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thenewgreen  ·  4015 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What should we believe?

I was on peyote when I wrote that. Seriously though, do you have the link to me saying it so I can have more context?

When I talk about "belief" I tend to mean as it relates to something that requires "faith." I'm sure this is an incorrect way to define the word. In my answer, I guess I'm saying that from a spiritual perspective, I don't need faith in anything. I don't require the conjuring of imaginary scenarios to comfort me. All I need is all I have, which is the present moment. It's all any of us have, we have no way around it. For some reason, all of us tend to fight with it by fretting about the past or longing for the future. Those that are able to be fully present and actually in the moment, know what I mean.

I recall b_b mentioning a while back how he enjoys hearing the sound of his footprints in the snow. My guess is that when he does this, he is rooted squarely in his present moment, whether he knows it or not.

I literally have no idea whether this answers your question given that I have no context for where I said the above statement you want me to clarify. But, there you have it :)





lil  ·  4015 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I wrote that 828 days ago before I understood the comments or shoutout feature. I must have posted my blog and while it went mostly unnoticed, kind-hearted person that you are, responded directly to the blog.

Fast-forward to the present and the lovely wasoxygen has been mining into the deep hubski. If you see his post on this page (click parent a few times), you'll see that he posted a link to the original blog and you'll see your comment posted back when we were two and a quarter years younger. This was long before mirroring.

You will also see that after Was dredged this up from the deep web, b_b is right along with him, stomping in the snow.

The discussion has now morphed into whether we choose our beliefs or not (see Was and b_b's comments). b_b says that we arrive at a belief rather than choosing it. Then he says this:

    If each of us simply chose what to believe, I think our beliefs would be disingenuous.
I disagree. We can arrive, after some searching and critical thinking, at beliefs that seem right, that sustain us or throw us into despair, but after that arrival, I still think we are choosing. I can consciously choose despair or hope, compassion or rage.

In the recent Thanksgiving post, I reiterated this idea saying, "I'm grateful for the ability and freedom to question all dogma, including self-created and self-imposed dogma - how do I know what I know? What assumptions and mythologies do I subscribe to?"

Over and out on this topic for now, but tng, do check the link to the original post. I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving. I'm currently in NYC and about to do a bunch of citystuff.

Edit: Spellcheck wanted to change citystuff to crystal meth. I have a very idiosyncratic spellchecker.