Beyond Belief

"Reality, in other words, is not interested in your beliefs, it's interested in your actions, what you actually do, your actual karma."

-- Ken Wilber

Beliefs are bullshit! All beliefs. Some may seem empowering and others destructive, but all are mere mental creations, and most are divisive. The amazing thing to me is that so many people actually mistake beliefs for reality and then are willing to fight, even willing to kill, over them!

I don't care if you believe Jesus is the one and only Son of God. I don't care if you believe in the resurrection and the virgin birth or any other chosen myth. What I do care about is how you treat people, especially people who don't believe the same things you do.

Actions are what matter. Actions are what produce results. But if you need beliefs to drive your actions, if you are only nice to other people because you believe being nice will help you get into heaven, then you've added an unnecessary layer to the interactive process. If you need beliefs to keep you in line, what does that say about your essence, your soul, your inherent nature?

If you give up all beliefs, if you go deep enough into yourself so that you are able to respond freely and intuitively to whatever is happening, you will find that your actions are aligned with reality, that you are in harmony with the sacred, with what is. Don't take my word for it. Don't believe me. Try it.

Just for today, jettison all beliefs. Act as if you did not believe all the stuff you've been taught to believe. But be careful! Most of us have many layers of belief hidden in our craniums. It's kind of like an archeological dig -- you get through of one strata of belief, and lo and behold, a substrata appears! Keep digging. Eventually you get to China! No, eventually you get to a cool, wide open space, the space of Spirit. You've moved beyond belief. And from there, anything is possible!