Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  I'm sure some people will resist this idea, but you can actually do the same thing with beliefs. For example, Christianity can be your left eye, and atheism can be your right eye. Even though these belief systems appear to contradict each other, if you allow those contradictions to exist simultaneously, that's where the stereo depth comes from. |
That's what I am struggling with indeed.
I know that it is possible to
understand different beliefs system perfectly. But it seems difficult to me to really
experience contradictory belief systems in the same time.
For instance, I do understand the objective and the subjective models of reality. But if I concentrate enough to get in a state of truly experiencing subjective reality, then the objective model -even though i can understand it- doesn't seem acurate anymore.
I've found the quest to experience more and more subjective reality very enlightening, and every time I went back to the objective model it felt I was lowering my state of counsciousness.
Second example :
I used to be a christian for a long time, and I can definitely see some good things in christianity. But after having explored other belief systems, I would say now that I understand christianity, not that I can fully experience it without rejecting many other beliefs.
Or can I?