On Faith and Perception

Perception and faith: thus do I speak to the unperceptive. It is neither from faith that perception is born, nor is perception borne without faith.

Perception of the wise, thus do I counsel all who would have faith. For it is in seeing that we have faith, since in communion with the Spirit do we acknowledge our Spirit.

Perception is what makes one wise: it is the scrutiny of the inscrutable eye, the flaring light of Him who perceives all.

This is the fire of Conscious Faith, that is born from perception. This fire and faith of Christ would consume you in its heat, because such heat is born from the light of understanding.

Until one sees, one is asleep. Never could this Chief of Clowns admit of what he does not see, unless he has the direct knowledge of what he does not see!

So the faith of perception: thus do I counsel the unperceptive. Let your faith be built upon what you perceive, for faith is the heat which accompanies the light of perception!

But the faith of the pen, the scrawl of the page, leave that for scholars and librarians! If you would burn with the fire of Conscious Faith, I would have you not be a scholar and a librarian.

The fire of Conscious Faith burns the pages of history. It consumes them in its passion, and would raise what was dead as an offering of incense unto God.

But Conscious Faith also is the fire that would compell you to perceive. It would give you the courage to practice, for after having seen, one is reluctant to go back to sleep.

For it is written: that you shall not live by perception alone, but by every experience that commeth from your living God.

So awaken your perception, my brother, and only afterward shall true faith be born in you.

Thus speaks Ding Dong.