Greg Rolfe

5 years ago · 1 minutes of reading · ~10 ·

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What do you believe?

What do you believe?

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Through out these weeks and months we have been told to believe a whole lot of things. And I mean a whole lot of things. But what do you actually believe? What are your core beliefs that carry you through days and weeks like these? What do you hold onto that guides all your other beliefs and orders your understanding of the world.

Some people use the word paradigm. This concept of an ordered set of beliefs or methods that we use to process the information that come in contact with. So what is/are yours? What is your core set of beliefs that permit you to interact with the rest of us crazies? I only ask because there are a vast many people who are proving that theirs are not working at all.

Yes that is a way of saying “people be tripping” but I am curious as to the why. Why are their set of beliefs not guiding them through this set of events? Or perhaps more accurately what set of beliefs are they holding that permits or even encourages this response to this set of input?

Now please understand I am talking about all of the events we see; Covid, riots, police, defunding the police. In each of the areas we have seen both measured responses and the extreme. What choice patterns are in place?

I know that many of you who read this will not have the answers but you might know what your own beliefs or better said core beliefs are that guide your own reactions and responses. So I ask. I am truly curious as to what open us up to act and react as we have seen. Regardless of your personal position on any of these issues we each have seen what we might consider over reach and bizarre actions by those we might otherwise agree with.

What do you believe that permits your to see and act clearly, (at least form our own perspective). And yes I understand that these days are not any more absurd than any previous I just believe that these days make those absurd events more clear.

Have a great day and enjoy each moment!

Blessings


Comments

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#20

#22
Amen

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#19

#21
Clear as in empty, or clear as in clean?

Fay Vietmeier

5 years ago#18

#20
Greg Rolfe Clear ;~)

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#17

#19
White.

Fay Vietmeier

5 years ago#16

Greg Rolfe You ask insightful question Greg ;~) ... leaving your audience to answer ;~) "What do you believe that permits your to see and act clearly? ever grateful: "In His Light we have Light" "What color is Light" https://www.bebee.com/producer/@fay-vietmeier-pennsylvania/what-color-is-light

Jerry Fletcher

5 years ago#15

#17
Agree. Beyond 7 people only a really capable facilitator can maintain sufficient control to generate creative output. the ideal group size in my experience is 3 to 5.

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#14

#16
@Jerry Fletcher you are very correct it takes a person leading and taking responsibility to bring a good idea to fruition. But upon occasion a group can come up with that good idea. Though generally the size of the group must be small. Large groups might have a good idea but I have found that it gets lost in the debris.

Jerry Fletcher

5 years ago#13

#15
You're welcome Greg.One more thought. I personally have never seen Group think really solve any problem. Some of the techniques I'm trained in for creative problem solving use directed group approaches but even then an individual must make it happen.

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#12

#13
@Jerry Fletcher you seem to have the right of it. We each are being called out to agree with some opinion not as you mentioned to think. Group think is being pushed and in some cases is good but group think is very often lead by one person or a previously installed idea. This often results in a preconceived solution. Learning to think ahead is truly a lost art. Thank you for your thinking!

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#11

#12
Ken Boddie Those are good values to which we might aspire.

Jerry Fletcher

5 years ago#10

#10
I agree with Ken. the moral compass is missing or spinning aimlessly. The positive aspects of religions help to some degree when their mob like beliefs don't get in the way. The lack of mandatory military or community service is another reason. We cannot expect individuals to display the courage necessary to stand up to a mob if they have been carefully taught that the group is more important that the individual. Educators, for the most part, teach that wisdom lies in following the group opinion. The men and women we look up to as heroes followed their own beliefs whether they stood alone or with others. The compass they used oriented to the times they lived in and maybe a little ahead of it.They thought about their actions before they took them. That doesn't seem to happen as much these days. And so it goes.

Ken Boddie

5 years ago#9

My company's core character values are a guide for me also, namely: SAFETY HONESTY DEPENDABILITY COOPERATION POSITIVITY RESPECT FLEXIBILITY In a changing world where so few have a moral compass, values to which we may aspire are worth considering. 🤔

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#8

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Pascal Derrien that is a core belief system. You just have not yet defined exactly what it holds. Thank you for the share!

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#7

#8
Jerry Fletcher you are touching on one of the very reasons I wrote this post. Mob mentality is a real and clear reaction of way to many events. In my lowly/vastly un-researched opinion it is increasing. Hence my desire to know what is triggering this increase in the base decision making core. You have touched on a very real problem.

Pascal Derrien

5 years ago#6

Don t have a core set of beliefs just trying to the best human I can s

Jerry Fletcher

5 years ago#5

Greg, IN my view, within the mass of humanity, any and all behaviors could be triggered by the times we live in. What I believe is of most concern is mob psychology and behavior. Way too many people are swept up and carried along on a rising tide of emotion that has no connection to logic. There is something missing in their character. On the one hand it is considered positive to march and protest over the murder of a black man in Minneapolis.But the demands to defund police are ridiculous. The same people when threatened in their homes will be the fist to condemn the lack of police response. And so it goes.

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#4

John Rylance I expect many people felt the way you did. I an glad you found a positive way to not only move forward but to enjoy the days as they come. Stay safe and endeed keep it up!

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#3

#2
Ali \ud83d\udc1d Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee I agree that most people wouldn't know their core beliefs. But they still have them. And whike they may be vastly fragile they were established at some time. The results of this set of patterens is where my questions come in. Looking forward to your next post! Please let me know when it is posted.

Greg Rolfe

5 years ago#2

#1
thank you John!

John Rylance

5 years ago#1

True I don't have the answers, other than being positive about life. At the start I felt "lockdown" would be like sitting in Death's Waiting Room, listening for my name/number to be called. I quickly realised it wasn't. So I saw, and still do, each day as steps away from the virus. Positively what I was doing was keeping me safe. So thank you I'm having a great day and while not enjoying every moment, life is bearable. Long may it continue.

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