Exploring Faith
There's really no way to do this right.
Elise Loehnen: What We’re After (Solo Episode) — Elise Loehnen
My faith, my spirituality isn't so much like this is my belief system. It is more a question of having faith that there are forces, powers, energies, beyond the seen world that are benevolent, loving attempting to sort of help us on our higher path to move the collective along. And there are also denser, more energetic forces at play, too.
Elise Loehnen: What We’re After (Solo Episode) — Elise Loehnen
Faith = letting go
I think curiosity is our friend that teaches us how to become ourselves.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Elizabeth Gilbert — Choosing Curiosity Over Fear
Allen Watts, which I think is the best summation of the difference between belief and faith, he wrote in The Wisdom of Insecurity , “whether one believes in God or believes in atheism, we must here make a clear distinction between belief and faith because in general practice belief has come to mean a state of mind, which is almost the opposite of f... See more
Elise Loehnen: What We’re After (Solo Episode) — Elise Loehnen
ut then we have to remember like it's never out there that we're gonna find the answers that we need. It is only in here and we have to sort of deprogram or de-train ourselves from thinking from that type of thinking: If I just do all of these things, I'll be, well, if I d just do all of these things, I'll be good. If I just do all of these things,... See more
Elise Loehnen: What We’re After (Solo Episode) — Elise Loehnen
Faith as understanding ourself, collecting parts of ourselves
I’m not sure where I’d be if I hadn’t met @eliseloehnen (I’m the luckiest guy in the world because I did). We’ve traveled the world together, and we’ve also traveled deep into our own minds in trying to figure our shit out together. Elise is the author of the New York Times bestseller On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good and the creator of the epic podcast Pulling the Thread. I’ve never met anyone as smart and wonderful as Elise. I love her with my full heart. And then some. Which is why she’s chapter 10 in my new book x Richard Pre Order before Nov 19!
instagram.comAnd curiosity is an impulse that just taps you on the shoulder very lightly, and invites you to turn your head a quarter of an inch and look a little closer at something that has intrigued you.