This is my philosophy. It is still a work in progress as my life is still in progress. This is only one humble person’s opinion on life, and our purpose in it.

On Beism

I

To speak of God is not God. God has no name. God is not matter.
GOD IS A FORCE.
God is the connection. Everything is connected and we connect together through God.
This country upholds the value of the individual. The individual could not exist without the community. We all must recognize our dependence on other living beings, human and non-human.


II

The path is different for everyone.
Yet everyone has a path.
Everyone follows his or her own direction along the path.
Some make a beeline towards the end of the path.
Others wander, zigzagging about in a tangential fashion.
Still others stand quietly, undecided about where to go next.


III

The path has a goal and a way.
The way is our suffering and our joy.
The goal is our potential and our transcendence.
The way is just as essential as the goal.
What you seek is just as important as how you get there.


IV

What you seek on the path is what you are meant to seek.
By seeking we find fulfillment.
All living things seek purpose.
If purpose is obscured, one can become unhappy.
To the nihilist I say, I have purpose, therefore I choose to exist.


VI

As humans we try to define reality. There is no absolute reality that exists outside of our perception. Our perception is reality. There are an infinite number of realities that have been, that are, and that will be. Our reality comes into contact with other realities. The connection. God. God connects all reality together. We are not trapped in a bubble, isolated from the world. We are a part of infinite universal network and are connected to it. God sees all connection simultaneously. To see all connection is to know God. Everyone has the potential to know God.


VII

Everything has an opposite.
These opposites co-exist.
These opposites are not absolutes.
There are no absolutes.
These opposites are limits. They are two sides of the same coin.
They are yin and yang, male and female, good and evil.
They do not exist as pure extremes.
In every good, there is some evil.
In every evil, there is some good.


VIII

Find balance between co-existing opposites.
Balance is seeing both opposing sides equally at the same time.
Balance is seeing all opposing pairs at the same time.
To find true balance is to achieve a heightened state of mind.
Most of the time we oscillate between opposites.
For example, we have faith in order to deal with chaos.
But chaos exists so that there is also order. One can not be removed from the other.
We must embrace both of these things.


IX

Thinking in terms of an "us" and a "them" is destructive to one’s sense of self.
To embrace everything is the same as embracing oneself.
Because we are all connected, we must all be respectful of one another.
Tolerance is necessary for the survival of all.


X

God does not exist for humanity.
God is not my God.
God exists just as we exist.
I am being. I seek to be.