Just what are beliefs? They are the conscious and unconscious information that we have accepted as true. Unfortunately, our beliefs often imprison us and deny us access to what is real. A filter of
misconceptions prohibits Truth’s passage and we see only what we want, and reject everything else.
Truth can never be revealed to the so-called “firm and real believer.” You know the type: always quoting “facts.” He does not want to recognize anything outside of his belief and sees everything with which he disagrees as a threat.
He goes through life labeling all that is new, different and enlightening as “evil” or, at least “unacceptable,” and all that is old, traditional and suppressing as “good.” He cannot understand
that Truth – no matter how painful – is always by its very nature, “good,” and that a lie – regardless of how much we are in love with it- is always, by its very nature, “bad.” To protect his beliefs, he builds a wall around his world. Some “firm believers” have a big wall and some a small one but, regardless of the size of the structure, it can only serve to shut out more of the Truth than it can hold.
The person who is a “firm believer” has no option to change his mind. This makes him ignorant. He can only recognize what lies within the walls he has built around himself and is prevented from exploring the limitless Truth, which lies outside the wall. What he fails to realize is that Truth is always greater than any structure built to contain it. Belief and faith are not the same thing and should not be confused.
Unlike belief, faith is not totally limiting. It recognizes there is more to discover and know, and that one must always seek to unfold more and more of the Truth. With faith, all things are possible. The “firm believer” always thinks he knows the answer. The person with faith, aware that there is always more to learn, about his or herself, constantly seeks enlightenment.
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