This document discusses the nature of beliefs and the difference between beliefs and knowing. It argues that beliefs are by definition unverifiable and amount to conjecture. While beliefs can be useful as stepping stones to guide action when knowledge is lacking, to claim beliefs as knowledge is a form of lying. True spiritual evolution involves seeking to move from beliefs to knowing through investigation of what is objectively true or can be known, rather than remaining stuck in unfounded beliefs.

1. August 21, 2013
ʻFake it ʻtil you make itʼ actually works, but with use of a little common
sense, and of course luck. That method requires ʻbeliefʼ because it canʼt be
assured, like all beliefs. Thatʼs why they are called ʻbeliefsʼ! Thousands,
over almost 20 years of doing public free speech, have asked me, ʻwhat do
you believeʼ, or do you believe in god - on and on. Iʼm not sure most
understand that a belief is by definition what amounts to an unknown or
unverifiable.
If one is lost in the woods, by-passing fear, one is best to ʻbelieve they can find the way
outʼ. If you are lost, you donʼt ʻknowʼ the way out! I know that light up in the sky beyond
any clouds is a source of life. Call it the ʻSun of Godʼ if you like, but no one can know
and define clearly what the word ʻgodʼ stands for. As a matter of convenience, we can
come up with general ideas that enter into the realm of ʻbeliefʼ.
To admit to not knowing, and owning that a belief is
somewhat of a conjecture, is a big step on the spiritual
path of intelligence! Salesmen usually sell ʻbeliefsʼ,
and those salesmen have many names including
ʻlawyer, doctor, politician, priest, and all religion
handlers. A so called salesman of religion sells beliefs,
and asks you to have faith that those ʻbeliefsʼ are true.
Again, itʼs not guaranteed. ʻTrustʼ is rarely not just a
belief or faith contrary to ʻknowingʼ. As you walk on the side of a road,
itʼs normal to have belief in your safety, and to trust that drivers will not hit you, but until
each one passes, you donʼt know.
Focus on ʻknowingʼ and use ʻbeliefsʼ as stepping stones leading to ʻknowingʼ. To claim to
ʻknowʼ when itʼs only belief is a form of heresy, or self lying. ʻStuck on beliefʼ is to make
no seeking progress into knowing that which can be known. Of course there are limits to
knowing. How everything came about in life still is a mystery, and we can only
hypothesize and perhaps know more and more, but overall we need to still ʻbelieveʼ.
Belief without the search for what is known or truth is the way of idiots who are mindless
sheeple following, but too lazy to evolve spiritually under their own intelligence. Itʼs time
for a detachment from the ugliness of the past into a new world of love and
consciousness! Know that itʼs individually possible, and perhaps have faith in the belief
that collectively we can evolve into a light on earth soon! To ʻknowʼ is
divine, godly, and just good common sense!
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