Belief Systems

Belief Systems

What you decide to be is what you become.  No one can define feelings or thoughts for you.  No one can create a state of mind for you.

Throughout our lifetimes our interactions with friends, family, co-workers  and neighbors are subject to their state of mind or their belief system as well as ours. 

We often see change in relationships based on changing belief systems.  People can be strongly influenced by other people and their desire to fit in.  Change in outlook does not have to be based on the reality of a situation.  Your belief system creates your reality.

I’ve known people for years who suddenly changed.  Maybe they wanted to please a potential partner or to fit into a new environment.  They take on the belief system of that person or environment.  It becomes who they are. 

It may create division in their existing relationships as their priorities change. Material items and status may become their focus or maybe spiritual beliefs become important.

If your belief system is that a person can overcome anything, that is how you will show up.  If you are a devout Catholic and you believe in the concept of hell, you may have difficulty accepting people who have a spiritual perspective that is different.  A belief system can cause separation or cohesiveness. But what if we just accepted people as they are instead of trying to change them? What if we meet people where they are at.

All through life we will meet people with different belief systems. As we experience life our beliefs may also change or expand.  Our experiences combined with the development of our emotional, intellectual and spiritual selves will evolve. 

How do we reconcile all these different belief systems? Our egos have to allow us to coexist.  We have to suppress the desire to feel our way is better or superior to others.

People may come and go from our lives if they can not accept differences in outlook or point of view.  Belief systems are so deeply ingrained that some individuals may see difference as a threat. Their beliefs are ego based. 

We may have to impose boundaries to establish our right to experience the world on our terms.  

Everyday is a gift.  Every morning a chance to experience the beauty of this lifetime.  Understand as we grow and change so will everyone around us.  

People’s thoughts and feelings won’t  automatically  align with ours.  They have to be willing and intellectually capable of accepting others as  individuals with different belief system’s. This will not always be the case.  People may fall into the trap of judging or engaging in unhealthy ways.

Jakes Ministries has a quote which says, “if people are willing to walk away from you let them go.  If they are not of us, they are not from us, so let them go.” People won’t always accept you and that’s really not a problem. It’s an alignment.

Doors close and doors open.  Never compromise your belief system. Life is a beautiful journey, make sure you don’t get stuck anywhere you cannot express yourself, where you are not accepted or where people do not care for others.

Change happens when alignments occur. Change allows you to be around people who will support growth and foster healthy environments.