Beliefs

Beliefs are the subject of various important philosophical debates. They are an attitude that something is the case, or that some proposition about the world is true. In epistemology, philosophers use the term "belief" to refer to attitudes about the world which can be either true or false.

There are three types of beliefs: 1). about ourselves; 2). about others; and 3). about the world around us. Our beliefs in each of these areas shape our perceptions and perspectives, which, ultimately shape our perceived reality.

To 'believe' is to have confidence in the truth. While 'belief' is the feeling of being certain that something exists or is true; holding a belief does not require active introspection.

Beliefs are a choice. We have the power to choose our beliefs. Our beliefs become our reality. Beliefs are not just cold mental premises, but are 'hot stuff' intertwined with emotions (conscious or subconscious).

 “I can believe things that are true and things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not.” Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman

Virtually every social interaction involves reasoning about the perspectives of others, or “Theory of Mind (ToM).” An important aspect of ToM is the ability to infer the mental states of individuals who lack knowledge about key information and who consequently hold a false belief, a belief that is inconsistent with reality. This aspect of ToM is called false belief reasoning.

According to spiritual beliefs, an ‘aura’ or ‘human energy field’ is a colored emanation said to enclose a human body; animal; or object. In some esoteric positions, the aura is described as a subtle body.

The halo that you see in Renaissance paintings is an artistic symbol that means a Prophet; Saint; Angel; Monk; site or object is holy. It's a symbol. They actually didn't have a glowing aura around them all the time. (They did have their moment of transfiguration when they glowed bright white, but for every day chores or time, they looked like everyone or everything else.

About 99/% of our bodies is made up of atoms of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen atoms in us were produced in the big bang, and the carbon, nitrogen and oxygen atoms were made in burning stars. The very heavy elements in by were made in exploding stars.

The human body literally glimmers. The intensity of the light emitted by the body is 1000 times lower than the sensitivity of our naked eyes (field of vision). Ultraweak photon emission is known as the energy released as light through the changes in energy metabolism. The human body directly and rhythmically actually emits light.

Neurons in the human brain produce photons, and are apparently capable of being the infrastructure for light-based communication and activity.

Over the last 100 years, scientists have realized, first in rats, that neurons in mammalian brains were capable of producing photons, or “biophotons.” The photons appear, though faintly, within the visible spectrum, running from near-infrared through violet, or between 200 and 1,300 nanometers.

Axons are the fibers that carry a neuron’s electrical signal outward; myelinated axons are covered in myelin, a fatty substance that electrically insulates the axon. The axons could pass between 46% and 96% of the light they receive over a distance of 2 millimetres, the average length of a human brain’s axons, the percentage depending on bending, sheath thickness, etc…

They also worked out that, though rat brains can pass just one biophoton per neuron a minute, human brains, with many more neurons, could convey more than a billion biophotons per second.

All together, the researchers conclude, “This mechanism appears to be sufficient to facilitate transmission of a large number of bits of information, or even allow the creation of a large amount of quantum entanglement.” So there’s what could act as an entire network for light-based communication in place.

Modified versions of molecules found in fireflies make brain cells glow so brightly they are visible from outside the body.

Occasionally throughout history, when the moment is spiritually profound enough, people have been recorded as emitting light through their own skin. Such as in the Bible 'Glowing' occurs (18 instances in 10 translations); ‘Glow’ (11 instances in 5 translations); ‘Glowed’ (3 instances in 2 translations); ‘Gloweth’ (1 instance in 1 translation); ‘Glows’ (2 instances in 4 translations); ‘Beam’ (22 instances); ‘Brilliant’ (8 instances); ‘Burn’ (245 instances); Earnest (41 instances); Exciting (3 instances); ‘Fiery’ (69 instances); ‘Radiance’ (14 instances); and ‘Shine’ (68 instances).

The Bible talks a lot about the glow. Light has always been a symbol of holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom, grace, hope, and God's revelation. By contrast, darkness has been associated with evil, sin, and despair.

That said, our abstract knowledge is based on beliefs, and our faith is related to such because it provides the conviction that our beliefs are true since based on what we have been told and hold as true, as such, need not to be supported with factual evidence in order to exist and be powerful…

Food for thought!