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It will prove very helpful and telling to grasp why you believe the things that you do. You will certainly be surprised to realize some of the shaky ground you have formed your beliefs on.

The realistic view is that most elements involved in the building of a belief system are based on illogical input! That’s right! Only 1 out of the 5 modes of constructing your beliefs is based on logic.

The 5 key information sources feeding your beliefs are:

1. Evidence
2. Tradition
3. Authority
4. Association
5. Revelation

1. Evidence

   Evidence shows that one thing causes another. The ‘cut and dried’ quality of evidence appeals to the analytical and critical thinking part of your mind. Developing your belief system through this method is very rationale and founded on the use of logical thinking.

   Two sources of evidence:

   1. Scientific investigation supplies results from critically tested hypotheses to support evidence based believing.
   2. Personal experience of cause and affect. You might repeatedly witness a consistent result from your actions. For example:
      • If you drive a certain route at rush hour, you will be late.
      • Paying your bills on time keeps all your service providers happy.
2. Tradition
   The traditions taught through families and societies are a primary element in building your belief system. Familes are often showered with traditional thoughts throughout family life. This makes traditions can be very easy to start aligning with, without even really asking why. It’s great to recognize that traditions have served some cultures well. However it does not indicate they are essentially based in truth, nor necessarily have continued usefulness for your life.

   Many people adopt their basic ‘global beliefs’ and certain ‘topic specific beliefs’ through societal tradition. Family biases, social culture, and societal judgements are all strong influences on the formation of personal ideas about:

   • God and what spiritual understanding is correct
   • political theory and who to vote for
   • ones own personal value
   • which sporting team to cheer for

   Beliefs about God, politics, personal value… can you identify which aspects your family and culture have shaped in you?

3. Authority
   Numerous beliefs are accepted from people that have a role of authority in our lives.

   It’s possible that these figures of power also fall in the group of tradition, as I’m sure you can picture. For example, parents usually represent a significant role of authority in your early life and they are endlessly passing traditions down to you.

   Many times those in positions of authority stand outside of tradition. For example some such individuals who may manipulate, could be:

   • a spiritual teacher that claims to have an exclusive line to ‘God’
   • a medic who claims that they are certain that any ideas on health that are contrary with theirs, are rubbish
   • a university professor who you have looked up to
4. Association
   What group are you part of?
   Whether you can be found with the ‘in crowd’ or hidden away with the ‘nerds’, you will be adopting beliefs that reflect those of your group. It is kind of like ‘what you see is what you get’.

   As you are repeatedly faced with special ways of thinking common to your group, you learn to ‘go with the flow’ and adopt the shared thinking.

5. Revelation
   Here, the definition of revelation referred to is an enlightening experience of truth through divine or supernatural communication”. The experience might be described as:a gut feeling… or seeing something in your minds eye.

   Two primary understandings offer insight on how this enlightening communication occurs:

   1. Those more sceptical say that the information had previously been fed into your subconscious through external stimuli. It was just rumbling below the surface. When the correct trigger was hit, (likely some
      vague occassion), the info was brought to your consciousness.
   2. Those with more open minds contemplate that perhaps it is due to a sixth sense of perception that we know little about. This novel sense is revealing unlike any other, baring new info in ways not yet measurable.

   Revelation can strike at any moment. You might be; lounging at home, driving to work, meditating on breaking waves. Where ever it may arrive, might be interesting to ponder. But, I think what you may want to ask, can you use this information?

   There was definitely one remarkable man who highly valued the wild ideas he came up with when he listened to inspiration.

   Albert Einstein! He intimately knew the power of imagination, and how it is interwoven with the magic of believing. A few of his words of wisdom on the subject:

   “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”

   “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”

Enjoy looking at your beliefs, and where they have originated from.

1. Bravely ask, “do they have a solid basis and do they serve you well?”
2. Recognizing that many or your beliefs are ‘adopted beliefs’, have another look at them in a new light. See if you can find holes in them. Maybe it is time for some personal development and a change in your belief system… and this could be a good thing!

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