Faith - a word known to all of us. And also very frequent. But do we really understand its meaning? What does it mean to believe? Why do we believe in what we believe?
It is simple, although many have made something very complex out of it. To believe in something means only one thing - something we have heard often, something that was repeated to us a large number of times or even something that we said to ourselves frequently enough. When that happens during multiple, days, months and even years, it becomes our faith. We start to believe in it. And that is all.
Why do Christians believe in Jesus Christ? Why do Buddhists believe in Buddha and his teachings? Why do Muslims believe in Allah? Why is it that in India, a cow is a holy animal, whereas in other parts of the world it is eaten?
Why does some girl thinks that she is ugly or fat? Why does some kid believe that something is impossible? Why does someone think that he is going to die from the disease he has? Because someone made them believe. When it is about religion, it mostly depends on our place of birth.
Since childhood, we've been hearing the stories from our parents, going to the Holy house appropriate for practicing our religion, reading the books about the God they have provided. If you were born in India, they taught you that cow is sacred. I have been eating beef since I can remember and most of us thinks that it is entirely acceptable to eat a cow.
Do you understand? The question of belief and faith is mostly a question of our origin. Why does some girl thinks that she is fat or ugly? Because she was mocked at school. And she was made fun of until she started to believe in it herself. In the beginning other's have made her believe, and in the end it was herself who kept the fire burning. She actually believes that is the truth.
The same thing happens when a child thinks that something is impossible. It has heard it from the parents, professors, the environment. The kid has heard it so many times that it started to believe in it.
A person who is diagnosed with a disease, has heard stories of people dying from it. That person's focus is not on the one that was cured, but on hundreds that have died. It is what he reads about, it it is what he talks about. He also listens to people who also believe the disease is incurable. And, unfortunately, in the end starts to believe in it himself.
That means to believe in something. Faith is therefore merely a thought that you have repeated to yourself enough times so that it became your present, your reality.
But it also means one more thing - a belief can be changed. If you repeat something to yourself frequently, you will start to believe it. And it will manifest in your reality because we are the creators that create using beliefs and focus.
And this is great news. If you believed until now that you are a sinner, that suffering is necessary to meet the God, that there is Hell, that you are not good enough, that you are not capable, that you can't have love or health that you wish for, or that you will die being poor, now you know that you can change all of that.
Beliefs create your reality, and reality is not entirely what you believed it is so far.
Note: Take the meaning of entities like God, holy, hell in any way that suits you the best.
Thank you for reading. Share your thoughts.
Wonderful post!
People are most programmable between birth and around 7 or 8 years old.
The thoughts and ideas drilled into people's minds in these years become DEEPLY rooted subconscious beliefs. The baby brain does not know whether or not those thoughts and ideas are true. The young brain does not discern whether the thoughts and ideas it receives are beneficial or harmful. So people grow up with their subconscious beliefs and become adults who still carry the subconscious beliefs from their childhood.
The thing about subconscious beliefs is that they drive and determine people's focus, people's decisions, and people's actions. Ultimately, someone's subconscious beliefs determine their reality (just as you said "Beliefs create your reality").
The problem today is that most people are still "in the box."
They are "in the box" of their belief system, and are not aware that they are in a box of mental assumptions.
Most people are not aware that quantum physics and neuroscience are literally proving that beliefs do create your reality.
In understanding that we directly create reality in this way, we can now move forward to reprogram our own beliefs and create the reality we desire, instead of believing and behaving as if we are powerless against circumstances.
Belief and Faith are the stuff of Miracles.
Thank you for spreading this awareness.
This is what the world needs even more of right now!
Subconscious reprogramming is the secret weapon of the enlightened human!
Reprogram yourself and create the reality you desire!
The question is not do you believe in God ? but who or what is the meaning of God for you ?
I have open a public threat on consciousness in steemshare and you are welcome to add interesting posts there !
That was one great post @eneismijimich. Proud PK here. Just started Steemit. Blessings! Upvoted+Followed :D
Thank you for this great post @eneismijmich
Thank you for taking time to reply! :)
Interesting post and shows all the more necessity of researching and learning to know if what we believe in is worth the efforts we employ.