{"id":14012,"date":"2023-12-21T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=14012"},"modified":"2024-01-20T16:53:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T16:53:17","slug":"believe-in-your-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/cognitive-insights\/believe-in-your-self","title":{"rendered":"Believe in Your Self!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>Unfortunately, many people are not inclined to deeply believe in their &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog?p=4055\">Inner Strength<\/a>&gt;. Nevertheless, especially nowadays, global fate depends on it.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This unbelief is not typical to a specific culture.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its ubiquity means that either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It\u2019s a natural given, making people genetically predisposed to not believe in themselves.<\/li><li>It\u2019s a cultural thing in a general sense. Cultures \u2018naturally\u2019 make people believe less in themselves.<\/li><li>A combination of both. People may be genetically predisposed to follow cultures.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Active disbelief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many cases, the disbelief is not merely neutral (a mere absence of belief). There is frequently an active \u2013 be it mostly non-conscious \u2013 striving to not come into contact with the<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog?p=1028\">deeper self<\/a> \u2014 as if this is a forbidden territory, as in the Biblical \u201cOne cannot see God&#8217;s face and live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Individual Inner Strength can readily oppose itself against cultural dictates. At least at the surface level, there is a competition. Is culture, therefore, as a phenomenon generally in conflict with the individual\u2019s Inner Strength? Does it therefore respond with countermeasures \u2014 more guilt-oriented in the West, more shame-oriented in the East?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This can go pretty far.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, people may try out many different (external) ways to combat some illness \u2014 all in vain. After this, when offered to use the own mental faculties from the inside out, they may object, saying to have \u201ctried everything and nothing works\u201d so they don\u2019t believe in yet something else. They \u201cdon\u2019t want another disappointment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So they don\u2019t Believe to start with, and they don\u2019t Believe to end with. In-between, they\u2019re too busy with whatsoever to even give it a thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AURELIS is counter-cultural in this sense.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main goal is precisely to attain the Inner Strength that may otherwise be demonized, and to use it as one&#8217;s greatest asset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inner Strength is at first extremely individual. The arrow goes toward inside. However, then it goes toward outside more than ever but without losing one\u2019s Self. This is what I call <a href=\"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog?p=6819\">Compassion, basically<\/a>. It\u2019s the reverse of ego-centeredness. On the contrary, it\u2019s where and how people from everywhere on our globe can meet and overlap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Not easily culture-sanctified<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cultures have no motivations. People have motivations. However, many people sharing the same culture can have the same underlying motivations whereby it seems like the <a href=\"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog?p=3491\">underlying stream<\/a> of motivation lies at the cultural level \u2014 pragmatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disbelief in one\u2019s Self can thus run strong even if each individual by himself rather strives to get rid of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We come from the past and go to the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In between those two, a shift may be going on toward more Compassion. However, this leads to high tensions that may seem less Compassionate than ever. In the worst case, this tension can out itself as, for instance, free-floating anxiety or aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This makes some people more vulnerable again to disbelief in the Self \u2015 such a pity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, it provides much hope. I foresee more and more Believers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eventually, humanity will overcome this conundrum.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will not be out of all trouble by then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least, there will be <a href=\"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog?p=3767\">Hope<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div data-object_id=\"14012\" class=\"cbxwpbkmarkwrap cbxwpbkmarkwrap_no_cat cbxwpbkmarkwrap-post \"><a  data-redirect-url=\"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012\"  data-display-label=\"0\" data-show-count=\"0\" data-bookmark-label=\" \"  data-bookmarked-label=\" \"  data-loggedin=\"0\" data-type=\"post\" data-object_id=\"14012\" class=\"cbxwpbkmarktrig  cbxwpbkmarktrig-button-addto\" title=\"Bookmark This\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"cbxwpbkmarktrig-label\"  style=\"display:none;\" > <\/span><\/a> <div  data-type=\"post\" data-object_id=\"14012\" class=\"cbxwpbkmarkguestwrap\" id=\"cbxwpbkmarkguestwrap-14012\"><div class=\"cbxwpbkmarkguest-message\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"cbxwpbkmarkguesttrig_close\"><\/a><h3 class=\"cbxwpbookmark-title cbxwpbookmark-title-login\">Please login to bookmark<\/h3>\n\t\t<form name=\"loginform\" id=\"loginform\" action=\"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/wp-login.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"login-username\">\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"user_login\">Username or Email Address<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" class=\"input\" value=\"\" size=\"20\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"login-password\">\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" class=\"input\" value=\"\" size=\"20\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"login-remember\"><label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"login-submit\">\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button button-primary\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/form><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, many people are not inclined to deeply believe in their &lt;Inner Strength&gt;. 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