Good day,
How much
faith and trust is required,
and required
for what?  Spiritually speaking, if the
 goal is ascension, [ascension and death/dropping
the body 
are not the
same] tests become stringent.  Faith and
trust are 
a mainstay
throughout the journey!  To what lengths
we 
are tested
determines the level of faith and trust.
It takes
courage and faith to fully trust in 
Source-energy to heal
body, mind, soul, and spirit!
 Let us consider the magnitude of what some spiritual
masters
endured in
Earth [even unto death] to attain ascension!  Much
 strength and guidance was required to achieve
this!  Was
such faith
and trust placed and based in other
human beings,
or Divine-Source-Energy?
When
maladies and challenges surface,
 capturing attention so that we may address weaknesses,
 we have options.  Traditional doctors and unconventional 
healers can
help facilitate.  However, Divine-Life-Force 
within is Who/What heals and therefore, we are
able to seek
this Source directly ourselves!
The same
principle applies to spiritual
 teachers/leaders as well.  Seeds of truth may be sown,
 but the individual must embody and become truth
of which
 others speak!  Knowing truth and being truth are not the
 the same!  In this context, we again may seek such 
truth within,
directly from Source-energy. 
Tests and
trials in Earth strengthen faith
 and trust, and sometimes push us beyond what we
 thought was possible.  If the goal is to heal and become whole,
 we may find healing is the added benefit that
results from 
deepening
faith and trust after passing through
 the fires [tests and trials] in life!
   Challenges such as we are currently
 experiencing, elevate consciousness as well as
faith
 and trust in a Power greater than ourselves: 
A Source
 capable of transforming every aspect of our
being!  As a result,
 we acquire the gift of faith and trust strong enough to 
 seek Divine-Heavenly
Source- Force directly!
Can ascension
be far away?
Peace
OSOLE
