Faith is your wealth: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Having faith in the Guru or God does not do anything to Guru or God.  Having Faith Gives You Immediate Strength. Faith is a great wealth; it is a blessing. If you lack faith, you have to pray for faith. But to pray, you need faith. This is a paradox. People have faith in the world - but the whole world is just a soap bubble. People have faith in themselves - but they don’t know who they are. People think that they have faith in God - but they have no idea of God.

If you want to doubt, you have to doubt everything There are three types of faith: faith in yourself, faith in the world, and faith in God. You need to have faith in yourself -- without faith, you think, “I can’t do this. This is not for me. I will never be liberated in this life”. You must have faith in the world. Without this, you can’t move an inch in the world. Banks give you loans having faith that you will pay it back. You deposit money in the bank having faith that it will be returned. If you doubt everything in the world, nothing will happen. The same is the case with faith in the Divine - have faith in the Divine and you will evolve. All these faiths are connected. You must have all three for each to be strong. 

Question: Atheists have faith in themselves and faith in the world, but not in God.  

Answer: They don’t have complete faith in themselves. Lack of faith in God, in the world or in the self brings fear. Faith in the world cannot be constant because there are always changes. Faith makes you full - faithful. If you have faith, you are full. 

Question: What is the difference between faith and confidence? 

Answer: Confidence is the result. Faith is the beginning. Faith in yourself brings freedom. Faith in the world brings you peace of mind. Faith in God evokes love in you. You can be at peace by having faith in the world and without faith in God, but it is not complete peace. If you have love, there is automatically peace and freedom. People who are extremely disturbed should only have faith in God.