Belief and Beyond
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1. The document discusses the concepts of belief, believer, and believed. It explores how beliefs are based on our senses and memories rather than truth, and how they can change over time. 2. Several questions are posed about common beliefs and whether we truly know things or just believe them. Religions, science, and other belief systems are discussed as examples of collective beliefs. 3. The conclusion emphasizes moving from being a believer to a seeker, and shifting one's focus from the left brain to the right brain through meditation practices like AIR meditation in order to go beyond belief towards realization.
Belief and Beyond
- 1. 1 Belief & Beyond: Belief, Believer and Believed By Vishu Hegde Partner, PM Power Consulting www.pm-powerconsulting.com Presented at ‘Ananda’, Bangalore 12 May 2018 Email: VishuHegde1@gmail.com Blog: http://rootsandshoots.ning.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/vishweshwar-hegde/8/50a/7
- 2. 2 SamarpaneSamarpane Ramchandraji Mahesh Yogi Sri Sri Ravishankar Sadhguru Sri M
- 3. 3 Chintana & Mathana onChintana & Mathana on Belief, Believer and BelievedBelief, Believer and Believed
- 4. 4 Some questionsSome questions Can you share some examples of what you believe? Do you believe sugar is sweet? Or do you know sugar is sweet? That means we believe if we don’t know I believe = I don’t know Has many thigs that you believed in the past changed? That means typically belief is false; it’s not truth
- 5. 5 Some more questionsSome more questions What is Truth? That which is not changing with time & space What is your belief based on? Based on what you see, hear, taste, smell, feel and think That means belief = data/memory Do you believe what you see, hear, smell, taste, …are these true? What are some of the belief systems? Religion Science Aren’t we running our life on such falsehood?
- 6. 6 But Belief is powerfulBut Belief is powerful ‘Belief can move mountains’ Everything that one is doing in the world is driven by belief – just reflect All conflicts in the world are one person’s belief vs another person’s belief, Isn’t it? Right from home to workplace to societies to nations to civilizations
- 7. 7 An ExperimentAn Experiment Pay close attention to each of the three pictures. Colgate has created a very ingenious advertising campaign to promote their dental floss. 7
- 8. 8 Dental Floss – Scene 1Dental Floss – Scene 1
- 9. 9 Dental Floss – Scene 2Dental Floss – Scene 2
- 10. 10 Dental Floss – Scene 3Dental Floss – Scene 3
- 11. 11 ExerciseExercise What did you observe? How many of you observed the food debris in the men’s teeth? 1
- 12. 12 What you may not have observed!What you may not have observed! In the first scene, the lady has extra figure on her left hand In the second scene, a phantom arm is floating behind In the third scene, the man has only one ear Why did most of us not observe major physical defects while observing trivial food debris?
- 13. 13 Mechanics of BeliefMechanics of Belief Left Brain dynamics TED Talk by Jill Bolte Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU IQ EQ Thinking
- 14. 14 So is Belief bad?So is Belief bad?
- 15. 15 “Modern Science: Proof first, then belief; Spiritual Science: Belief first, then proof “ - Sri Sri Ravishankar
- 16. 16 Satellite Launch AnalogySatellite Launch Analogy
- 17. 17 Belief Orbit ChangeBelief Orbit Change Belief Trust Devotion Surrender Freedom Neti Neti Neti Neti = Na Iti Belief is a propelling force Awareness is the control system
- 18. 18 Belief is a VectorBelief is a Vector It has Magnitude (Intensity) and Direction If you believe you CAN or If you believe you CAN NOT, you are right. Positive Belief propels towards liberation Negative Belief propels towards more entanglement & bondage
- 19. 19 9 Agile values and principles Belief PyramidBelief Pyramid Result pyramid - Tom Smith and Roger Connors In order to transform, break the cycle
- 20. 20 Belief vs DoubtBelief vs Doubt Belief = Nurture Doubt = Uproot
- 21. 21 Should we be Believers or Non-believers?Should we be Believers or Non-believers? Move from Believer to Seeker Non-believer is also a believer in a different way Believer Seeker Stuck in Belief Evolving through belief Stagnation Dynamic, exploring Narrow, Closed Mindset Open, receptive
- 22. 22 Some worthwhile Beliefs to haveSome worthwhile Beliefs to have I am God (Aham Brahmasmi) I am part of God God is within me Similarly everyone is God; Everything is God Highest goal in life is to realize it - Self Realization (Mukti) I CAN realize it With or without a Guru There can be many paths/approaches Guru and paths greatly help Similarly everyone CAN realize it They can have their own different Gurus & paths “… Nishchala Tatve JeevanMuktihi” – Adi Shankara
- 23. 23 How far is Realization?How far is Realization? Turn Inward Turn Outward
- 24. 24 Difficult, but most important QuestionDifficult, but most important Question Who is believing? Who is witnessing all? Where is the ‘I’ sense coming from? Where are the thoughts (beliefs) originating? Important to think about: Belief is false The object of Belief is false And the Believer is also false
- 25. 25 So, how to goSo, how to go Beyond Belief?Beyond Belief?
- 26. 26 Shift to Right BrainShift to Right Brain Yogaha Chittavritti Nirodhaha Meditation IQ EQ
- 27. 27 AIR MeditationAIR Meditation AIR – Awakening Infinite Radiance www.JustBeBook.org Suresh Ramaswamy
- 28. 28 AIR MeditationAIR Meditation Sit relaxed with eyes closed and slightly lifted gazing towards third eye Technique 1: Alternate Nostril Breathing Technique 2: Mentally chanting Om Technique 3: Witnessing the breath Technique 4: Stillness
- 29. 29 Way Forward - MeditationWay Forward - Meditation World will be transitioning from 2012 to 2082: http://www.ishafoundation.org/blog/yoga- meditation/science-of-yoga/kali-yuga-end-lies-ahead/ by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Sadhguru Sri Sri Ravishankar Shivyog Shivananda Krishnananda RishiAmara Ramachandraji Sri M Dalai Lama
- 30. 30 Social & Family Life Professional Life Spiritual Life YinYang – the balance Relish a Wholesome & Holistic LifeRelish a Wholesome & Holistic Life Tha Thank You
Editor's Notes
- #6: Seeing: light, eye as camaera, retina as screen, photons triggering electic signals, brain processing them and memory interpreting them, …. Taste: Sugar tastes sour after eating a leaf. Chilli is ‘sweet’ for parrots and many birds, …
- #8: This exercise is to make the participants aware how much filter/judgement/biases we have in what we perceive.
- #18: Satellite launch analogy Belief Trust Devotion Surender Freedom Nethi, Nethi.
- #20: Working from the bottom up, consider how The Results Pyramid provides a structure for talking about and dealing with change:Experiences: What we see, feel, and hear.Beliefs: Assumptions about how things work, informed and guided by our experiences.Values: As we experience the world and develop beliefs, we come to value certain things. If we believe in predictable results, for example, we value the process of planning. Principles: These are rules of thumb that are aligned with our values and provide a link between our values and our actions (behaviors). As Dan says, “the principle honesty is the best policy links values to behavior. “Actions: These are behaviors, and our behavior is usually in alignment with our values. Results: The results we get from our behavior, which at the foundation are built from our experiences and beliefs developed from those experiences. Finally, our results are returned as an experience, which either reinforces our existing beliefs or surprises us because something occurred that was inconsistent with our beliefs. That’s what we’re striving to do with many agile adoptions, to get people to try some new things – to behave differently – in small steps to drive different results that provide them with new experiences which allow them to evaluate their beliefs, and affect lasting change. http://www.softwareresults.us/2012/11/adopting-agile-seeing-is-believing.html
- #21: Nurturing seed to plant to flower to fruit
- #22: Story of “God will save me” praying man in a flood.