Belief vs. Life Philosophy: The Paradox of Modern Capitalism and Our Values
We all gather beliefs in day to day life like hoodies and fridge magnets through this beautiful journey called life. Something that is deeply linked to our sense of importance, freedom and belonging or community. I was reflecting that belief on its own is not enough. Your beliefs itself are contingent on you surviving and preaching that said belief through practicing it. For instance, you can’t eat a belief or continue your day to day life and economies of existence solely on it. My view is that your belief is hamstrung to your life philosophy. The life philosophy that shapes your daily values, use of intellect and purpose in life. That’s where fun kicks in; our default life philosophy is usually crowdsourced from personal, cultural and geographical conditioning. My understanding is that the default religion of the world and probably the most common religion in today’s world is pursuit of happiness, acquiring external things for status and minimisation of pain i.e. capitalism and consumerism.