Believing In God; Not Believing In God

Belief is acceptance without proof.

Believing in God; not believing in God.
Believing in the Buddha; not believing in the Buddha.

It doesn’t matter what we believe, as belief is in the mind.

There are texts for us to reflect upon and practise, to see what is true. If we remain only believing in texts, we do not actually know. Not knowing makes us volatile – to fly off the handle, from Old French volatil or Latin volatilis, from volare ‘to fly’.

When we realise for ourselves what is true, then it is no longer in the mind; we experience the reality and non-reality of everything. This realisation is expressed in our conduct of empathy for all. Empathy is experiencing what it was like just believing rather than knowing.

Our supreme reality of pure consciousness is the very essence of mind.
Some call it God or Buddha or Truth … but it’s never words out there.

Truth is beyond religion.
Truth is that which sees.

Religion makes believers.
Philosophy makes disbelievers.
Realisation makes understanding.