> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 2 topics, 10 evergreens, 1 source</em></s> #### [[Belief helps us push through hardship]] This is enabled by:: [[Belief can motivate adaptation]] and is part of:: [[A secure worldview is the best defense against existential dread]] > ![[10_Sources/Readwise/Books/10_Sources/books - The Anthropocene Reviewed#288175131q]] #TO/TEND/GRAFT - [[Does cognitive dissonance increase your capacity for endurance]] - contrasts:: [[Sadness is enlightenment and happiness is delusion]] - This contradicts this, you believe that there is not hope so you go nowhere, maybe it's that [[Belief reinforces your worldview]] - [[Realism must acknowledge optimism's existence and effectiveness]] - why:: [[Worldviews should be open ended and adaptive]] - you can be pulled into being an oppressor i.e [[Christianity]] - part of:: [[The materialistic view of religions examines why humans invented and clung to religion]] As opposed to dragging you back in life like the [[mind]] often does: [[We carry our childhood wounds into adulthood]] - contrasts:: [[Anger fuels change]] - [[Bhakti Yoga]] - results in:: [[Be the change you want to see in the world]] - how:: [[Faith can be a useful tool for grounding yourself]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SAPLING *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[Life principles]], [[belief]], [[self-actualization]]