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Belief and Reality - Truth or

Consequences

By Don , DAS

The sun revolves

around the earth. If I said that to you, and I was serious, you'd think

I was nuts. But if I said it at an earlier point in human history,

you'd have replied, "So tell me something I don't know!" Yes,

there was a time when everyone believed the earth was the center of the

universe. But I'm willing to bet that when most people thought the sun

spun around the earth, it didn't, even though everyone believed it did.

So

what does this mean today? It means that what you know to be true, may

not be so. It means that one's beliefs may not have anything to do with

reality. How does this affect your life? If someone mentions to you

that something you're doing is harmful to your health, but you believe

otherwise, you may be basing your belief on misinformation, or worse,

on disinformation (knowingly false information that is purposely made

public). And when it comes to health information, there's plenty of

both.

Take

it from someone who's been seeking truths for over 30 years; there's a

lot you know, that just ain't so. When I was in my teens, I discovered

that when I asked an adult a question that warranted a yes or no

answer, I got definite yes's and definite no's to the

same question (and hardly any I don't know's by the way).

Imagine asking someone if the sun revolved around the earth or the

earth revolved around the sun, and you got an answer of yes to

both questions. And everyone answering you seemed so sure of their

belief, and could even tell you why they were right, and why the other

person was wrong. As a little kid, you'd be confused. As an adult who

knew the truth about our solar system, you'd realize that human beings

are the only animal on the planet capable of believing in something

that isn't true. Only humans have the ability to dismiss, out-of-hand,

compelling evidence that challenges their beliefs. For many people,

choosing to reject reality, where it concerns their health, will

subject them to disease, unnecessary suffering, and premature death.

Being

able to choose is a double-edged sword; it can work for you, or against

you. Regarding belief, you have a choice. You can believe:

1. What

everyone else believes

2. What people and/or industries want you to

believe

3. What you'd rather believe

4. Reality / the truth (they're the same)

Which

one do you think is in your best interest? Which one is in industry's

best interest? Which one would most other people like you to embrace?

If

you love dairy products for example (cheese, milk, ice cream, etc.),

and someone presented you with evidence that dairy products are not

only not good for your bones, but are actually a cause of

osteoporosis and cancer, which of the above four choices would dictate

your reaction? Would you dismiss the info without a second thought

because you didn't want to hear it?

Your

decision-making depends on what's most important to you. If your health

is higher on your sub-conscious list of priorities than

self-indulgent-pleasure-seeking-behavior, then you'll look into it, and

you'll try to make decisions that are in your best interest

health-wise. If however, self-indulgent-pleasure-seeking-behavior is

more important to you than your health, then you'll likely utter those

magic words that protect you from internal conflict: "I don't believe

it" and you'll continue to feel good about doing something that, in

reality, is harming you.

Industries

that produce items that are harmful to your health depend upon our

ability to dis-believe the truth about the damaging affects of their

products. They give billions of dollars to the media for advertising,

and to politicians for support (protection), so that truthful

information that would have a negative affect on sales is either kept

from you or discredited. They do their very best to influence your

beliefs so that you are not just a customer, but a loyal supporter who

will defend their products by telling anyone who brings you truthful

information about the products' dangers that you don't believe a word

of it. Every time someone refuses to believe what is true about, say,

dairy products for example, the dairy industry sits back with a big

grin on its face, delighted that their best-kept secrets are safe from

the public, and pleased that you are unwittingly helping to support

their deceptive practices as both a consumer and defender of

their health-damaging products.

"If you

tell a lie big enough, and keep repeating it, people will eventually

come to believe it." - ph Goebbels

What are the consequences of living in a fantasy world regarding your

health? Cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, arthritis, asthma,

diabetes, osteoporosis, lessened quality-of-life and premature death.

Yes, I've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating because there's

way too much of it, and most of it is avoidable because it's caused by

mistaken beliefs.

Here are some strong sentiments from Crichton, author of The

Lost World:

"Human

beings rarely think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For

the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told,

and become upset if they are exposed to a differing viewpoint. The

characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity. Other

animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal

kingdom, human beings fight for their beliefs."

To

paraphrase W. K. Clifford, if a person, holding a belief which he was

taught in childhood or persuaded of afterwards, keeps down and pushes

away any doubts which arise about it in his mind, purposely avoids the

reading of books and the company of those who call into question or

discuss it, and regards as sacrilegious those questions which cannot

easily be asked without disturbing it - the life of that person will

not be as glorious as it could have been.

Have as glorious a

life as possible! Think not with the thoughts of others, but with your

own. Truthful information plus an understanding of that information is

when knowledge is power. Don't dismiss what disturbs you to hear.

Investigate. Set off the "Independent Thought" alarms at corporate

offices around the globe. Reality will do right by you, but only if you

believe it.