Good human being believe in things.

1. True?
   Yes. I can find a part of me that believes that.
2. Sure?
   No. Not at all.
3. What happens when I believe that thought?
   • I look for stories to believe in, so I can be a good human being. So I can do what others do.
   • If I notice that I don’t believe a particular story, and others do - and see me as wrong for not believing it - I try to believe it. I try to make it true for myself, and act as if it is true.
   • There is some confusion, since I am not quite sure what beliefs qualify. Which ones are good enough.
   • When did I first have that thought? Probably early in childhood, noticing that adults around me had certain beliefs, and that they expected others to believe the same.
   • What do I get for holding onto that belief? I get to be a good human being. To do the same as those around me. To - more likely - be accepted.
4. Who would I be without it?
   • Free to believe in a story or not. Free to have more clarity around a certain story, even if those around me take it as true and for granted.
   • Curious about that interaction, between me free from a belief and others holding onto it. How does it play itself out? In what way can I act to be an interface between those two? What seems most skillful, here now?
5. Turnarounds.
   • Good human beings do not believe in things.
     • Yes. More true. When we believe a story, our heart closes down when life doesn’t conform. Free from belief, there is more receptivity, an open heart, and more responsiveness.
   • Bad human beings believe in things.
     • Yes, from beliefs comes rigidity and a certainty of being right. And from here comes “bad” behavior, the ways we harm ourselves and others (in a conventional sense).
   • Bad human beings do not believe in things.
     • I can find that too. In a conventional sense, and early on in the process, it can be helpful to have certain beliefs - it helps us act in ways that conform to cultural norms, including - in the best case - ethics.
   • Good human beings question things.
     • Yes. That is certainly true, especially when we question our own beliefs - and are receptive to what we find.