Beliefs are conclusions that are reached as a result of past learning,
whether this is directly from personal experience or indirectly assimilated
through peer and parental pressures to conform to a "normal" way of
thinking (for that culture).
Having perceived a situation
in a certain way, i.e. having picked on an aspect of it that he considers most
significant, the individual will then make an evaluation, according to
his beliefs, about how he relates to that aspect of the situation. He will
(perhaps semi-consciously) say a sentence to himself, based on an underlying
assumption or belief.
This belief may be rational,
i.e. based on reality and what exists and is logical, or it may be irrational,
based on delusion, prejudice and ideas that are fixed and not open to
inspection.
For example a person is nearly
knocked over by a bus, and he infers that the driver was going too fast, and
then believes rationally that the driver, like anyone else, is a fallible human
being and he had better make more allowance for poor driving in future, when
crossing the road. Alternatively, he may respond irrationally and say to
himself that it is absolutely terrible that the driver should do such a thing,
and if he could get hold of the driver he would shoot him. This is a greatly exaggerated
evaluation based on an underlying irrational belief, that the driver's behavior
was impossible to tolerate.
Dr. Sunil Kumar Dr. Jayasudha Kamaraj
Founder Co-founder
Mind Zone Mind Zone
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