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Ineffective Faith
However, sad to say, your beginner's faith usually
degenerates. Flashes of success and wondrous manifestations of higher power or
intelligence dwindle in number and frequency. As your faith dwindles, you may begin to
doubt everything. You may, as many do, doubt the existence of higher consciousness and
consider yourself a fool for your enthusiastic conduct on the path. Your path itself may
begin to blur and diffuse before your frustrated gaze into nothing. You may even deny its
existence. Who knows where you will run or what you will do when your faith dissolves?In
reality, when your faith seems to become ineffective, you are likely making some big
mistakes in attitude and understanding. You have probably forgotten vital points in this
chapter. The chief error is moving too soon from a humble switch flipper into a  "cosmic shooter."
As a "beginning beginner" you do not presume to tell higher consciousness how it
should work. You acknowledge your ignorance but have a conviction that higher
consciousness is real, present, and will express positively and wisely in the areas you
request. You lovingly and thoughtfully flip the switch of your faith and leave it on.
But, as you begin to succeed, you may forget the...
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