The Journey

It can be quite a journey from Idea to Creation. You do not get to know what the idea will look like when you arrive, you do not get to know how you will get there, or how long it will take you - all you get to know is that you are going, and that is quite a good thing indeed. Any other certainty about the journey is a myth you have told yourself for comfort, and you are advised to discard it as quickly as possible, as it will only take you down into the valley of despair, where you will have much company, but do very little traveling.

Friday, June 15, 2007

You Are What You Believe

People often wonder what they or some other believes. In fact, you need look no further than the very moment you are standing in to know what it is you believe.

Your entire life is the culmination of what you believe, because your entire life is the culmination of every choice you have ever made, and every choice is based upon what you believe. Even those who say they "believe" in the Bible or the Torah or the Koran actually only believe in themselves, for no one, no matter how devout, follows every book to the letter. Even if they wanted to they could not - as soon as the book is closed they begin to reinterpret it for themselves.

So I say make your belief conscious. Do it on purpose. It's all you're going to be anyway. Like it or not, you are a sovereign soul. You are the sole creator of your life. Your are the thinker of your thoughts. Nothing you will ever do will be anything but the culmination of your thought, which is what you believe. So decide what you believe. Look at your actions. Every action is the expression of a belief.

If you believe in love, you must show love. If you believe in war, then make war. If you believe in autonomy, be autonomous. Belief, in the end, is intention, and intention is the fuel that fires action. And the action becomes the sticks and bones of the "reality."

You are what you believe.

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