UNLESS YOU BELIEVE

                                                                      UNLESS YOU BELIEVE
                  
                                      "Unless you believe, wrote St. Augustine,
                                      "you will not understand."
  
                                      Down through the centuries, mankind
                                      usually been confused regarding the 
                                      area of logical and rational reasoning.
                              
                                      The more educated we have become
                                      the easier it has become to say, "Once
                                      I understand a principle, then I will
                                      believe it."

                                      Unfortunately, in the spiritual realm, belief
                                      and faith almost always precedes understanding,
                                      making it very difficult to persuade or demonstrate
                                      to another that the spiritual tenants we call truths 
                                      actually have validity. 
                                      And, the comforts of home and travel we now take
                                      for granted, were simply beliefs in some inventors
                                      head before they became actual realities
                                 
                                      (Revised on November 15, 2017 from the original                                                                 article written on July 3, 1978---506)