Come check out our expanding list of beliefs that bar our freedom to be deeply human. Feel free to add your own in the comment box below!

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Beliefs determine spirituality

Our beliefs are mental ladders to the unknown. They do not define us, and they can reveal where we are limited.

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Male and female spirituality are different

The male and female aspects are interdependent, each affecting the other.

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Spirituality means renouncing the world

Spirituality involves allowing the full power of ourselves, including the spiritual, into the world.

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War is the opposite of peace

The opposite of war is surrender. Peace has no opposite

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Freedom from suffering means no more suffering

Freedom means we are no longer imprisoned. It does not cancel out the phenomena of suffering.

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I can control life with my mind

The mind is a mirror of life. It can create illusions within life, but life itself will always escape it.

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Hatred is the opposite of love

Hatred is love in frustrated form. Frozen like an iceberg. The opposite of hatred is self-destruction. Love has no opposite.

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If I am really free, that means I will do evil

The more free we become, the more we become responsive. The tendency to hurt others decreases.

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Life is the opposite of death.

Life is not the opposite of death. Life has no opposite. Birth is the opposite of death.

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You can measure spiritual development

A sneaky trick of the ego to keep you hooked.

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Rejection is about division

When we reject, we are actually affirming the existence of that which we push away

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Unity is not possible in physical form

In the physical dimension of atoms and molecules, we are made of identical compounds and return to the same dust. The present formulation is an individual expression of unity.

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Separation is the opposite of unity

Separation is the opposite of togetherness. Unity has no opposite.

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Experience is shared

Experience arises from perspective. While the sum total of perspectives is shared, the individual experience in any moment is unique and precious to that moment.

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Silence is the opposite of noise

Quiet is the opposite of noise. Silence is always there. It has no opposite.

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