A way to Stop Arguing

We all argue here an awful lot don't we? Anyone that's been on this site for a while has probably seen me get into my fair share of comment arguments. I think I've figured out a way for a lot of the arguing to stop. What happens if we all choose to believe one principle? That principle being that Belief is a tool. What this means is that the belief doesn't matter, the story why you believe it doesn't matter, the “proof” behind it, how many other people believe it, none of that matters, all that matters is what the result of the belief is. What is said belief contributing to your life?

When you get down to the books, or the labs, or dreams, consciousness, meditation, philosophies, or anything for that matter, you can find a ton of different explanations for what anything is, or what one should believe. Science is dedicated to finding “proof” for what people should believe. Religion is all about what one should believe and why. Philosophy is all about debating what the best beliefs are. If there are a number of different fields that are all trying to explain reality, explain consciousness, explain life, why would anyone ever think that they knew anything about any of these issues? I don't know shit about this stuff. I sure talk and argue like I do though. On Evolver I've argued against past lives, against being anti-money, against people that were against Ayahuasca retreats, for and against the use of psychedelics, and probably a hundred other things, but really I don't know anything more than the next person about any of those things, and neither do you. I have people tell me all the time how smart I am, and I always think to myself “why”? Why am I smart? Is it because I've read a bunch of books, because I retain information, because my brain thinks about things fast, processes things fast? Is there a reason? Well personally, I don't think I am smart, or anyone's smart for that matter, nor is anyone dumb, they are just different. They have a differently built belief system that leads to different behaviors and different results in life than mine.

I repeat BELIEF IS A TOOL. If I were to build a house I would probably need more than one tool wouldn't I? I guess I could build a shack with enough wood and a hammer right? Well what if I want a three bedroom house for me and my family? I would need more than a hammer, and I would need more than a bunch of wood. I would need metal's wrenches, sanders, screwdrivers, carpet stretchers, all kinds of crap. Now what if I want to build a mansion, something with six or seven bedrooms? I would need lots more tools and lots more supplies. Okay now lets say that I want to build a huge Bill Gates style house that does everything for me and talks to me and all kinds of crazy shit? What kind of tools would you need for that? What about the supplies you would need for that house? Well I believe that a belief system is much like a house, except someone has told us that we can only have one house and that's it. Also a number of people get their plans for their houses from someone else. There is another way that we can use this house analogy for a belief system. Do you drive down the street looking at peoples houses and think “that guy is an asshole, he built that all wrong”? I'm guessing you don't. So why do we judge so many people for their beliefs, that they've often times not even decided for themselves? So lets say we buy a “house”, but then we like the bathroom in someone else's house? Should we not build that bathroom because it wasn't part of our original floor plan. Screw that I'm building the bathroom. What if I want to have a smart house that talks to me? I'm building that also. And I'm putting in the pool I want, the spa I want, decorating the bedrooms the way I want, picking out the paintings, furniture, carpet, tile, everything is going to be the things I want. Then when I decide that something else will work better for what I need, some chair or couch, I'm going to get the new chair or couch. Now if you're thinking about everything I just said in terms of a house it all makes sense for a home owner, but when you're following the analogy of the house being the Belief System this is not how we behave with it.

What does believing Christianity do for you? What does believing in the theory of evolution do for you? What about Paganism, Satanism, Buddhism, Muslim, or anything else, what does believing them do for you? Being an environmentalist, vegan, bicycle enthusiast, Psychonuat, activist, or other social things, do for you? What they do for you is what I believe people should be thinking about, instead of why their way is the right way, which is what most people do now. “I'm vegetarian because....., I'm a pagan because.......I'm a christian because.......” I don't really care about why. What are those beliefs adding to you quality of life? And don't tell me salvation or truth, because I believe those things too are belief's themselves. I answer to what you get out of beliefs shouldn't be belief's in my opinion. For instance if I do a sigil as described in the chaos magic system of belief it involves me manifesting a desire, that's getting something. Just like it takes a long time to build exactly the house you want, chances are you would be building forever to get exactly the house you wanted, it takes a long time, probably forever, to get the belief system that is exactly what you want. So if you read this and it sounds plausible for you and you are willing to change things up a bit I'd like you to do something for me. I want you to try out a new belief that you hadn't previously participated in for at least the next month. If you feel the need comment what you are changing below. I'm also ready for the comments from people defending their perspectives and belief systems, and that's their right.