• What Is A Belief?

      A 'Belief' is an Inner Structure which is not required to be connected to reality.

      Your mind has an ability to believe anything about anything.

      It takes Self Observation to discern whether what you are using to think with (your Thoughtware) is a Belief or not.

      Ignoring this distinction is like not checking to see if the book you are reading is fiction or nonfiction.

      A Belief does not require you to look around inside of yourself at your internal reality

      (for example, by believing in your Belief, you can ignore your level of unconscious fear that is being covered up by the Belief),

      or to look around outside of yourself at external reality

      (for example, at how the current level of methane in the atmosphere (1908.9 ppb) equates to a global temperature of +16 degrees Centigrade higher than what has been average over the past 800,000 years).

      Where did you get your Beliefs?

      Why do you have them?

      What do they serve in you?

      What do they handicap in you?

      What if you are finished with your Beliefs, in the same way that a butterfly is finished with its cocoon as it flies into the world as an adult?

      What can you do to exit your Beliefs?

    • Detecting Beliefs

      RIGIDITY

      Beliefs stop the Liquid State of consciousness.

       
      By holding on to an inflexible, unliving, petrified Belief the Box (your psychological Survival Strategy) creates rigidity. Rigidity seems fine to the Box, because the Box (along with your Gremlin) are dedicated to keeping things the same so the outcome can be controlled so that you can survive. Merely continue surviving... that is the goal of the Box.

       

      Imagine seeing an army of marching of soldiers. What drives these (mostly men... but more and more these days, including women who are trying to conquer the patriarchy by joining the army...) to march in rows to the follow the commands of a 'superior' officer? It is a Belief.

      CHILDHOOD

      As you were born and enter whichever culture and age you were born into, you start of not knowing. Yet your survival depends on adapting to and being accepted by your caretakers. The best way to relate to them (the only obvious solution to the problem...) is to melt into and take on their assumptions, expectations, explanations, language, habits, style, and yes, their Beliefs.

       

      You simply start copying the script as you encounter it as a way to interact with the world.

       

      The result is that much of what you hold as 'an accurate and appropriate interpretation of the world' is believed to be true, but may not be. Without having the power to choose about it you end up absorbing Standard Human Intelligence Thoughtware (S.H.I.T.) which in the modern world in thoughtware from a capitalist patriarchal empire.

       

      As a baby and up through childhood, the strategy of being a chameleon with your surroundings works well. As you reach 18 years old, this may no longer be true.

       

      By approximately 18 years of age, you have built (often by 'accident' and with the help of 'coincidence'... which is E.C.C.O. at work...) enough Matrix to hold the Consciousness (which shows up as Responsibility - because Responsibility is applied Consciousness... Responsibility is Consciousness in action...) to be Responsible for starting over at zero and under the auspices of your own Authority, make your own choices about what is true, what is useful, and what is the best way to live in the world.

       

      What this means is that, if you Experience the application of any Belief, either in yourself or in others, what you are experiencing is the Child Ego State Contaminated Adult Ego State in action, a desperate move: resorting to childhood Survival Strategies.

       

      Effectively taking Radical Responsibility for Belief in yourself involves very different approaches than effectively taking Radical Responsibility for Belief in another person, in a group of people that you are a member of (such as a department in a company, or a family), in a group of people that you are not a member of (such as an invading army, Mormon or Christian missionaries, or a corporate salesperson) , or in an organization as a whole (whether you are a member or not).

      DISBELIEF

      Disbelief is still belief.

       

      Disbelief is believing that a Belief is not valid, or not true.

       

      See if you are holding on to Disbelief with as much rigidity as you have been holding on to Belief.

    • How To Be In The World Without Beliefs

       

       

    • Living In Flow

      RIGIDITY

      Detecting the state of Rigidity or Defendedness gives you the chance to name it, put the Poop On The Table instead of sweeping under the carpet. This can bring back fluidity in 5 Bodies again.

    • "Results don’t care about our explanation. We need a useful explanation if we’re going to improve, but denying the results doesn’t change the results.

       

      "Beliefs are powerful. They’re personal. They can have a significant impact on the way we engage with ourselves and others. But results are universal and concrete, and no matter how much we’d like them to go away, there they are.

       

      "We each still need a narrative and we still need our individual outlook. But over the last century, we’ve had to make more and more room for the systems that create results. Our shared reality demands it."

       

      From a blog post by Seth Godin

    • Not Knowing

      From Possibility Management Trainer Katharina Kaifler.

    • "Belief and knowledge... they are different.

       

      "Knowledge changes all the time.

       

      "When you engage with the world, when you encounter data or new experiences, your knowledge changes.

       

      "But Belief is what you call the things that stick around, particularly and especially in the face of changes in knowledge.

       

      "While more knowledge can change Belief, more Belief cannot change knowledge. Belief does not usually change. Belief is a cultural phenomenon, created in by agreement with the people around us.

       

      "There is an easy way to discern the two. Ask the question: “What would you need to see or experience to change your mind about that?”

       

      If the answer is: "Nothing can change my mind about this," you are dealing with a Belief.

       

      From a blog post by Seth Godin

    • Experiments

      I BELIEVE THAT...

      Matrix Code BELIEFSx.01

      You can believe anything about anyone and anything at any time. For 3 days, write down everything you believe in your BEEP! book. It doesn't matter if it's seemingly small things. "I believe it's about to rain." This seemingly small belief can prevent you from leaving the house. But whether you leave the house or not can make a huge difference in your life that you cannot measure. Therefore, write it all down. I recommend that you carry your BEEP!Book with you at all times during these three days, because these little beliefs disappear as quickly as a snowflake in hot tea.

       

      After completing this experiment, please register Matrix Code BELIEFSx.01 in your free account at StartOver.xyz.

       

      This Experiment is worth 1 Matrix Point.

      I DON'T BELIEVE THAT...

      Matrix Code BELIEFSx.02

      Even that which you do not believe, you believe. I see. This experiment is about pulling everything you don't believe into your consciousness and writing it down. Do the same for 3 days.

       

      After completing this experiment, please register Matrix Code BELIEFSx.02 in your free account at StartOver.xyz.

       

      This Experiment is worth 1 Matrix Point.

      CHASING BELIEFS

      Matrix Code BELIEFSx.03

      Sit in a place where you can easily and unobtrusively listen to people talking.

      This could be a café or a train compartment. Like a detective, go in search of beliefs.

      Become a belief-hunter.

      Write down all the beliefs that are buzzing around you like butterflies. "I believe we're going to be late." "I don't believe Dad will pick us up." "I believe you." "I don't believe you."

      Write it all down in your BEEP!Book.

       

      After completing this experiment, please register Matrix Code BELIEFSx.03 in your free account at StartOver.xyz.

       

      This Experiment is worth 1 Matrix Point.

      CREATE NEW BELIEFS

      Matrix Code BELIEFSx.04

      Take any object that is in your room and put it on the table in front of you. Then write down 10 beliefs about this object. These should not be made-up beliefs, but beliefs that you really believe.
      For example, the object would be a water bottle. Here come three things about the water bottle that I believe: I believe that there is a hissing sound when I open the bottle. / I believe that my roommate drank from the bottle earlier. / I believe there is a fly swimming.
      You can repeat this experiment with any object. And you can also experiment here with things that are not representational. For example, with the word "Jesus": I don't believe that Jesus believed in God. / I believe that I could sell Jesus' original sandals for a lot of money today." "I don't believe Jesus was resurrected."

       

      Variation for several experimenters: Person A chooses an object and places it in the middle. Now you say one after the other which beliefs you have about the object. ("I believe that..." / "I don't believe that...").

       

      After completing this experiment, please register Matrix Code BELIEFSx.04 in your free account at StartOver.xyz.

       

      This Experiment is worth 1 Matrix Point.

      TURN THE TABLES

      Matrix Code BELIEFSx.05

      In order to do this experiment, you must first have done Experiment 1, because you will need a set of beliefs.
      Part 1: Take the first sentence you wrote down. Now turn it around and write down the exact opposite. For example, the original sentence is, "I don't believe in Jesus." When you turn it around, you'll see, "I believe in Jesus."
      Do this with all the sentences you wrote down in Experiment 1. Write the new sentences in your BEEP!Book, too.
      Part 2: Read the first new sentence aloud into the silence of the room and let it sit for a while. Close your eyes and notice what feelings arise in you. Write down the feelings: "I feel anger/joy/fear/sadness because..."

       

      After completing this experiment, please register Matrix Code BELIEFSx.05 in your free account at StartOver.xyz.

       

      This Experiment is worth 1 Matrix Point.

      WHAT IS UNDER THE BAND AID?

      Matrix Code BELIEFSx.06

      "Beliefs are like a band-aid on the holes in our worldview." (Katharina Kaifler)
      If this is true, the following experiment will work: you need a set of beliefs for this, so it's good if you do the previously mentioned experiments beforehand. Write one of your beliefs on a blank page. Read the sentence aloud. Close your eyes. Then, with your energetic fingers, slowly peel off the band-aid. What is underneath of it?
      - What hole of not-knowing has the band-aid covered? Describe the edges of this hole. (The edges are formed by the last remnants of what you just know about the thing). An example regarding the belief "I believe in rebirth." This belief is stuck on a hole of not-knowing. This hole is bounded by edges of knowledge. In that case, the last thing I know about the matter is: I will die. / I don't know anyone personally who has died and been resurrected. / The physical body disintegrates after death. // These are things I know that limit the hole of not-knowing. What is visible in the hole? What do you not know?
      - What responsibility do you avoid when you put a band-aid on the hole, or what responsibility arises when the band-aid is gone.
      - What percent fear is visible in the hole after you remove the band-aid? What can that fear do for you? Start sentences by saying, "When I look into this hole of not knowing, I feel fear because..."
      Write down what you find.

       

      After completing this experiment, please register Matrix Code BELIEFSx.06 in your free account at StartOver.xyz.

       

      This Experiment is worth 2 Matrix Points.

      YOU BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW

      Matrix Code BELIEFSx.07

      An experiment for at least 2 people: You'll need a set of beliefs for this, so it's good if you've already done Experiments 1 and 2. Sit across from another person. Read out the first belief. After a while, change the sentence by saying what you know or don't know. Then say these new sentences. An example of the belief sentence is, "I don't believe we're going to get a handle on the climate crisis yet."
      If I change the sentence to be about what I know or don't know, sentences arise in me like, "I don't know if my children can still grow old in peace." / "I know that quite a few species of animals and plants are becoming extinct every day." "I feel fear that it is too late." The person sitting across from you helps you navigate from belief to knowing/not knowing and to your feelings. Switch roles so that the other person also gets a chance to explore their beliefs.

       

      After completing this experiment, please register Matrix Code BELIEFSx.07 in your free account at StartOver.xyz.

       

      This Experiment is worth 1 Matrix Point.

      CHECK YOUR THOUGHTWARE

      Matrix Code BELIEFSx.08

      To do this experiment, you need to have done experiment 1 and/or 2 before, because you need a set of beliefs to put under the microscope.
      Take the first belief and write it down again. This belief is a written down thought from your mind. What you think with is called thoughtware. It is similar to the program in a computer. By changing the program, you get different results. Break the belief into its parts and put them one by one under your attention magnifying glass. Where do these parts come from? What opinions, interpretations, promises, assumptions, attitudes, and declarations are in each part? What do you feel when you explore this?
      For example, one of my beliefs might be, "I don't believe that there are many happy marriages."
      I put the word "marriage" under the microscope as a meme. Why do I use the word? Where did I first hear it? What emotions rise up in me? And what assumptions are in turn inherent in the word "marriage"? In my case, the assumption that an administration can certify that two people will stay together for life.

       

      After completing this experiment, please register Matrix Code BELIEFSx.08 in your free account at StartOver.xyz.

       

      This Experiment is worth 1 Matrix Point.

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