Why Do We Like To Believe?

Remember: belief is acceptance without evidence, which is mistaken for knowing. When we actually know, we no longer have to believe. Proof isn’t written down in a book; proof is personal experience. That is the authority.

We believe because as that doesn’t require us to use much intelligence; we rely on others, because others rely on others. We cannot even trust the Buddha as he said, “Do not take my words for the truth; test them”. 

We doubt, and so we rely on the past. We’re told stories which have a greater impact on our lives than the present moment of experiencing pure awareness. This is living in an ancestral illusion that binds us. Belief is simply entrapment in a system.

In pure awareness, we are open to all views, so when a situation arises, we don’t jump to our habitual conclusions. Being aware of what karma brings up is our path, whether we ascend or not (karma is the situation and our response to that situation). In belief, we go nowhere, remaining in purgatory.

It is knowing that is satisfying and fulfilling.