The Power of Beliefs

Beliefs
There are many types of beliefs. Religious and pseudo religious beliefs. Personal beliefs etc. etc.

Beliefs about how the world works etc, etc. The word belief is used here in the sense of a set of rules or a map of how the world operates. This can be about who we are and what the world is

All men seek to find meaning and to control the world - to be god like.

In the innate search of the mind for meaning and therefore control and survival all men will consciously and subconsciously program their minds to better react and behave to obtain the best results for survival and prosperity.

All religions stem from this need to have meaning and control.

Religion actually solves the problem by taking away the need for control and providing faith instead of meaning. It is a salve for the soul and a salve for the constant turmoil of the search for meaning.

Ironically this helps to create within the individual the very thing that has been tormenting him and has brought him to his knees –a meaning to life. It does this by taking away the need for meaning and releases the individual from the search.

Thereby creating a form of happiness.

When people are faced with difficult circumstances and things to which they cannot understand, the mind is forced to try to find a place for where this new info can be slotted into the overall map they have of the world and reality as they see it. That is when problems occur. Frustration at not being able to obtain the desired outcome or control of ourselves, others or the world around us is what causes us to develop psychological problems.

How this disparate information and learning is slotted into the individual’s map of the world depends very much on the individuals existing map. There are as many maps of reality as there are people on this earth and therefore the same circumstance can produce very different reactions and internalized representations of how to deal with this in the future.

Therefore some people can be exposed to a danger and simply see that as something they should avoid whilst others can create an irrational fear of anything to do with that even though their conscious mind can logically know that it may be something that could ultimately be beneficial to them

Although there are only two core strategies (move towards or move away) for achieving man’s two primary goals in life (survival and procreation) the world of possibilities can help to create an infinite matrix of interconnected rules and therefore maps of how we should behave and how we actually do BE & HAVE.

Whether you are having problems (frustration) with the search itself, problems (frustration) with moving towards something or problems (frustration) with moving away from an event circumstance person or thing the answers are all the same.

Your map of the world and how it operates needs to be adjusted to better facilitate your goals in life.

To do this your best tool is the mechanism that is also the root of the problem i.e. your mind.

Because your mind is the most powerful super computer on the planet and is perfectly capable of almost anything. You need only start to reprogram it for your betterment and for your good.

Our beliefs are not necessarily true objectively but they tend to be deep set and reflect how we think things really are. They consist of the assumptions we make about the world, others and our self's. About how we expect things to be.