Barry writes snipped: > I think if you ponder this you'll come back with "faith."
Jim Flanegin responds snipped: An interesting and provocative statement—that we confirm our belief with regard to another's enlightenment primarily with faith. Faith for me plays a central role in my ongoing spiritual journey, but not in answering this particular question about whether or not someone is enlightened. Rather, faith comes in when my rational mind is pitted against my intuition. More specifically when intuitively I know what I must do in order to move my life forward, and yet all purely rational conclusions end either in contradiction or fear. So I gather my faith together like a parachute overhead, take a flying leap into the Infinite, and hope for a soft landing. Tom T: If one goes to the very large and heavy unabridged dictionary you can look up the definition of the word TRUST. There are about 20 definitions that deal with various people who have a fiduciary relationship with money that belongs to other people. The last two though are very different and go like this 21-- Information received from the intuitive side of the mind. 22--- Action taken regardless of the consequences. Jim I would like to suggest that your action above is much more fitting to the definition of trust as outlined in 21 and 22 above rather than Faith. Tom
