You asked me to read some of your essays when you responded to one of mine... oddly enough one that actually comes up against this one. You seem to be giving sound psychological advice by using intellectual standards. Okay. However, you use the word "faith" much differently than I do, because you seem to be of the philosophy that says, "It doesn't matter what you believe, as long as you believe." So, if that is true, Your essay is based on the rudimentary principles constrained to this life, this world, and Mankind's collective knowledge. You'd be surprised how small is our world, how narrow is our scope of knowledge, and noting how brief is our time alive, and how worthless is meditation with unknown and/or imagined higher powers...