decisions, one can only do the best one can. I've decided to let them go their way causing chaos around themselves. It's never easy to let someone keep making mistakes until they learn, one cannot force others to change. Best to have faith that all will turn out to be manageable....