"Our emotions are the result of our beliefs. They have nothing to do with what is really out there. If we believe one thing, then certain emotions will follow. If we believe some other thing, we will experience different emotions."
--Eva Wong. Lieh-Tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living, p. 101.
Beliefs -- who needs them? Isn't Reality enough to keep us engaged, satisfied and amused? Beliefs are an unnecessary intermediary between you and What Is. They're like the Pope acting as a middleman for God. And neither God nor Reality requested a middleman.
Emotions are always reactions. And reactive living isn't, in my opinion, the best way to enjoy life. But, if you get a big thrill out of riding the emotional roller coaster, at least ride it based on what's really happening, not what you believe to be happening.
Lots of New Age pundits, recommend that you change your beliefs to change your emotions. And they're right, it works. What they forget to point out is that when you employ that strategy, you're still trapped in the world of belief, you're still spending your life trying to feel good.
There's a simpler way. Remove the filters of belief and see what's really going on -- both externally and internally. Perceive, observe, be.
Emotions will come and go, like clouds in a summer sky. You, if you persist in laughing all your beliefs into oblivion, will find yourself residing in a place deeper than emotion, higher than the roller coaster can ever take you.
Change your beliefs and you change your emotions. Jettison your beliefs, detach from your emotions, and you find yourself at one with Reality. The choice is yours.
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