In response to my question posed in the previous post, I am asked "how do you act on something false?. The process should be unique to the individual, but for whatever my advice is worth, here's my two cents.
Drop your ego. Acknowledge a willingness to change--to be wrong. Imagine your mind as a blank slate, an uncarved block. How much of your beliefs originate from your own logic, experience, and understanding? How much of your beliefs are a blind acceptance of societal norms, in the form of parenthood, child indoctrination, peer pressure, abstract scientific findings, a distaste for thinking through complex issues, etc? How many times, when confronted in an argument with your opinions on the line, do you put up an automatic wall, stop listening, and simply start arguing? Question your values, beliefs, and opinions. Don't be afraid to change them. The false can drift away and the truths will be strengthened.
You can choose to see the world as it was, as it should be, or AS IT IS.
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