On Being a Believer

It is certainly rewarding to believe in that which can help you to understand your world. It is even more rewarding to believe in that which can inform and comfort you when inexplicable events happen in your life. On the continuum of stability this reality is neither total chaos nor perfect order. It lies somewhere in between and we tend to experience it as a shifting condition over time. On the continuum of belief you may entertain the notion that there is no prevailing order and no ultimate purpose to creation and that you are experiencing a kind of mechanistic probability, or at the other extreme you may hold to the view that there is an absolute, deterministic, sentient, and unconditional force underlying and controlling every aspect of creation, and that you are without choice in the matter and affairs of your life (predestination). Each individual chooses to view the world from some vantage point along that continuum of belief. In that sense, we are all believers (in something) but we are not all Believers.

Your system of beliefs may be based on spirituality, religion, metaphysics, tradition, philosophy, or science. It may be part of an organized path or your own unique process. Science is very good at feeding the rational mind, but when the heart and mind are assaulted by life's Unpredictable Negative Consequences (as discussed in the Handbook), the arguments and explanations that Science provides in order to inform us do not necessarily give us the comfort and sense of purpose that our hearts seek. That is one of the reasons that I feel so blessed to be a Believer and that my vantage point on that continuum of belief is one that connects me to a Sentient Being that is full of wisdom and power, compassion and love. I remember reading once that, "...the one thing that God can not command is your Love, for Love must be given willingly and willfully." So, the mere act of choosing to believe in a Sentient First Cause is in itself an act of love. And since the Gift of Faith is itself an act of love (from First Source to us), choosing to be a Believer brings double comfort to my mind.

To me it is difficult to imaging a world thriving in Peaceful Space in the absence of a common belief in a Sentient First Cause. To believe that life is just purposeless chaos is a crack and opens the door of misfortune for the individual to justify any action against themselves or others, without a sense of regret or remorse. All members of the human family need not frame their concept of this God, and of this Ultimate Relationship and Connection, in the same way nor practice the same traditions. But it would seem that those most likely to hear and respond to the message of Creating Peaceful Space are those that have a sense that there is a purpose to life and a higher purpose to their individual lives.

The Prime Directive is a stepping stone to a higher level of social acceptance and appreciation. It may be that the first step in finding Peaceful Space within yourself is to locate yourself on the Continuum of Stability and the Continuum of Belief. Is your world tending towards chaos or order? And what of our world? Do you believe this experience is the result of random events disconnected from any conscious intent? Or is yours a world full of Beings and Entities that fill your moments of hopelessness and despair with the spiritual power to move on in spite of the difficulties? You experience the world in accordance with your system of beliefs and you pave your way with your choices!

Create Peaceful Space!