What you must recognize is that when you do not share a thought system, you are weakening it. Those who believe in it therefore perceive this as an attack on them. This is because everyone identifies himself with his thought system, and every thought system centers on what you believe you are. If the center of the thought system is true, only truth extends from it. But if a lie is at its center, only deception proceeds from it. T-6.V.B.1:7-11
A Course in Miracles (p. 235). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition.
The bumper sticker says “Don’t believe everything you think.” What if what you believe isn’t true or only partially true and you are living a lie?
In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. What comes from the thought system we adopt? Is it truth, goodness, and beauty or falsehood, evil, and ugliness?
Today it is suggested that we reflect on our thought system and question whether it brings us peace and joy or guilt and discomfort.
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