{"id":1410,"date":"2017-01-28T17:30:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T16:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awareness-now.org\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2017-02-03T20:39:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T19:39:08","slug":"identification-with-a-belief-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awareness-now.org\/?p=1410","title":{"rendered":"Identification with a belief"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are differences between people all over the world. Various parts of the world, countries and cities have various cultures and customs. People come in all kinds of colors, shapes and forms. That’s a beautiful thing. Yet, why\u00a0does that lead to division and conflict?<\/p>\n

Let’s explore a strange example: imagine that you are told by someone who you regard to be an authority, that it is now proven that people with brown eyes are really better and smarter than others. (an insane idea, but OK). \u00a0You happen to have brown eyes, so that feels good. You may eventually accept this idea, when you keep hearing it often enough.<\/p>\n

Then\u00a0you meet one of your old friends from school, and you realize that he has blue eyes! You may have never noticed it or felt anything special, but now you look at him through a different mindset, you act different, and feel superior perhaps. The other person of course senses that and reacts. Something “in the air” has changed, or rather, in your mind. Do you think this is a crazy example? \u00a0Well unfortunately it is not, this experiment has actually been done…read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Science and technology have gone through huge (r)evolutions and development, but \u00a0the evolution of human psychology seems to be seriously lagging behind. Just look at the history of peoples and countries that believed they were superior in whatever way (superior intelligence, chosen by God etc.) or they believe others are inferior, which is no different. It is always the same story. It seems to be anchored in our genes and memes<\/a>, or the tribal aspects<\/a> of human psychology.<\/p>\n

It means this mechanism is right here and now, in you and in me! So what could we do differently? In the given example where we\u00a0given this “truth”, we could have:<\/p>\n