The most dangerous belief systems are circular. They usually revolve around someone’s writings. Circular belief systems are done evolving. They make no room for alternate interpretations and do not encourage creativity. You will know that you are in the presence of a circular belief system when after all the discussion is done you are told in frustration, “It is written, you are either one of the believers or you are not.”
You can be doubly certain that you are in the presence of a belief system when you hear that you will incur some sort of penalty in the now or in the hereafter if you choose not to believe.
The financial world is being run by a belief system, it is: There is not enough for all, therefore someone must go without. This is the paradigm at the heart of corruption, pollution and war. Belief systems have consequences. The questions that we need to ask ourselves are: What are the belief systems we each hold that are not regenerative? How do we need to change our beliefs to create a sustainable future? Will we realize what changes need to be made and make them before it’s too late?
William Oehlstrom
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