The Basics of My Beliefs........

The basics of My Beliefs;

Every philosopher, every person develops a set of beliefs during the course of their life. These beliefs are developed through gaining knowledge and living life. Here I lay out the foundation of what I believe. When I was a teenager growing up everyone asked what I wanted to be with when I grew up. I gave the usual answers of being a doctor or fireman, I even dreamed of becoming a Marine. I was a lost individual I had no direction in my life. I did apply to the Marine Corps when I was seventeen, my parents signed for me. But then I failed the medical exam for certain reasons. So the military was not an option for me. I had to find direction by other means. I grew up in a traditional catholic home. My family went to church every weekend. Growing up we learned to pray. So because I was directionless I turned to God in prayer to lead me on a path that he wanted me to follow. Through prayer and meditation I came to learn four basic rules of life. The first three are all interrelated. First seek knowledge for in knowledge comes attaining understanding. Second by attaining understanding a person might grow wise with experience. Third after a person has attained understanding and mastery of material they then should seek wisdom. Wisdom is used in how I act. I must first know, then I must then understand, then I must act in a way that is justified by what I know and understand. The fourth rule was perhaps the first thing I had to learn and it is among the hardest lessons of life, how to be patient. If a person is to learn then they must first be patient since knowledge does not coming rushing like a flooded river. Knowledge can only be grasped and understood at the speed at which a persons’ capacity of learning is capable of absorbing it. Another thing that I have come to understand about life is that we all have characters. By that I mean those characteristics that define us as individuals. I see my place in life as being the character I am. We live on a big stage it’s called life. I look at life as chance to write another chapter in the “Never Ending Story” that is basically my life. I decide how I want to be, I want to react to people and to circumstances as they arise. It’s also up to me to take advantage of the opportunities to advance my career or my life as I see fit. I may be the author of my own story but I believe that God provides me the opportunities to go in the direction that he wants me to take. Another thing is even though I don’t hear God’s voice directly I hear it in the timely advice that people offer to me. So even though he cannot offer me his wisdom directly he moves people to be in my life at a certain point in time, to offer me the wisdom and advice I need to live my life according to his will. Whether or not I listen is up to me. I further believe that the conscience is a battle ground within us between good which is God or evil which is the side of the fallen angels. We all hear those voices within us telling us to do things. But is it for good or evil? We must learn to listen to those voices and learn which one is the voice of God within or the voice of evil. It remains our choice as to which voice we listen to. I further believe that this world, this solar system was created for that very reason, to have beings that are capable of deciding between the two and asking the questions of which is better the voice of reason and wisdom or the reckless, foolish folly of evil. My beliefs have been shaped by years of personal experience, meditation and study. In my youth I studied the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament as well as the book of Sirach also known as Ecclesiasticus. These books gave me the basic training that I needed to further my self education. As for the question of death I believe that a person needs to seek the blessing of God to attain a place in heaven and to avoid the pains of death. I live my life is such a way as to hope one day I might be worth of such an honor. Therefore the basis for my beliefs are found in my character and the person that I have become.