First Thoughts
Posted By FileManager
Date: December 28th, 2008
Category: Beliefs & Philosophies
For my first post to this category I thought I would just share what my thoughts are at this time about beliefs and philosophies.
I spent many years reading and studying religious, metaphysical and philosopy material because I found I was confused about many topics that others are confused about. I know that many others are as confused as I was due to the high amount of material and the huge number of people over the centuries of human life on this planet who have shared their ideas and beliefs. From the Bible to A Course in Miracles, from Kant to Campbell, from Aristotle to Hawkings the ideas and findings are as varied as the authors.
So what is the truth? Is there are fundamental truth that is true for each and every one of us, each and every event? In order for something to be ‘true’ it must, IMHO, be universal meaning equally applicable and equally true no matter what parameters it encompasses.
Now in order for me to sort out the various thoughts and doctrines that I read about and pondered I found that I had to first decide if I agreed or not and then decide how I felt about what I did agree with. There came a time of ‘unlearning’ and discarding that which I was holding on to because I had been told, and believed, that it was true.
But, this world and many things that were believed at one time to be true is constantly changing. Now something that changes can not be true for, as I said above “that which is true is always true and does not change”.
In all my reading and studying one books stands above the rest. A Course in Miracles could easily, I think have been called “A Change In Mind” for this is what I sought and this is what I found. I will be creating another blog about this as it is a topic unto itself and will share here when it is ready to have visitors.
For now though it’s back to the tutorial and some more learning.