Each of us have come to be on a spiritual path—and this spiritual path—because we have some deep intuitive sense that on the spiritual path we’ve chosen, we can become better human beings. We have some heart-based intelligence that this particular path will lead us more deeply, more surely, into a place of certainty within ourselves. Somehow we know that it’ll benefit us because we’ve seen that it benefits others. This is faith. Each of us may express it differently, but we come to the very same things in different ways. Faith is a combination of a wholesome kind of yearning with an aspiration to fulfill that yearning. And then a willingness to take the steps that are necessary to fulfill that yearning.
Kamala Masters
Spirit Rock Residential Teacher
Kamala Masters is co-founder of Vipassana Metta On Maui, and a Guiding Teacher of IMS in Barre, MA. Since 1977 she has trained in the Mahasi tradition with Munindraji, Sayadaw U Pandita and others in intensive vipassana, metta and jhana. She encourages practicing liberation, balancing kindness and wisdom in life.