Belief / Beliefs

Amanson on "Belief / Beliefs” December 3, 2023

'Belief' is that from out of which a life is woven.  Belief is your hall pass to all that the universe has to offer. It is the one intangible reality that is ultimately tangible in ways no one could have foreseen but the believer. 'Beliefs' are fabrications suggested from without, but Belief is a fabricator manifesting from within.

The difference between 'belief' and 'beliefs' is primary. The one - 'Belief'-  is an engine, a creator of worlds. 'Beliefs' are simply choices made within a questioning mind, choices that ultimately manifest as questions themselves, until they can be replaced by a larger recognition of That from which the questions sprang in the first place.

Belief is the human side of creation [i.e. the act of creating]. Belief is the mechanism that links you up with and locks you into the (Holy) spirit that is Creation, that is Energy itself. Nothing gets done without purpose, and nothing of purpose gets done without Belief.

And yet 'Belief' is often maligned as being synonymous with 'beliefs' plural. This is a mistake. Look at Belief as the trunk of a tree, and beliefs (plural) as its leaves and branches. They are not the trunk, the organizing principle, but they do thrive and grow and, just like leaves, will change with the turning of the seasons. The trunk [Belief itself] remains ever connected to its source, in fact its roots sinking deeper and deeper; while our beliefs, once blossoms, soon enough decay.

Nothing is activated without Belief  -- neither simple endeavour nor  realization of the framework of Creation. In both cases what Belief puts in motion is the turning of a key and the unlocking of a door, a door which, without the  element of Spirit-suffused Imagination (i.e. Belief), will remain closed -- the endeavour lies dormant due to lack of individual volition, the exponential power of dedication; the realization of Cosmic Industry remains ungraspable due to the refusal to recognize it on its own terms, the very Belief that is creation itself: Spirit in its working clothes.

The individual has a choice in this life: to follow life to its roots, the engine room, so to speak, to discover for oneself the wheels and gears, the very Mechanic in charge! ; or to wallow in, remain simply satisfied with, the trappings of a life, disregarding its most powerful tool - a tool that ironically strips away the mere comforting furniture of 'beliefs' - the all-powerful Gift of Creation --gifted you by its Creator -- the game-changer: Belief.