Science tells us that every direct experience becomes stored in our brains in the form of story. The moment when a direct experience becomes a thought it is already part of a story. We cannot escape this. It is how our brain works. There are collective stories that evolve over time in any given culture and within these; there are individual stories that we tell ourselves to make sense of our everyday lives. The problem is that we cling to our stories, and remain convinced that they represent the only possible truth. The stories of others must be untrue if they conflict with our own. But science has also proven that there is no single truth. There is only perception - and perception is just another way of saying, The story I believe in. Once we understand how this works, we can free ourselves from the parts of our stories that cause us pain and unhappiness. Because our stories create the world we live in, we are free to create a different world, a happier one, a healthier one. Read more in Story and Belief... bookstore.balboapress/Products/SKU-000687206/Story-and-Belief.aspx
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 20:39:37 +0000
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