The Importance Of Beliefs
what is Belief
A belief is a mental view that a statement is true. For a
given sentence, each person has a mental view of whether it is true
or not; There is no middle ground between the presence and absence
of a belief. In the case of gods, they all believe that there is at
least one god or that there is no such belief.
Belief is distinct from judgment, which is a conscious mental
act that involves arriving at a conclusion about a statement (and
therefore usually producing a belief). Whereas belief is the mental
attitude that a statement is more likely to be true than false,
judgment is an evaluation of a statement as fair, fair, misleading,
etc.
Since it is a type of disposition, it is not necessary for a
belief to manifest itself continuously and consciously. We all have
many beliefs about which we are not aware. There may also be beliefs
that some people never consciously think about. However, for it to
be a belief, there must be at least a possibility that it can
manifest itself. The belief that there is a God often depends on a
number of other beliefs that a person has not consciously considered.
Why are beliefs important?
Beliefs are important because your Character and your
behaviour is important and your behavior depends on your beliefs.
Everything you does is related to your beliefs about the world, from
brushing your teeth to your career. Beliefs also help determine
one’s response to other people’s behaviour, such as: B. refusing to
brush one’s teeth or choosing one’s own career.
All this means that Belief is not a purely private matter.
Even the beliefs he tries to keep to himself can influence his
actions so much that they become a legitimate concern for others.
Believers certainly cannot claim that their religions have no
influence on their behavior. In contrast, we often see believers
claiming that their religion is essential to the development of right
behavior. The more important the behavior in question, the more
important the underlying beliefs need to be. As important as these
beliefs are, they are open to scrutiny, questioning and challenge.
Here are some reasons why Belief is important:
1. Build the Right Mindset:
Before we can take massive action to achieve our goals, we
need to develop a mindset that gives us motivation, discipline and
the mental ability to persevere. Shad Helmstetter explains in his
book “What to Say When You Talk to Yourself” that our
success is a direct result of our behavior and that in the long term
to change our behavior we have to work on our emotions and attitudes
are a consequence. of our behaviour. believe.
Based on past experiences of our successes and failures and
the mental conditioning of our fellow human beings, especially in our
childhood, we develop confidence in the person we are. Sometimes we
have created limited belief systems and act on those beliefs. “Those
who believe they can and those who believe they cannot are often
right.” That’s why it’s important to build and maintain a
strong sense of self to achieve your goals.
2. It forces our brain to recognize opportunities
Our subconscious is a target machine constantly trying to
validate our personal beliefs; positive or negative. Another
fundamental task is to move away from danger and unpleasant
situations. Our subconscious is not concerned with our goals or
ambitions, it filters and highlights any information to support and
protect our inner beliefs. It does this through an area of the
temporal lobe known as the reticular activation system (RAS).
The RAS acts as a filter for all the information we receive
and helps us identify what is important to us. Research suggests
that through conditioning it is possible to retrain our subconscious
mind to seek information to confirm these positive beliefs in the RAS
itself and to identify opportunities necessary to achieve our goals.
that we could possibly have achieved otherwise. for high.
3. Build Confidence in Others
Despite our best efforts and successes, it is important to
acknowledge that there is no such thing as a 100% self-made person.
We have all received support, guidance and guidance at some point in
our lives, whether as children or later in life. Whether it is
financial support from a parent or financial institution, the care of
an old colleague or the respect and commitment of our employees; All
of these have contributed to our success today.
4. Build Confidence
It can be argued that Belief comes first and then belief or
vice versa, in any case it is clear that one contributes directly to
the other. This unwavering belief that a difficult task is possible
certainly gives us the confidence to complete the task, which in turn
strengthens the neurons in our brain and strengthens our beliefs.
The Science of Self-Confidence offers a remarkable program of
practical techniques for those who wish to develop greater
self-confidence and explain how this process works on a subconscious
level. It is a common belief that 100 percent confidence is a skill
that we can develop by conditioning and affirming our mind to
maintain a strong set of positive beliefs.
5. Belief gives you peace of mind and also it will help to
reduce stress.
Developing confidence and confidence in our abilities to deal
with new and existing challenges can significantly reduce the stress
and anxiety in our daily lives. As our confidence grows, everyday
situations in our work and personal lives that may have previously
caused some level of anxiety will have less of an impact on us.
Areas such as personal conflict, public speaking or tight deadlines
for work will no longer strain our mental resources and provide us
with more cognitive energy to face new challenges.
Tolerance and intolerance of beliefs
Given the relationship between belief and behavior, to what
extent should beliefs be tolerated and to what extent is intolerance
justified? It would be legally difficult (not to say practically
impossible) to suppress beliefs, but we can be tolerant or intolerant
of ideas in a number of ways.
Racism is not legally suppressed, but most sane and moral
adults refuse to tolerate racism in its presence. We are intolerant:
we don’t keep silent while racists talk about their ideology, we
don’t live in their presence and we don’t vote for racist
politicians. The reason is clear: Racist beliefs are the basis of
racist behavior and are harmful.
It is hard to imagine that someone who is not a racist would
protest such intolerance towards racism. However, if it is
permissible to be intolerant of racism, we must be prepared to
consider intolerance towards other beliefs as well.
The real question is how much damage the beliefs can ultimately
do, either directly or indirectly. Beliefs can directly harm others
by promoting or justifying harm done. Beliefs can indirectly harm
the world by promoting misrepresentations as knowledge, while
discouraging believers from subjecting those representations to
critical and skeptical examination.
Respectfully
Vasile,