Table of Contents for Root Meanings
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Revision: 27 Apr 2025
Belief
- A concept accepted and adhered to in the absence of directly knowing what is real and true.
- An attempt by the intellect to reduce the discomfort of not knowing by creating a concept as a substitute for knowing.
- Any belief is a sign that separation is believed, consciously or unconsciously.
- Any belief is a sign of operating in the context of separation.
- Belief arises in the absence of knowing.
- The belief in separation from Divinity/God/Source is the root cause of suffering.
- The reliance upon belief indicates that confusion, delusion, and ignorance are profoundly lodged in the mind.
- The reliance upon belief indicates that unawakeness and unconsciousness are profoundly lodged in the mind.
- A belief is valid in the measure that it aligns with Truth and leads beyond belief.
- The belief in oneness is an antidote to the belief in separation.
- The belief in oneness activates the possibility of awakening and enlightenment.
- When the nature of belief is clarified, belief becomes a tool for awakening.
- As belief aligns with what is real and true, the experiences of unreality and untruth subside.
- While some beliefs may be liberating, all beliefs become limiting sooner or later.
- The belief in oneness invites the experience and knowing of oneness, which leads to the release of the belief in oneness.
- The belief in peace invites the experience and knowing of peace.
- The belief in being Divinity/God/Source invites the knowing of being Divinity/God/Source, which leads to the release of the belief.
- In Supreme Reality, belief is unnecessary.
- Supreme Awakeness is totally beyond every belief.
- Supreme Awakeness is totally beyond every belief system.
Sayings:
- “What you believe, you perceive. What YOU know, beyond belief, is so.”
- “When you know, there is no need for belief.”
- “The One who knows all believes nothing.”
- “The strength of our beliefs is the extent to which we give our power to them.”
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