Types of Beliefs?
I have observed in myself
two types of beliefs:
- consciously adopted beliefs (some of which might qualify as “knowledge”) and
- unconsciously adopted beliefs. They usually have an emotion attached.
Consciously adopted beliefs are easily accessible to my conscious mind. I decided to adopt them because they make sense, feel satisfactory and/or comfortable, and fit the framework of my existing beliefs and “knowledge”.
They support that framework and form the point of view from which I operate my conscious decision making process. They appear “rational” because they support previously formed conclusions, facts, and support my deliberate decisions.
Intentionally created beliefs are part of #1 as well.
Unconsciously adopted beliefs are indoctrinated beliefs, often “controlling” beliefs, and those adopted in moments of trauma or deep emotion. They go in and “stick” because there is a pain emotion attached to them, like my mother screaming at me when I was small “you can’t stand prosperity”. Yeh, right.
These beliefs operate decisions that have no basis in rational behavior because they are pain-based or were accepted blindly because some message has been repeated over and over again. They function at the level of post-hypnotic suggestion, and therefore I don’t really want them.
My challenge has been to discover the unconsciously adopted beliefs and release them. Weird enough, they are the ones that cause me to sin & err. Is ‘hellfire reserved for those who lead the little ones astray‘?
Should you program behaviors through indoctrination or trauma?
Would any action coming from a non-deliberate decision reveal an unconsciously held belief as cause?
