With the invention of social media, there’s so much access to what people believe.
Seeing some many other people’s beliefs makes me aware of my own beliefs.
Somehow it feels like I believe in much less than I used to.
While that may sound unappealing in some way, in my experience, it’s been just the opposite.
The more beliefs I discard, the better I feel, the easier my life.
Here’s a few that just popped out…
I DON’T BELIEVE…
I don’t believe in karma.
I don’t believe in evil or hell or devils.
I don’t believe things are going to hell in a hand basket.
I don’t believe we are running out of resources.
I don’t believe the planet is out of balance. Not even by a hair.
I don’t believe that things are somehow fucked.
I don’t believe it’s better to not want much.
I don’t believe anyone can tell me the “right way” to live.
I don’t believe my way is right. (In the moment, I might though :))
I don’t believe your way is right.
I don’t believe in your beliefs.
I don’t believe coercion is the best way.
I don’t believe in one size fits all.
I don’t believe in outrage.
I don’t believe I have to worry about something that does not feel good to me, just because a bunch of other people tell me I am supposed to worry about it.
I don’t believe in “lessons” or that the Universe is trying to teach me something.
I don’t believe in luck.
I don’t believe that life is unfair.
I don’t believe anyone needs my help.
I don’t believe in guilt.
I don’t believe in goals.
I don’t believe in commitments.
I don’t believe in resolutions.
I don’t believe in politics.
I don’t believe in religion.
I don’t believe God is Jesus, Buddha, or one person or entity.
I don’t believe in a judgment.
I don’t believe in a divine purpose.
I don’t believe that Mercury being in retrograde has anything to do with me.
I don’t believe in agendas.
I don’t believe that science = truth.
I don’t believe there is one truth.
I don’t believe in sacrifice.
I don’t believe in heros.
I don’t believe in suffering.
I don’t believe anyone can do anything to me.
I don’t believe that working hard is better.
I don’t believe in lazy.
I don’t believe in deserving or undeserving.
I don’t believe that life is difficult.
I don’t believe death is a bad thing.
I don’t believe you have to work for money.
I don’t believe you must fight to get what you want.
I don’t believe your experiences inform my experiences.
I don’t believe what happened before is in any way relevant to what happens now.
I don’t believe someone else knows what’s better for me.
I don’t believe it’s all that complicated.
I don’t believe I have to believe anything I don’t want to believe in.
What do I believe in?
I believe that I can be, have, or do anything that I desire.
And I believe the same is true for everyone. Every. One.
I believe all that’s required of me to live in alignment with this belief is paying attention to WHAT FEELS BETTER to me in any given moment.
Simple.
I know I love how that feels.
(I don’t expect you to believe any of the things that I believe. That’s what makes me me and you you.)
I don’t believe that anyone needs my help? Sorry, but not only is this close to being preposterous it also tends to put you out of business. And I don’t belive in commitment? It is awfully hard to do anything with anyone without some commitment. I humbly suggest you need to rethink at least some of this article.
appreciate you reading, Stan.
why would l need to rethink any of my beliefs? because someone else does not like them? or agree?
that’s the biggest barrier most people have to living the life they want.
i should think like you, because, why, again?
to share more of my thoughts (not justify or defend, share)
no one needs my help. some people want it. the people who want it are happy to pay me for it. works out great.
i used to think people needed my help. and it was not fun for me or them. period.
as for commitment, if something does not feel good for me to do, i am not going to keep doing it. doesn’t matter if i signed. doesn’t matter if i promised. doesn’t matter if you choose to get upset at me because i change my mind.
that’s what i believe. this is what feels good to me.
what you believe and what feels good to you, or anyone else, may be something else entirely.
don’t really see a problem with that.
here’s what i learned a while ago… been very helpful in understanding how every one can have such different views… after all, who’s right? who’s wrong?
everyone is right.
you create what you believe.
and so everyone is right.
Whoa, Dudesky! For the most part, am kinda on the same page with this stuff. HOWEVER, uuh, no one’s perfect, right?
I assume you don’t mean your Mrs. would be on board with the
no commitment thingee? I would assume no woman would agree to marry a man who had no intention of being committed to her? Or only if things were happy happy happy? What about integrity? Honour? WHAT ABOUT LOVE?
first, What About Love is a mediocre (at best) Heart song… 🙂
you’re interpreting my words though your own lens (which is natural), coming to conclusions that match your beliefs (and that’s fine).
but beliefs are just thoughts you choose to think. there is no right and wrong… just your beliefs and my beliefs…
i don’t expect you to understand or agree with mine. i think i wrote that, right?
ii also wrote that everyone is right when it comes to beliefs, for you will create whatever you believe.
if you believe you need some form of commitment to be in the kind of relationship you want to be in, you are right!
and i would expect issues around commitment issues to be part of your experience.
for the record, i wasn’t even thinking about relationships when i wrote about commitments (but i still believe the same thing).
i believe in love.
and i believe that’s all i need.
i don’t need someone else idea of commitment (whatever that means) to guide me through life or to tell me what’s right or wrong.
and you know, what? holding these beliefs has not caused me a moment of problems in my relationships.
believing i should stay with things that i “committed” to relationships and otherwise, led me down many dark paths.
had i stayed with those commitments because i believed in commitments, i would not be writing this.
i’d likely be working at a soul crushing job somewhere, likely divorced, unhealthy, and unhappy.
i am thrilled to say i have never been happier to be alive and to be me than i am today…
i am thrilled to have given up all those beliefs that were never mine in the first place.
and in my world, things are always happy happy happy.
because i believe that’s normal.
Yeah, that was an under the influence of two beers slightly feisty comment : ]
Ha! I think it’s mainly a difference of how the word commitment is interpreted or perceived. And in what context.
Merely a question of semantics, really. And actually, I was thinking about that love is all you need thing afterwards. Commitment issues? Did you suggest : 0 I have commitment issues? How did you know I keep turning down marriage offers because I have commitment issues? Really. Hmmmm : 0
Oh and What About Love is a tad above mediocre : ]
Ain’t no Magic Man fer sure. And I don’t mind if you exclude this from your official comments. blah blah blah : 0
Yep. I’ve learned that the more I learn, the less I KNOW…empirically, for a fact, etc. Most things don’t matter. Fairness is an ideal. Ideals, for the most part, don’t matter. I agree with what George Carlin said in one of his sets, “Narrow, unenlightened self interest doesn’t impress me.” Pretty much sums it up for me…I don’t like for people tell me what to believe. I know what they’re doing, when they do it, and I don’t like it. Beliefs enslave and oppress you when they’re not your own.
I wish I had written your last line, Hailey. Cool words, thanks!
Thanks! Glad there was something of value in my rambling 🙂