Rational Rant

Check Your Beliefs

There are many human characteristics of that I admire, one being a person’s ability to check their beliefs for hypocrisy and above all question themselves. However I find that the majority of people have contradicting beliefs especially within two different sectors of their lives. For example a person many have one belief or ideal around one group of friends, and another with a different set of friends. This is in my opinion representative of a person who is having trouble finding out their place in society and which group of people they get along best with.

The art of questioning yourself is one that I believe all should master. Being able to take beliefs that have been with you for some time, and put them under scrutiny is a very valuable characteristic indeed, one I believe is the core to the advancement of our species.  When looked at closely I believe every situation experienced is of value. Every time a person come across a problem, or finds a new way of doing something it improves the overall quality of their life in that the knowledge they have learned is remembered due to positive reinforcement. This concept is unfortunately overridden by the need to belong and acceptance of the beliefs of a group of friends which are more often than not similar. It is this simple reason that I believe the ability to question the inner beliefs a person has, no matter how fundamental to their personality should be taught at an early age.

A person can do many things to improve their life but most importantly is working to learn from their mistakes. When a person gradually begins to question themselves it starts small, beginning with topics such as their favorite music, or group of friends. After some time it becomes clear to many that even their most core beliefs should be picked apart and searched for hypocrisy and unproven understandings. These thoughts may even become a chain reaction of personal revelations for many people. Particular changes in understanding can in many cases change the way someone looks at the world from extreme pessimism to a view of complete optimism.

The ability to question yourself is a core factor in personal understanding and enlightenment. However many make the mistake of expecting their personal revelations to be the same for everyone and become so excited of their accomplishments they want to show others and indirectly try to force their beliefs on those around them. This is a huge mistake, everyone is different for the simple reason that no one person goes through the exact same experiences and therefore two people cannot look at the same event and come to exactly the same conclusion.  This can be primarily attributed to the fact that people put more positive emphasis on different parts or supposed lessons of every situation. This can all be boiled down to the fact that you are you. You shouldn’t expect anyone to think the same way you do because well..they aren’t you! However when a person becomes more personally enlightened through meticulously questing every core belief they hold dear they consequently more confident, and happy with themselves which I believe should be the goal of everyone.

Law of attraction, Resonance

I’m sure most of you have heard about the Law of Attraction. If you know what I’m talking about you must me thinking to yourself, shit here we go again, another nut job going off about his crazy life changing experiences! Worry not! I don’t endorse this philosophy completely just yet as I have yet to seen any of it’s magic at work. Not only that but more than half of the people who endorse this theory speak as though they haven’t graduated high school (scary I know).

Okay to get on with this, the Law of Attraction essentially states that what you predominantly think about will manifest itself into your life. I’m not speaking metaphorically either. The concept is literally that if you think about a red sports car hard enough you will get one. The sports car will literally appear in some way or another into your life. The law is fundamentally saying that your thoughts if worked and manipulated correctly can produce a monetary equivalent through manifestation of your thoughts into reality. I’m not making this up, and they do seem to have some sort of backing or evidence through quantum physics in the sense that your mind creates reality through the double slit experiment which requires an observer, which also requires that you’re creating reality. It’s difficult to really get a grasp on but I can see where they’re coming from.

Why Not?

I don’t however think that this is completely possible for one specific reason, and that is resonate frequencies. My idea is that because every molecule has a specific resonating frequency then it has to be possible that the way the electrical signals in our brain can influence reality in a more substantial way than I previously believed. It may also be true that we can stimulate our brains through specific resonating frequencies that simulate the part of our brains which can produce feelings of love, enjoyment, and happiness all together.

One problem I have just thought of with this idea is that our brains are essentially made of the same material, molecules that form the cells of our brain, or neurons. However the problem with finding a specific resonating frequency for a particular part of the brain is that a resonating frequency would stimulate ALL of the molecules in our brains because essentially it’s all the same molecules.

I’m not saying I completely agree with this theory, nor am I saying that it is completely impossible. There are both pretty solid cases for both but there needs to be more documented scientific research done which can without even the smallest doubt prove to the scientific community and the world that this isn’t a joke. When that material comes out I will be ecstatic and will fully accept this idea but until then I’m not going to call it fact.