
Now I am that sort of person that gets bored easily and find most things in this life useless. I change views and ideologies frequently, yet with not much seriousness to I adhere to it. I always have the belief that beliefs are like clothing, they can be changed just as easily. Any spiritual belief or ideology is subjective, even certain materialistic philosophies are subjective. For Marxism claimed to be strictly materialist and whatnot, but not everyone that is scientific is a Marxist. When it comes down to it we as humans believe what we want, be it based on materialistic fact or subjective faith. Take the creationists for instance they see no need to believe in science in anyway. Or vice versa evolutionists don’t believe in the truth of God. I want to believe what I see fit to believe in, be it for my own happiness or for convenience for a certain situation I my life. We are all sell outs to a certain extent, we all need that feeling that we belong to something. No matter how individual the philosopher or belief be, we want to be around others that accept us. We are communal animals, we love herds and having a leader of some sorts. There is nothing wrong with a leader and groups, for we are all part of society. There is really truly no individual out there in the strict sense of the word, unless its some guru in the forest, even then though that person relies on their surroundings for survival. When I hear of philosophies that claim to be about the individual and something about that, I check it out. But it is really just about someone looking for others that think like they do. Our beliefs are shaped by those around us even if we don’t admit it. Be it our spouse who may have no interest in what we believe, they influence our outlook in someway. Beliefs are for community, so with the internet the phenomenon of religious or philosophical belief is manifested to the world. The internet allows one to believe easier, in the world wide web you can be anyone and anything. You can hide behind your blog and websites. Yet you can remain strong and who you are and want to be. With the internet religious or philosophical beliefs are easy to research and pick from. I pick and choose from the vast philosophical ideas out there and come out with a cocktail of ideas for my own beliefs. And if I get tired of these I can change and feel no shame in changing my views. There should be no shame in changing and evolving with your own ideas and philosophies. If one can not change then it shows you are easily convinced. There is no end in view, no heaven or enlightenment to attain. So with this in mind, why stick to a certain view, ideal, system or belief? We are all animals yet we have what we term self-consciousness, so we need to have higher meaning. So we create heavens and enlightenment, or Degrees and High priests to make us feel fuzzy and warm inside. Its all quite useless these ideas, they are fine to adhere to as long as you realize the joke of it all. The main problem with spirituality and mysticism is that one takes themselves too seriously and don’t dare laugh at themselves or there dear Gurus or Masters. Its quite sad seeing all these groups with their many dead Masters and such, it’s a joke. Like Satanism with its “Dr High Priest Magus” and whatever names I forgot Anton LaVey. Or Thelma’s “666 O Meta Therion” Aleister Crowley, but at least he’s more interesting and intelligent then LaVey ever could be. Or Christianities Jesus or now days the pope or Billy Graham or Pat Robertson. Scientology’s Tom Cruise or Ron L. Hubbard. And the list goes on. I can laugh at myself as others laugh at me and with me. Life is too short, so be a nihilist of some sort. Beliefs are like an art, a collage of sorts, the mind can be tricked into believing anything. There is no such thing as God, but your mind can make you believe there is one if you want. Beliefs are expendable, they can be adapted to certain situation and life experiences. I enjoy experimenting with beliefs and applying them to my own life, seeing how I react to them. I used to be a Christian and was part of that paradigm. Now I have stepped out of that belief paradigm, but I can step back in at any moment for comedic relief. Same with any philosophy or religion. They are adaptable to the persons mind and environment. So pick and choose and see what happens. Nothings true, everything is permitted.


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