I came to understand that belief is a preconception about the way reality should be; faith is the willingness to experience reality as it is, including the acceptance of the unknown. An interesting way to understand the difference is to use the words interchangeably in the same sentence: I believe in Santa Claus. I have faith in Santa Claus. Belief can impede spiritual unfoldment; faith is supremely necessary for it. . Judith Hanson Lasater
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People can have faith in something, or they can have belief in something, but they are easy to confuse. Belief is a preconceived notion about how something works. It’s not just a matter of what you see is what you get. When you have faith, the idea that something works or is real does not matter.

You just know that it works. Faith is the willingness to experience reality as it is, including the acceptance of the unknown. An interesting way to understand the difference is to use the words interchangeably in the same sentence: I believe in Santa Claus.

I have faith in Santa Claus. Belief is a preconceived notion about how something works. It’s not just a matter of what you see is what you get.

When you have faith, the idea that something works or is real does not matter. You just know that it works.

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