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Don’t Believe What You See

Submitted by Pravs J on Tuesday, 3 February 200919 Comments

Don’t Believe

Don’t believe because someone said it to you.
Don’t believe because its a generally held belief.
Don’t believe because it is written in books.
Don’t believe because if is of divine origin.
Don’t believe because someone else believes it.

Believe only what you see, what you test and judge to be true.

 

Pravs J - Dont Believe

Pravs J - Dont Believe

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  • Darshil said:

    It’e Very True For Our Real Life..
    Believe only what you see, what you test and judge to be true.(I Like This Like Too Much)
    Thank’s For The GR8 Thought.

  • FRANK said:

    This is what I’ve seen and heard for myself

  • Sue said:

    Blind belief may ease up life to a great extent. Exercising prudence in all walks of life is as important as it is difficult. Cautiousness, discretion and forethought - these are of essence to live a fulfilling life!

  • Raghu said:

    Don’t Believe

    Don’t Believe

    Don’t believe because someone said it to you.
    —–If it’s told by GURU , one has to

    Don’t believe because its a generally held belief.
    —–Agree

    Don’t believe because it is written in books.
    —-Yes if it’s written in scriptures , there is no harm in believing it , scriptures shows you the path for Self realization , otherwise un believers will be born again , may be as an animal at that time one has no chance of self realization.
    Read what Shankaracharaya had to say to similar question .
    “Human nature is the hardest of creaturely states to obtain, even more so that of manhood. Brahminhood is rarer still, and beyond that dedication to the path of Vedic religion. Beyond even that there is discrimination between self and non-self, but liberation by persistence in the state of the unity of God and self is not to be achieved except by the meritorious deeds of hundreds of thousands of lives. 2”

    Don’t believe because it is of divine origin.
    —-We had no telescopes , we had no Hubble in the space not laser , but how come we could calculate the # planets,stars, it’s distance, it’s influence on our psychic energy ,and what about eclipse? This knowledge was given to early Rishi’s, it’s has a divine origin.
    So the above statement is wrong as per the discrimination of my intellect.

    Don’t believe because someone else believes it.

    —-Believe only what you see, what you test and judge to be true.
    This pure western world materialistic approach( Asat or impermanent things ) , one can see Atma, it’s can’t be smelled/touched/heard/tasted , but it’s the “Sat” or truth, without Atma we are dead, I strongly urge you to read Gita in detail , don’t just believe such quotes which have no proper discrimination/authority on the subject matter.
    Ajam nivikalpam , nirakara roopam means he who has no kalpa or mental thoughts, and he who has no form is the god, he is beyond your senses , mind comes after senses, yet he is beyond that too, intellect comes after mind yet he is beyond that too.
    Read what Shankaracharaya had to say to similar question .
    “Linked with ignorance, your supreme self has become involved in the bonds of non self, and from that in samsara. The fire of the knowledge born from discriminating between these two will burn out the consequences of ignorance along with its very root. 47”

  • Vusi said:

    damn true.

  • bat said:

    Thank you.

  • Eliane Cerchiari said:

    I emphatically disagree! Living in such a defensive way must be the worst thing ever……..and placing oneself as the center of the truth is as well worrying…..

    It can be considered a good message if one softens it by considering that what is true for you may not be true for me, but faith (not only religiously speaking)and believing in people, mainly the ones who surround you, are part of life, if one wants to build solid relations……

  • Deva said:

    Got the message at a very critical decision making time,thanks

  • sanjana said:

    ‘Don’t believe what you see’

    Life is a real mystery which can be unveiled only by those who evaluate everything in terms of their five senses.
    Every action leads to a reaction and behind every action there is a cause.

    ‘What is true for you may not be true for me’

    To know the truth one has to go to the depth of the cause which triggers the action.

  • smita said:

    absolutely right….

  • Shivanshu said:

    truth and facts r different things. Facts r same for every one but truth can be mold in many prospective…..

    finding a root cause need a analysis of facts and understand the condition of environment which cause the trigger of action….

    it nice to think about TRUTH …..

  • Balaji Nayuni said:

    I will never entertain 3rd persons in my personal LIFE and my FRIENDS lives, I will watch 3rd persons character then I will decide what I want to do….! And even I will FILTER him / her Character nature. If he / she will change their character, I will be HAPPY & for they also in SAFE otherwise I will ________ them ?

    So FRIENDS beware of 3rd persons in your lives, because they will do whatever for their HAPPY…! So find them, and _________ them.

  • SAMANNAZ said:

    thats right.thanks

  • Upeksha said:

    The words are said by Lord Buddha in Dhammapada. Pl mention.

  • musaid said:

    some body ask me about my e-mail so write it

  • Asina said:

    Dont believe what is said!!!!
    Strange statement. Ok lets take it as rightly said. When you say something you would definately would like to share it with someone and believe it. Then ???? what you said will not be believed even, no matter how many time you try to justify yourself saying what you said is right and others should believe you???? will you????

  • Ravindra Joshi said:

    The heading should be believe what you see.

    Hence the saying “Seeing is believing”.

  • vidyuth chandra patange said:

    The belief to acceptance or rejecting what have been heard, depends on the following factor.

    1.Who has said it …
    2.What is Your relation to him
    3.The amount of emotional attachment with that person
    4.The amount of faith and credibility that person established during working or relationship based on past experience.
    5.The situation in which it is told.
    6.The expression of what have been said ( crying , fearing ….etc )
    7.The emotional mood of the person hearing what other person saying …..
    Because everything in this world is not verifiable ….we have to believe most of things told by peer group …example : regarding god , religion, cultures and traditions…..etc

  • peter egypt said:

    i am totally agree with that .

    The belief to acceptance or rejecting what have been heard, depends on the following factor.

    1.Who has said it …
    2.What is Your relation to him
    3.The amount of emotional attachment with that person
    4.The amount of faith and credibility that person established during working or relationship based on past experience.
    5.The situation in which it is told.
    6.The expression of what have been said ( crying , fearing ….etc )
    7.The emotional mood of the person hearing what other person saying …..
    Because everything in this world is not verifiable ….we have to believe most of things told by peer group …example : regarding god , religion, cultures and traditions…..etc

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