Everything that be known can only be known as a belief, this
includes all that can be known through our senses in terms of sight, sound,
touch, taste, smell as well as all the possible thoughts and concepts that the
mind is capable of creating. All of this is the sum total of what we can know
and experience. The foundation of all that can be known and experienced is
composed of belief and belief turns out to be only what we find palatable. What
does this mean? It means that it is not possible to know anything other than
what we believe and therefore the whole of human experience is suspect and
truly unknowable. So long as the lens through which reality is viewed is
dominated by the ego it will never be possible to discover anything that is not
agreeable to that same ego. What is agreeable to the ego can never be truth
because it is truth that the ego fears more than anything else. When we view reality through the lens of our beliefs
everything seems to fit together and make sense. This is because the root
belief that allows all other beliefs to seem coherent is the belief in the ego
itself. This is the belief that all other beliefs depend on and although we may
question many of our beliefs we will avoid questioning this one. The ego is our
apparent identity, it is who we think we are, and to question this is not
unlike wishing to commit suicide. Without the root belief in the ego all other
beliefs become transparent, some of these beliefs turn out to be practical and
useful and all those that are not are immediately seen and discarded. Our sense
beliefs such as sight and sound are obviously practical and useful and are not
affected by the collapse of belief. All negative beliefs regarding ourselves or
others can have no practical or useful result and tend not to arise, if they do
arise they are not believed in and quickly dissipate. Without the root belief
in the ego which is not what we truly are there is only consciousness which is
all we have ever been.
Hi Ray,
ReplyDeleteI was reading this article after sending you an email this morning regarding the question : 'What exactly is the ego?' It has been answered through this article I think
to say a belief is negative is a belief too
ReplyDeleteHi Abilio
DeleteIt is impossible to say anything without beliefs being involved. To communicate what I understand about beliefs it is necessary to use language which is itself composed of beliefs this does not mean that I believe anything, although some beliefs like language are useful negative beliefs are not.
all you may say about the ego is belief.
ReplyDeleteHi Abilio
DeleteI have already answered this but will add that what I say about the ego can be believed or disbelieved it would be more useful for you to check within yourself if these things are true or not.