WHy not "Choose" to believe

[---Beany---]

It seems to me that everything we believe we choose to believe.

We choose to believe that a certain person will be a good or bad person.

We choose to believe that standing in the rain is horrible or refreshing.

we choose to believe that playing chess is fun and challenging or boring as hell.

With these beliefs everything that we experience afterwards will back up what we have chosen to believe.

It's in our nature to want to be right, so we will look for evidence to back our belief. Evidence that we will always find in the form of more beliefs. Here are some examples.

So if we choose to believe that a certain person is bad, then we will search for the bad in whatever he does in order to fortify our beliefs. If the person smiles we will choose to believe that his smile is sadistic and hides negative thoughts towards us. Or if we see him speeding in a car we will choose to believe that he is a typical boy racer who has no respect for other road users. If we see him do something good we might choose to believe that he's simply doing it to fool people into thinking he IS good.

All the time we choose beliefs that support our initial belief, which was simply a choice made in the first place.

He may have smiled because he IS friendly.

He may have raced because he was late for something important.

He may have done something good because he IS good.

If we were simply to look for the good in him in the first instance then we would search for more evidence to fortify those beliefs.

Which beliefs would fill you with more happiness? The ones that give you hatred for a person, or the ones that give you love for him?

So why not choose the same about life?

Why not choose to believe in God? If you choose to believe in God then evidence will be found all around because you will search for it.

If you can't believe in God because you think any God who throws people into hell isn't a god worth believing in, then choose to believe in a god who grants everyone into heaven. Choose to believe in the most beautiful God you canb imagine.

I choose to believe that unity is better than seperation.

I choose to believe that loving is better than hating.

I choose to believe that no-one is evil, but perhaps uneducated or hurt and in need of love.

I choose to believe that we choose what to experience in order to make ourselves better and better.

I choose to believe that we all last forever and that by choosing to believe so, nothing can ever cause us any suffering.

Why not believe these things?

Whatever you believe about life, you will experience.

Why not believe something cool?