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Mind and self
| 7.2 |
Summary of influences on self discussed so far
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| As complex as the web appears, let us seek to summarize the very essential of what we now understand: | ||
| 7.2.1 | Belief Systems and Self | |
| It is belief systems that we have discussed and seen cloud our understanding, while at the same time promising. belief divides. belief judges. Belief closes minds and doors. It is the thing we fear the most- fear is our memory, a memory of a belief coming to fruition. | ||
| memory and belief, the things that we say make us who we are- knowledge, acquiring knowledge and acquiring belief until we can see no further. | ||
| 7.2.2 | Religions and sense of self | |
| Religions we now see share the same undergarments, that the colours and hues of the different religions are like the different colours of the hawkers stalls in a bazaar. Only religions have paraded for so long and controlled the destiny of kingdoms and people that nothing else has appeared possible. | ||
| Giants edifices of history. mountains of scholarly work, lifetimes of pictures and texts, insights and saints, miracles and wars, faith and paradise. The embers of religion burn on still in the minds of billions of human beings. Great pillars as hard as the hardest granite are the pillars of belief upon which religions stand. And as solid as the stones of the Great Pyramid, we see religions holding firm, when all else changes. That we believe is their existence. Our end of belief would be their end. But fear and uncertainty keeps us going on. | ||
| 7.2.3 | Society and sense of self | |
| And in the structure of society we see the influences of religion permeating. The instruments of power, the legacy of centuries and millennia of beliefs. | ||
| In the modern society we see the spinning tops of corporations, turning and twisting perspective, working at our perceptions. We see consumers becoming more aware, yet less powerful. | ||
| 7.2.4 | Relationships and sense of self | |
| Then at the heart of influence, we see the impact of relationships and the effect of the overall web, the reinforcement of the values displayed in religion and the twisting of perspective. Living life without ever really knowing the people we are surrounded by. | ||
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