The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
Highways To The Most High Gfii
By STEPHAN J. CONSTANT


Part II
He who would pursue knowledge
of the Truth to Its Source, regard
less of the path that opens UP to
him, inevitably encounters that by
dra headed monster called the pro-
blem of semantics, or the meaning
of words. We see it everywhere. II
plaques us on all levels and In
every realm.
Nowhere is this more evident
than in metaphysics and religion.
Consider the word faith. For
thousands of years men have used
this word loosely as a synonym
for the word belief" but the two
are as different as day and night.
Belief is a conviction that some
thing is a fact. that certain claim
is valid, an assurance fright or
wrong) that what we hold as true
Is true. A little thinking about it
readily shows that some OF our
most cherished beliefs change with
time and that they have nothing to
do with reality or truth.
The earth is not flat, but men
believed it was for thousands of
years. Neither is it the center of
the universe, nor does the sun re-
voIye around it. Fantastic as 1t
seems, recent surveys indicate that
a surprising number of people still
''believe" in these superstitions.
Further, scientists believed for
hundreds of years that matter
could not be changed into energy,
and vice versa. Their textbooks be-
came obsolete. as did these beliefs,
for today we have the Atom Bomb
and the Hydrogen Bomb, both by
the conversion of matter to energy.
Belief, therefore, is a conviction
that something not necessarily
true, is true. 1t cannot possibly be
correctly used as a synonym for
faith, but il is done constantly.
What then, is Faith?
When Saul Of Tarsus attained to
Illumination on the Damascus
Road he obtained "a glimpse Of
the Vision. and into his heart there
streamed a drop of Bliss" The ma
ture OF this experience was such
that he described il as ''the sub.
stance of things hoped for. the evi.
dence of things not seen, and he
called ii Faith. And so it is.
He who plants his feet firm.
ly upon the particular highway to
the Most High that God has made
available to him, will experience,
in greater or less degree, mea.
sure of that Faith which Paul de-
fined. No two of us are alike, no
two grow at the same rate, and
no two paths are precisely alike.
of one thing however, we may be
certain. II the spark of the Divine
has touched the universal soul es.
sence within us. our Soul is awake.
To some of us, like Paul, Illumina-
ton comes, to others a spiritual
awakening.
If we are able TO recognise the
truth OF these claims, if we are
spiritually evolved 10 a point where
We can accept the report of those
who preceded US. is there anything
we can do to hasten that glorious
day. Assuming that we have tried
to place our feet firmly upon the
path that God has opened up to US,
We can pursue our course with vi
gor and resolution. Prayer and me-
ditation link us to God, therefore
We can ask Him to give us what is
needful. We can seek Him lin the
heights within, and in the fulness
without" and we can leave our
selves open to the influx Of know
ledge regardless of the source.
God is not Knocked. And neither
are We, His children. II is for this
reason, among others. that the Ma.
zarene Master said, Ask, and ii
shall be given you. seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and il shall be
opened unto you For everyone
that aSketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh il shall be opened"