Do you believe in beliefs?

Many years ago, I was talking with a friend and at some point, he stated that I don’t believe in anything, instead I have knowledge… And my response was well, that is your belief…

That’s why you like something or someone, and you dislike other things and people; that’s why you are committed to some tasks and in relation to other tasks, you are fully lazy… Beliefs and beliefs.

Beliefs guide us every time and everywhere, you can’t simply avoid it or refuse its directions. Ok, maybe you can, by your will power, society or peer pressure, but it will be temporary and probably it will require a very powerful reason for that.

Probably the best thing to do in relation to beliefs is to understand them better. I have a video on the topic, but in general terms:

• Beliefs are not born by themselves; they come during our process of creating the personality and our value system.
• Normally beliefs are inculcated during infancy and childhood by a person’s family.
• However, families are not the only source. There are religions, spiritual groups, school system, community and society. Later in life, there is still some room to create more beliefs from the influence that comes from media, workplace or a group of friends.
• Most powerful than all is the belief that is created from a person’s own reflection. This self-generated belief is rare and since it is very precious.

You may notice two main flaws in this: first, most beliefs are created in a certain environment; second, they are created during a certain period of time. That means if we change environment or period of time, something that everyone does, the belief may not be right in a different circumstance. At least, it will be outdated.

If a belief is wrong or outdated, how to change it? The only efficient way is to create a new belief through a deep reflection. Besides, the person has to experience it in life and feel the attainments that come from it.

This new belief will be so powerful that will displace other similar views, allowing the individual to break their limits and experience achievements in other ways.