Should we really question our beliefs, even the most "holy" of them??

Posted on Mindvalley University facebook page:

Last night, at dinner, this issue came up:

Should we question our beliefs, to the point of assuring we have the correct and beneficial ones?

Is it effrontery for Vishen to call “The Secret”, “kindergarten reality”?

Is it rude for Dr. Shefali Tsabary (and Socrates) to urge us to “question everything!”

Why bother?

Well, the reason is that it is the only way to get to “what actually works in the reality of life”?

Yes, in our primitive minds, we humans will hold onto beliefs as if “they ‘r us”, but in no way is that belief true For we have beliefs, they are not part of us, not a part of our true selves, but simply a tool we embrace for our own good.

I hope that we further question our beliefs during this wonderful learning time and then that we, as soon as possible, really nail down this belief thing, as it determines the very quality of our lives!

Here’s an excerpt from one of my pieces on this:

“We as humans seek to explain the unexplainable and to believe that our explanations are the truth. That is natural and definitely explainable, as is covered in this site's The Believing Brain - after reading it, you may want to buy the book, for it is certainly a vital central understanding you will need to successfully navigate life.

To emphasize and repeat: This is an essential understanding for all humans to have, if they are to live the lives they are capable of. It is, it seems to me, a necessity to do our own examination of what is true or not and to decide what is a positive, possibly valid (even if not proven) belief - and that means to screen out any distortions that limited human beings wrote into the literature, as some beliefs directly contradict what are proven valid beliefs and/or make people unduly dependent or unrealistic about life.”

So... are there any "kindergarten beliefs" that we have left unquestioned and uncorrected? Or should we just continue to believe them because they, on the surface, "feel good?"