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12 Powers: Faith In developing the quality of faith, we must start as Peter did,

by being receptive to Truth ideas and letting them grow in us


Affirmation: Faith blesses my day and
until we can feel our absolute oneness with the quality of
paves my way.
faith—feel in such a way that we no longer think in terms of
Faith—The ability to believe, intuit and
having faith, but express it automatically, as Jesus did.
perceive.
The disciple Peter represents faith in
things spiritual, faith in God.
The corresponding color is blue and the
Twelve-Power Meditation Exercise on
location is the center of the brain. Faith
By Charles Roth
Awaken Your Faith Faculty Sit quietly for a moment until you feel relaxed. Then focus
By Winifred Wilkinson Hausmann your attention on the crown of the head (which represents
Of all the faculties, the one Jesus spoke of most frequently the Christ center) and think a thought similar to this:
was faith. … Have faith. Believe. Trust. Over and over, Jesus The Christ of God is quickened in me!
emphasized this first of our powers, and in one of his
Next, move your center of attention to your forehead, often
disciples, we watch the faculty develop.
thought of as representing the conscious level of mind.
Faith does not come all at once with a mighty thud. It must
Realize that you are consciously aware that the Christ of
grow. It must be encouraged. It must be invited and then made
God is being quickened in you. Say or think:
welcome. As Simon, the crude fisherman, became Peter, the
dedicated apostle, so the ability to trust God must grow in our I AM aware that the Christ of God is quickened in me.
lives. Now move your center of attention to the solar plexus,
Faith has been defined in many ways. The writer of Hebrews which represents the subsconscious level of mind. In order
referred to it as “the assurance of things hoped for, the to accept your awareness that the Christ of God is being
conviction of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1). Understood in this deepened in you at the deepest level of your being affirm:
light, faith is that quality in us which enables us to look past
I AM grateful that the Christ of God is being quickened
appearances of lack, limitation or difficulty, to take hold of the
in me.
divine idea and believe in it, even though we do not see any
evidence of it except in our minds. Through faith we know …Now let your center of attention travel to the middle of
with an inner knowing the Truth that has not yet expressed the head, the faith center, and softly affirm:
itself in our manifest world. …
The Christ in me calls forth Peter, my disciple-faculty of
The location of the faith center is significant. It is in the center
Faith.
of the head, between the ears and the eyes. When we put our
faith in that which we see with our eyes or hear with our ears, As you do this, visualize Jesus speaking the words,
we are using the faculty in a limited way and the results will “According to your faith be it done unto you.”
come accordingly. Conclude by saying:
However, we can center the faculty of faith on our inner vision
I AM Grateful!
and our inner hearing, developing this faculty through prayer
to know the potential God has given us. And when we do, our
results will express the higher realization of our spiritual
nature. At its highest level, faith is directed by our spiritual
nature, from the Christ center at the crown of the head. We
determine the direction of our faith, and as we do, we
determine the results that we will have in our lives. …

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