Is Belief and Faith Synonymous?

This is just a part in my new book THE POWER OF CHOICE.

A belief is an acceptance of the mind that something is true or real and often underpinned by an emotional or spiritual sense of certainty. It also means a firmly held opinion or conviction. What makes a belief strong is the sense of certainty or conviction. This sense of certainty or conviction must be supported either emotionally or spiritually. No single human being in this World without a belief. There are estimated 7.037 billion people on this planet earth currently and everyone has his or her belief system. Each one has some things which she or he accepted to be true or real; there are things he accepts to be wrong or right.  So everything you do or say will be in accordance with your belief. You will never change your behavior or habits unless you have changed your belief system. Your belief system is so effective to have effects on you and sometimes in your surroundings.

Belief system is built from our surroundings with how and what we agree, or disagree, what we accepts or rejects from our early childhood. Whatever fed to our minds when we were young, usually add something either positive or negative. A wrong belief system ideology will induce, built and strengthen wrong belief system when accepted. And again a wrong belief system in you will accept or reject things wrongly. What you hear, what you see and what you experience will always be interpreted to fit your belief. Your belief can control your actions, behavior and limit your potential.

There are only two types of belief systems.

One which is also occupying the minds of many men and women is default or failing belief system. A belief system created and nurtured by the so called societies of different races and ethnicities around the world. This belief system is the one which anyone acquires it from the society, from average people around him. It is commonly filled with words like, life is hard, and you can’t do that and full of impossibilities.

Two, is supreme or right belief system. This is known to few people.  This is a winning kind of belief system which promotes and maximizes one’s potential.  It is a belief system full of faith, hope and possibilities. It is an original belief system given to man by our Creator; ‘Have Dominion” Have ability, authority, control and power to do any good thing you wants on earth. This is supreme belief system you need to have.

What can a belief do?

Belief is strong to direct your life to where you believe. As your belief grows and become solid it becomes a belief system. A system which determines everything you become and what you do. The following are five key things which belief can do:

1.      Belief limits or maximizes potential.

If you believe you can’t do it automatically your efforts will be low. If you think the exam is tough and you cannot have higher grades then you will have little efforts in your studies. You will be bored whenever you try to study. But if you think you can do, if you believe you deserve to pass with flying colors then you will be interested with your study and you will study hard. The results are obvious that you will pass.

Default belief system limits a person’s potential but the supreme belief system always maximizes a person’s potential.

2.      Belief always filters the information.

Any information comes into your mind will either be accepted or rejected. Whether to accept it as reality or to reject it depends whether it fits your belief or it doesn’t.  These things happens in such a way that you may not be aware about it. That is why a person can spend hours on internet only charting while another one will be reading books.

That’s why a sick person my stop taking medication and instead he or she drink alcohol. It is not that he or she doesn’t know that medication is more important than alcohol, but his or her choice is greatly influenced by his or her belief system. Belief makes you act and react the way you do.

Tell us if you find itintersting and if you learned something new.

To be continued...!

Dr George Adriano

Tanzania