Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld.

- Hebrews 11:1

“Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on to”

- P.B.S. Pinchback

“Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.”

He was only ten years old, rather small in physical build. His brown eyes and brown hair framed his light complected, heart shaped face. He stood by the street corner in blue jeans and a striped yellow, white, and red cotton shirt, with a back pack in tow. He was waiting for the bus to pick him up, to take him home. He looked from side to side, left to right, eyeing the traffic as it passed his way.

A businessman was also going to catch the bus that would bring him to the subway entrance, on his way home from work. He noticed the young boy who was all alone, seemingly waiting and watching the many cars that passed him by. He inquistly asked the boy, "Hi, are you needing some help? Are you lost?"


"No sir, I'm not lost, I am just waiting for the bus to pick me up."

"The bus doesn't stop here. You will need to walk a block, turn left, and go another half of block down. Then you will arrive at the nearest bus stop. It's not that far from here."

"Thank-you Sir, but I have faith that the bus will pick me up right where I am."

"Young man, the bus won't pick you up unless you are at a designated bus stop. You are wasting your time if you remain standing here."

"I have faith the bus will stop and pick me up here, right where I stand."

About that time a bus was seen coming up the road. The bus stopped, and the driver opened the door for the young man to enter. The boy turned to the businessman who was standing in awe with a confused look on his face, and with a confident smile proclaimed, "I knew the bus driver would stop for me, because he is my father."

The Pharaohs of Egypt believed that the soul that doesn't belive in death will never die.

... So how does mythology fit into our lives? It is said that our unconscious motivations do in fact dwell in the mythical world; that deep inside us are gods and goddesses in embryo. In the business world for instance when someone orchestrates a grand and wondrous venture, it is akin to the heroic journey of buildling a pyramid to oneself, expanding our imagination, of what is possible.

In the Hindu tradition, the spiritual quest begins by going inward ... there is a prayer ... which says:

Lead us from darkness to light,
From ignorance to truth, ...

My mother read to me stories which you may call mythology, but for me they were truer than enything that existed in reality. In fact those stories inspired me to do everything that I do to this day. They lifted me from the mundane to the magical where anything was possible. ... Myth lifted me from the mundane to the magical and told me that both worlds were in myself. I could fly through the air, I could witness miracles and healing, I could experience coincidence, transformation, and magic. ...

The evidance of Indian mythology was all around me. I could link monkeys chattering in the trees with the monkey-god Hanuman, the provider of courage, hope, knowledge, and intelect.

Then there is Shiva who stands for destruction but at the same time the potential for renewal and resurrection. Shiva is not a god of death, but part of an eternal cycle, responsible for shedding the old to make way for the new. India took a step that Egypt never did, and made death creative.

Shiva's son is Ganesh, wildly popular in India. Ganesh is the remover of obstacles. He has an elephant's nose which is very discriminating. He has huge ears to remind us to be active listeners. He has a huge belly to digest all the problems of the world. With one foot on the ground, and one in the air, he is in this world, but not of it.

This cycle of life was part of the raw materials of my imagination. Ultimately myths became embodied in my spirit, psyche, and soul, allowing me to do things I never dreamed of before.

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."

- Hebrews 11:1

"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."

- Hebrews 11:6

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

- John 3:16