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Hope, Faith and Basic Trust -- Part 3.
Confession: I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this multi-part blogpost - this third part has been a long time coming! The original intention was to illuminate what I see as the differences, and relationships, between hope (Part 1), faith (Part 2), and what the spiritual teacher Almaas refers to as "basic trust" (this final Part). In my mind these states form a kind of layer-cake, where hope (in a desired future) is highest, airiest and most untethered, faith (i
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Jul 156 min read
Hope, Faith and Basic Trust -- Part 2.
As Life would have it, since posting last time I stumbled upon Stephen Jenkinson’s writings about hope, in his wonderful book, Die Wise. With characteristic and refreshing clarity, he writes: Hope is a mortgage. It is not like a mortgage. It is a mortgage. Hope is a mortgaging of the present, for the sake of some possible future that might come to pass and just as likely might not. (p.132) Photo: David Zawita So how is faith different from hope? The etymological foundati
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Aug 2, 20253 min read
Hope, Faith and Basic Trust – Part 1.
I’ve been thinking a lot about hope, lately. Specifically, the question of whether hope is necessary, helpful, or even remotely in the...
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Jul 3, 20254 min read