Section One: Doubt and Belief
Section Two: The Origin of Belief
Pages 39 - 52
I believe: A personal I must through an act of will turn from what can merely be touched or seen and seek that which cannot be seen, God. And since my tendency as a human is to seek what can be touched or seen, I must make this decision daily to turn to the unseen. To do this is a leap, an act of faith, it requires belief that there is some other to turn toward, but in so doing, my world expands. I enter into an existence that deepens and broadens beyond sight or touch, indeed I enter into reality and leave the illusion of the material behind. This turning from the material to the invisible is conversion and I must be converted daily because my propensity is toward that which I can touch and see.
Why must I then be converted? Why does conversion make me more human, when to become so requires an act of faith? Because I can do so. Because this seeking of what is beyond with eyes of faith is an essential human act and to do less is to be less than human.
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