I once needed my beliefs to defend me from uncertainty, pain, and collapse. Now I am learning to live truthfully without forcing reality to protect me.
Evidence only becomes transformative when a person becomes emotionally and existentially ABLE TO let it reorganize their identity. The goal is not simply to replace one worldview with another more accurate worldview. The harder transformation is changing one’s relationship to belief itself.
This means moving from belief as protection to belief as provisional orientation toward reality.
Becoming conscious of what my beliefs protect me from, grieving the loss of transitioning beliefs, the new found purpose emerging, and more honest about my relationship with my beliefs.
Lovely article. 🙏
what moved you?
I once needed my beliefs to defend me from uncertainty, pain, and collapse. Now I am learning to live truthfully without forcing reality to protect me.
Evidence only becomes transformative when a person becomes emotionally and existentially ABLE TO let it reorganize their identity. The goal is not simply to replace one worldview with another more accurate worldview. The harder transformation is changing one’s relationship to belief itself.
This means moving from belief as protection to belief as provisional orientation toward reality.
i see. thanks. now, how are you inhabiting your current world of meaning and belief?
Becoming conscious of what my beliefs protect me from, grieving the loss of transitioning beliefs, the new found purpose emerging, and more honest about my relationship with my beliefs.