Believing is Seeing

Believing in what you do is having faith.

We are all prophets of our thoughts and actions. When we see before the others, we are using our faith.

To have faith we need to allow time for ecstasy, for creative leisure. Anyone that can’t sit in silence for at least 8 minutes of their day is signing their own death sentence with the sweat of their brow and their faith in themselves.

Joseph Campbell says: we’re so involved in making things to reach goals that we forget that the interior value, that ecstasy that comes with being alive, is what really matters.

Dr. Roberto Cardoso, a researcher from renowned Brazilian University Unifesp, proves how meditation changes people’s lives and increases belief.

He reached a few interesting conclusions:

1. Some people give up simply because they’re “adrenaline junkies”. They like to live under pressure. Can’t stand to stop. Around 15% of people that abandon the meditation practice fit in this category. They are in dire need a progressive deceleration therapy, as they’re reaching the beginning of the end.

2. Others give up because they’re constant “technique innovators”. These guys want a more fun recipe. They can’t get used to pattern repetition, and that’s fundamental when it comes to meditation. Without being able to reach the desired outcome, they quit.

3. Yet a third group ends up convincing themselves that they’re always meditating in every breath they take. These are the “constant mediators”. With this excuse, they don’t set away a proper time for pausing.

4. Some are “goal-achievers”. They set up thousands of goals to beat… And since they can’t meet a single one, get discouraged and quit.

5. A fifth group is the “progress meditators”. These ones want to quantify all the results they get. They pay attention to every single immediate result of meditation. But truth is that sometimes, the effects don’t appear right away and they end up quitting too.

6. Finally, some practice only for show. They’re the “weekend meditators”. They prefer to practice every once in a while, usually when some crisis or another makes them cease whatever they’re doing. These people think meditation works something like magic.

7. And there those who meditate… And completely change their lives and health.

We need to believe in order to see, and not the other way around.