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Post by Pathfinder on Oct 6, 2022 8:48:44 GMT
Yeshua and Peter Walk o n Water
And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he
walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the
wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink,
he cried, saying, "Lord, save me."
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and
caught him, and said unto him, "O thou of little faith,
wherefore didst thou doubt?"
— Matthew 14:29— 31
Peter, by the power of faith and mental concentration, became momentarily attuned to the consciousness of Christ, free from the material
dream-delusion of matter. Thus he was buoyed by divine consciousness
when he stepped out of the ship to approach Jesus. But when the violent
winds shook Peter's concentrated faith with fear, his habit of beholding
matter as real came back into his mind and immediately he felt his body
sinking....
By faith Jesus did not mean mere mental belief, which evaporates at
the slightest contact with contrary evidence. Faith is absolute conviction;
its proof lies in the intuitive knowing of the soul. God-consciousness and
its unlimited powers are available to those ardent devotees who steadily
develop themselves by meditation until they form an unwavering faith in
the omnipotent nature of God and His manifestation in themselves.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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