By
Scott Shaw
Life is based upon a set of beliefs. These beliefs come to us
from many sources. We gain them from what we are taught, what we hear and read,
what we witness, and then; once we have been provided with a certain set of
parameters given to us by our culture, our desires, and our placement in life
and time, we decide what we believe.
Some people decide what they believe and then simply do the
conscious thing; believe it. Others decide it is they who have the calling, the
desire, the ability, the power, the gift, and/or the need to broadcast their
beliefs to the world. From this, they spread their ideologies out, from within
in their own mind, to others. Why do they do this? The simple answer is ego.
They want to be seen as a knower. If they are not seen as a knower then, at
least, they believe they will be understood to be a discontent, sewing the
seeds of controversy and anarchy.
There is one essential problem is the conception of, “I
believe,” however. Belief is opinion, it is not fact.
In a free society every one has the right to have their
opinion. But, if a person lives a life of consciousness they understand that their,
“Opinion,” is just that—it is not a fact. It is simply what they believe and
belief is an interpersonal process, it is not a factual accounting of reality
and something that someone should expound outwards to the world for then only
one thing occurs; the compounding of factual inaccuracies which have the
potential to negatively affect the life of others.
It is like the conspiracy theorists, they look for and try to
find logical reasoning for what they believe to be an anomaly of life, time,
space, and/or occurrences. But, there is fact and then there is theory. Some
people attempt to broadcast their theories to the minds of other people. This
does not make their ideologies fact; it simply makes them broadcasted theories.
And, each theory is simply some-thing that a particular some-one hopes to make
fact based upon what they, personally, believe. It is not fact, however, it is
simply belief. Yet, they hope to pull others into the web of what they believe.
This is how many of the falsehood that have been disseminated through
societies, throughout time, have come to take hold. Not fact, simply belief
that a large number of people have come to believe.
The fact is, some people are so locked into their beliefs that
even if you present them with factual evidence that what they believe is wrong
they will argue with you about the validity of your presentation and will not
concede that their belief about a practical subject and/or their belief system
in general may be wrong.
Some people become very lost between the concept of opinion
and fact. If they do not possess an analytical mind they simply assume that
there is no difference. People driven by ego, desire, jealousy, or anger often
fall prey to their own undefined differences between these two mental concepts.
They believe, so what they believe IS.
But, is it? Is your belief ever the defining truth for the entire world?
Yes, it may be the defining truth for your world but should your belief be
expounded to others? Do you ever ponder this fact before you spread your
belief(s) outwards?
How much of your life mind-time do you spend pondering the
fact of understanding where your belief system arose? How much of your life mind-time do you spend
actually contemplating why you are saying, what you are saying, when you are
disseminating your beliefs outwards, beyond yourself? When you do speak of your
beliefs do you only care about the fact that you desire your beliefs to be
witnessed as the truth? In fact, do you ever think at all before you speak of
your belief? Finally, what is your desired end result when you propagate your
belief? Why do you discuss your belief(s) at all? These are all important
concepts to think about as you pass through life.
It is essential to contemplate why you believe what you
believe. Think about this, have you ever believed one thing and now you believe
it no more? This is the simple formula to help you define for yourself the
difference between belief or fact. And, it is also essential to keep in mind,
just because other people believe something (even large groups of people like a
religion) this does that mean that you are forced to believe it?
Belief is only what it is; an ideology formed in your own
mind. As long as it is kept in your own mind, it can hurt no one. As soon as it
is released chaos is given birth to.
Belief is never fact.
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