Life is...

Hello again
We like to think that we are conscious individuals. We have hopes, dreams and fears, and most of us have a moral compass that we do our best to follow.
We also live our life guided by a set of beliefs, beliefs that we formed and honed as we travelled on the path of life.

Unfortunately most of our beliefs are confused, even conflicting.

• The devout catholic who has an affair
• The hard working business owner who neglects his family
• The “law abiding” individual who goes at 35mph in a 30 zone
• The doctor who smokes
• The dentist with a mouth full of fillings
• The self help guru on Prozac

If you look at the way science has developed over the centuries, you can see examples of beliefs that were once sacrosanct.

• The world used to be flat
• Witches used to float
• Leaches cured all ills
• If it didn’t rain it was because the Gods were angry
• Man would never fly
• Man would never break the speed of sound

All beliefs that we laugh at now. But what global beliefs that people hold will be mocked 200 years from now?

And what about your beliefs. What did you believe 10 years ago that you no longer believe? Well, let’s look at some of mine.

• I USED to believe that justice was easily attainable in this country
• I USED to believe that America was the land of the free
• I USED to believe that the capitalist system could work without regulation
• I USED to believe everything happened for a reason
• I USED to believe we live in a democracy
• I USED to believe the news media told us the truth

Beliefs change. Beliefs are fluid, and constantly in flux........ and yet people have been known to die for their beliefs. Worse, people have been known to kill for them.

And most people’s beliefs aren’t even their own............ they were given them by their peers, parents, teachers and the MSM. The beliefs form a filter through which our everyday experiences are sieved. Your beliefs create your reality tunnel, through which you travel through life. People actually ignore and filter out the stuff that contradicts their beliefs.

“It is the nature of the human species to reject that which is true but unpleasant and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting” – H.L.Mencken

There are many people now who are struggling with their belief systems. They have seen the banks unleash a financial nightmare on the world, and then they have seen those same banks bailed out and rewarded with tax payers money. They have seen “irresponsible” lending paraded as the cause of the financial crisis, whilst the fact that oil hit $150 a barrel is seemingly ignored. We see our politicians promising to cut waste and reduce Quangos, only to see them unleash a great beast called the CQC upon us.

What if I told you this year’s election wasn’t about democracy, but about voting for the corporate and banking lackey’s who will be out for themselves, and keep the country in national bankruptcy. I’m not saying it’s true, I just want to see what your belief system has to say.

And besides, we aren’t even a democracy, we are a Constitutional Monarchy. A vast difference understood by so few.

Do you think the fact that this country is home to one quarter of the worlds surveillance cameras is a good thing? What about biometrics, and the growing use of fingerprints and electronic ID’s in schools? Do you value freedom over security, or are you willing to accept that your children will grow up without the childhood innocence that most of us had. Surveillance and suspicion will be the norm for them. Will our concepts of freedom and rights be a belief system akin to a flat earth in 100 years?

Citizen, your papers please – Is that the world you want for your children? How does that fit in with your belief systems?

Do you believe that if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear? It’s a perfectly reasonable belief system........... but why should we even have to go there. I grew up with the notion that the politicians and the police were our servants, that they were there to protect us and serve our needs. Maybe it’s just me, but it doesn’t feel like that now.

You know, over the past months and years, many of you will have had an itch, like a splinter in your mind. Psychologists call it cognitive dissonance, the uncomfortable feeling of holding two conflicting viewpoints. You live in a free country, and yet you are monitored, herded and recorded more than any other population on the planet. You invested in the stock market for the “long haul”, and yet it’s still below where it was in the year 2000.

So finish these statements.

• Life is........?
• Money is.......?
• Men are.......?
• Women are.......?
• The rich are.......?
• The poor are.......?

Now look at your life.

Time for a change?

Regards

SH

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