Beliefs Part Deux

We are immediately imprinted by our culture's belief systems. It is inescapable. It is our choice. We have inherited modern age belief systems that have made victims of us, but they have also given us the ability to see through the self-imposed veil of forgetfulness. We depend so heavily upon outside agents to protect us that our bodies have responded to our belief that it is unable to protect itself adequately without pharmaceutical intervention. Technology and drugs have become our Gods. This is not bad, but it has been our choice. good health will not come from organically grown foods unless we believe they will keep us healthy. It is the belief and not the food that does the work, but if the deeper belief is that the human body is vulnerable to all types of invaders and must be treated with calf-skin gloves, then we will eventually succumb no matter what we use to protect ourselves.

.Jane Roberts in her book, “The God of Jane,” has this to say about beliefs:
“I reminded myself for the hundredth time that our beliefs about the origin of man and the universe aren't just philosophic or scientific or religious concepts disconnected from our daily lives, but that they cause us to experience our daily lives according to their precepts. As Seth continued dictating “The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events,” for example, it became more apparent that our beliefs about our origins were becoming self-fulfilling. We were acting as if we were aggressively competitive, as if there were a territorial imperative, as if we were nature's deadliest species spawned without purpose. And we “read” nature so that its activities also seemed to reflect that same picture of reality.”

To release the hold our belief systems have on us and to broaden our choices we must learn to accept them. We do not get rid of belief systems, as they are the engines that drive this particular physical dimension. To accept them we must first recognize what they are. We accept them through non-judgment of the belief. When we accept an aspect of a belief system or the entirety of the system itself, our freedom of choice expands proportionately in each moment that we accept. I can decide to brush my teeth sideways or up and down, for it is merely a belief and not a cosmic truth. It Matters Not. Children can be given “time out,” or spanked. It Matters Not. If we judge (non-acceptance) those that spank their children we have not accepted that aspect (belief) of the larger belief system of Relationships. Spanking is bad and time out is good is also an aspect of duplicity. Duplicity weaves its way in and out of every other belief system. That is not to say we should begin spanking our children if it is our preference not to. It does say to stop judging. The spanking is a joint agreement (not through thought) between parent and child.

I believe that our gay brothers and sisters should have the right to marry. I don’t hold my belief as good or bad, but as a preference. There are many that disagree with my preference and are opposed to gay marriage, which is their preference, and like mine, is neither right nor wrong. Through acceptance I hold neither opinion, mine nor those opposed to mine, as right or wrong (belief system of duplicity). This is acceptance. That is not to say I do not voice an opinion nor does it mean I do not vote my opinion or actively work to activate my opinion. It means I hold neither myself nor those opposed to my views as being right or wrong. This is acceptance, and through my lack of judgment, that which was once judged will be diminished. We do not accept differences by not accepting those that do not accept differences. No one is more or less enlightened than anyone else. It is only our belief systems that say one person is better than another.

Duplicity is the old “Thou Shalt” and “Thou Shalt Not” way of thinking. Thou Shalt stuff is good and Thou Shalt Not stuff is bad. All of our moral and ethical belief systems have duplicity snaking its subtle way through every nuance of every religion’s teaching. Not eating pork is good. Sexual musings are bad. Gluttony is bad. Moderation is good. Selfishness is bad. Selflessness is good. Eating meat on Friday was bad. Eating fish on Friday was good. For the Mormons polygamy was good. Now polygamy is bad. These are not absolutes, as you can see. Coveting your neighbour’s goods is bad, but now it drives our economy and is good. Cherubic women were good in the 1930’s, but now they are candidates for weight watchers

In session 307 of the Elias Transcripts, Elias says: “No, YOU shall move in the direction of placing many, many judgments upon yourself and expressing, ‘Some element is quite wrong with myself, for I am not creating in the manner of the officially accepted reality.” And who is creating of the officially accepted reality? The ‘they.’ And who are the ‘they’? The you! YOU are the’ they’! YOU are the ones that are creating of the officially accepted reality!.
Therefore, you are merely expressing outwardly your own battles with duplicity.”

Wherever the words good and bad, better and worse, and right and wrong appear you will find the belief system of duplicity. In the acceptance of a belief system – the freeing of the birds – we continue to hold opinions regarding the belief system. We can align with it or not align with it. It Matters Not. The difference is we hold no judgment regarding our choice or the choice of others.
Bill Marshall
(look hard at the 1st and last photos)