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Originally Posted by coLLege kid07  I have a question about belief systems when it comes to being fully conscious. When you come up with a belief system do you leave open ends in it to leave room for other possibilities or is that totally defeating the purpose of a belief system. My problem is how do I integrete everything I learned into a belief system or don't I? Am I somehow supposed to still remain detached when creating a belief system or am I just supposed to realise that they are just beliefs and ultimately don't matter. However, looking at this more indepthly I realise that this is in fact a belief lol  This is all kind of confusing...I guess by living and learning you have the ability to easily change a belief system when it's warranted. Any thoughts  |
This made a lot more sense to me when I changed the word "belief" to "perception".
Keep in mind that, yea, the map is not the territory; but maps are useful. The key is remembering it's a map... being aware that you are dealing with a model of reality and not reality itself. And that is a belief: a perception about perceptions that I've found useful.
The CYOR concept is basically saying that maps create territories. To parrot What the Bleep Do We Know, we exist in a field of infinite potentialities that become concrete when we perceive them.