Emily Nghiem
Active Member
Fear biases perception and causes negative influence on beliefs.I have learnt to live without forming beliefs about things I fear. I fear only the thing's I do not know, or understand. Society is stranger now than it was when I thought believing was paramount.
I think this is what you were questioning, the nature of beliefs and how can we attain objectivity or neutrality to detach from beliefs.
Buddhists call this detaching or letting go.
Christians recognize it as forgiving issues fears or conflicts from the past that attach bias.
Every person I know uses a combination of checking both the mind using a form of meditation and the heart or emotions by using prayer to forgive let go and receive wisdom and clear understanding.
If you have
* fear of the unknown, distrust
* fear of change, authority or control of outside or competing influences
* fear of comflict or confrontation
These fears can hinder, bias, and disadvantage you.
It is good to be aware of where and why you have fears and take issues. But these should be resolved, not attached to as barriers for protection, or you limit and bias your information and objective decisions.
Knowledge and understanding empowers you to overcome not hide behind fears forever.
It is normal to prioritize and take one step or stage at a time. Fear or resistance to change or unknowns is normal, especially if you are overcoming abuse or injustice that has harmed stressed or wounded you, the barriee serves as a "scab" to protect the wounded areas until any infection or cause can be cleaned out to heal that wound.
Meditation helps you identify the depth and causes. Prayer for forgiveness cleans out the negative toxic attachments infected the injured areas. And both help you clear your mind and heart to be receptive and objective.
This is an ongoing process.
I recommend both meditation and prayer, in whatever form or combination works for you. Even sharing on here is a form of both, talking and saying what you think and where you are, and stopping to receive ideas back.