A great way to be disappointed by reality is to walk around with a set of expectations.  This is a path to unhappiness reports News 24.com.

They go on to state the idea that Belief is an emotion just like anger, surprise and happiness.  This article is controversial with a myriad of religious examples.  But it raises some interesting ideas and questions about the power or lack there of, of belief when it is based on fact and when it is based on illusion (misunderstood facts).

 ”Our beliefs become real, not because they are real, but because we see what we believe.”

When we have particular beliefs about ourselves and the world, many of us tend to expect that others share them.  The article suggests that beliefs are a constant reconfiguration of our expectations.

It goes on to state that belief as an emotion has a negative impact on humanity as it is an illusion to truth because most of the time belief is based on faith and not facts.  However, it only seems fallible to believe in something that is not substantiated via facts or effects (experiences).  A good question to address might be,

Don’t beliefs form from experiences with life, freedom, right and wrong?

The article goes on to state that we cannot distinguish emotionally between the past and future, or even between dreams, memories and reality (all of these stimulate the brain in the same way).

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What do you think about Belief, its place as an Emotion and how it Shapes our Reality?