well, truly, what is it?
what is the number one true belief?
I have an idea, and yet, I do not.
My idea, all of them are. Sounds crazy, i know, but think about it. Contemplate amongst this thought for a while. Here is a simple example that might help you understand why I say this.
Imagine every belief as a bowl of food, one is different, in taste, texture, and look. two can seem similar, but maybe one has a bit more spice, or maybe a bit thicker. Now, everyone of these dishes is enjoyed by at least one person, and so, maybe belief is a prefrence, a different view of the same thing, and a person goes to that which they see fits them.
basically, every belief in some way is connected to what ever real truth there is, but, people just have a different way of understanding.
is this the problem, no, it is not.
what is the problem is that people do not accept another's viewpoint, only their own. I believe that a belief can exist, and co exist, if people choose to accept another's "viewpoint".
Imagine it, not even a world, but a place
a place where a christian, a wiccan, a satanist, an atheist, animist, etc., can get along, all because they accept and respect the belief of another.
That would be the start of true peace, not having peace with people who are the same, but having peace with a wide variety of people.
this idea is important to look at, and ties in with a bigger idea of mine, but, i want you all to think about that.
Right now it seems impossible, but i at least ask you all to contemplate on the idea where no one is "alone" or an "outcast"
were everyone has one less fear, the fear of another's thoughts about your own.
This is odd as I have been thinking hard along these lines myself as of late.Maybe not in this exact Frame but still the same basic general priinciple.In the Seven Shamanistic ways it says "The World is What You Think It Is
Positive thoughts attract positive people and events, and negative thoughts attract negative people and events.
Corollary: Everything is a dream
Dreams are real and reality is a dream. The only test we use for a reality check is whether or not someone else experiences it. Hallucination means "your dream doesn’t match my dream." "Reality" to a shaman is a mass hallucination, or a shared dream. If this life is a dream and if we can wake up fully within it, then we can change the dream by changing our dreaming.
It would really be a perfect world(for the dreamer),if by simply believeing somthing You could make it reality.You could have a perfect Life,a perfect Religion,and a perfect Love.Unfortunatly It doesnt work that way,you can have all the faith in life,Religion ,and love ,that there is.You can believe with all your heart,but there are other things you cant control.Mainly the will and choices of others, If you are to have and exercise that ability ,so must others,and if there Perfect world didnt match with yours ,you still end up in conflict.There is no way to have anything totally perfect,in part because as we evolve our idea of what perfect is changes(what we thought was perfect yesterday,becomes run of the mill today),and also because somone else always has a different version of perfect.I guess what im trying to say is. this is one of the things that makes this site unique.We have every religion known,and no religion at all represented here,and for the most part we all get along.Why?Because of mutual respect,and the fact that in alot of cases we have just agreed to dissagree.As in everything in life,there are things that are flat out DEAL BREAKERS,and cant be tollerated,but its rare to see those things .For the most part as you described,,you can see all the different types talking and interacting,simply by showing a little mutual respect,but there are still,and will always be ,narrow minded people that,that think only of themselves and have no idea what MUTUAL RESPECT is.That means there is still a long way to go..Just my thoughts
Yes but what are these flavors, so there is a taste to Wicca. If thare was one then how do we taste it. How do we know it is just not real. Belief is a thought that is prosesed throu the mind. When the mind exapse that belief it comes just that a belief. Tho at any given moment we can change that belief. It is not that our mind favors that belief it is just that it makes since. Thare is not "true belief" we change our mind every day. If there was true belief that means we can never change our mind, if that was so then imagine how bad the world would be know.
