Belief

A Belief in Anything is a Belief in Nothing.
The world is not your enemy; you are.
~ Cheryl Abram

"As a Christian, I knew that non-Christians needed to be converted for their own good. Out of love, duty and anticipated reward, I must endure whatever comes my way to lead them to the truth...because I believed the truth. One day, I will no longer have to believe because I will know it for sure. On that day when I am judged as worthy, good and faithful I will know. On that day I will know that I was right. On that day, others will see that I was right. Until that day arrives I must believe that I'm right. Belief  will have to do until that day. I see not that that day will never arrive because it's here now. What I see now is that we have absolutely no idea what we're saying when we claim to believe something. Are you aware that when you claim to believe something you are actually admitting that you're uncertain? Just think about that for a moment. Saying, "I believe in God" is the same as saying "I'm uncertain of whether or not God exists". Saying, "I don't believe in God" is also the same as saying, "I'm uncertain if God exists or not". You only believe when you're uncertain. In addition, you can only believe in a concept. A concept is a general notion or idea, an abstraction, impression, perception, thought or view. A concept is not reality...it's the idea of reality! This means when you say you believe or don't believe in something, you are actually saying you are uncertain of the idea of God, or unicorns, or UFOs or Santa Claus.

Why do we believe? Why don't we know? And why would we work all our lives to convince "non-believers" to join us in our uncertainty of concepts? Belief is the reason we fight, war, argue, and defend. Belief needs defense because it's unstable. Belief is a movement between concepts...a vacillation from one uncertainty to another. Belief has to get angry and fight because it shifts and changes. Belief is not Truth. Truth needs no defense. Truth does not shift and change. Truth cannot be believed because it is not a concept. Truth and Knowing are one in the same. When you know, you are set free from the need and temptation to believe. Temptation is not to indulge in money, sex and drugs...temptation is to indulge in belief.

Belief is a roadblock, a shield, a veil that attempts to "protect" us from Knowing...from Truth. But this "protection" comes with horrific consequences because belief has to be defended. And it has to be defended because it's subject to attack. Anytime you feel your beliefs are being attacked you must defend what you believe. When this happens (because it will) just know that you are not defending Truth, you are defending your uncertainty...your opinion...your judgment...your perspective, concept and your point of view. You are not defending what is true for Truth needs no defense. Why would it when it cannot change nor can it be attacked or conceptualized.

Did Jesus believe in an idea of God or did he know Him? What do you think? You don't need to prove what is true. You don't need to defend what is true. You don't need to wait for what is true. You don't need to hope for, die for, sacrifice for or suffer for what is true. Why would we need to do all that for something that cannot change and is here now? The only temptation we all have is the temptation to believe. We don't have to fall for that temptation. Don't get me wrong, we can believe until the cows come home and there's absolutely nothing wrong with belief.  All I'm saying is, it's unnecessary. We can see that Knowing is what we are and belief is not necessary. Please don't believe anything I've written here. It isn't true. Find out for yourself. Use your own experience...not what you remember from a book, a lecture, a blog or a sermon. Use your own experience; your own faculties to see the truth about beliefs. Simply notice your beliefs.

I still consider myself a child of God within the Body of Christ but I see everyone and everything as that as well. Truth...Knowing is not divided. It is Whole. Belief is divided and a house divided cannot stand. The Body of Christ does not need to be converted from knowing to belief...from Truth to uncertainty. Belief will crumble and fall for that is the nature of belief. Without belief, what remains? Find out."