Here's an observation I have not come across yet in any self-improvement literature.
Your perfect belief system is achieved by using logic to remove as many incongruencies as possible.
I'll explain.
Most of us are born and raised with some type of social conditioning. If we take Western culture as an example we get subconsciously taught all kinds of different incongruent ways to live. For example, we are taught that men will be deeply satisfied if they nail a beautiful woman, yet men are also taught that the average man does not deserve her. We are taught to desire, but not deserve. This is such an unresourceful mindset in terms of producing a sense of self satisfaction, and it is just one example of incongruent beliefs we are raised to accept.
By taking the time to look logically at our own beliefs, or studying people with more sophisticated and resourceful belief systems, we can eventually see the faults and incongruencies in our current beliefs.
Taking my beautiful woman theory as an example, someone of more resourceful beliefs would look at that situation differently. Their mindset would probably be "it's common sense not to desire something I cannot have" or "I will learn the skills / mindsets I need in order to obtain what I desire".
This is the LOGICAL way of looking at it. Although, it will not appear so until you reach that way of looking at it (this is why you may think how you act is rational, but in fact in a year's time you will look back and realise it is not).
The same is true for other areas of growth.
It is LOGICAL to choose to have a purpose in life, and set your goals relative to that purpose, instead of achieving random goals in the hope that you will feel better after completing them.
It is LOGICAL to enjoy the present moment, rather than experience life as a means to an end.
It is LOGICAL to go out and challenge yourself to grow, rather than sitting in front of the TV.
Jesus Christ (assuming he existed) knew it was LOGICAL to spread love rather than go out and make rugs all day.
You will of course not act in these ways until you understand your incongruencies and when the logic in your entire belief system justifies acting that way. And it is for this reason that you are not going to turn into Jesus Christ overnight.
As you grow you will realise that some of the things you used to do just do not make sense any more. This is because the incongruent logic that was guiding you before was wrong. The more congruent your entire belief system becomes the more resourceful you become. Your belief system becomes more congruent when you logically look at what does not add up.
This is a really tough theory to explain, I've tried my best. To summarise, I believe the theory works as follows:
-You act in a way that is rational to your belief system.
-Your belief system is probably not congruent
-As your belief system becomes more congruent (through self study or observation or other's more congruent beliefs) you will act "more sensibly"
-Looking back at your old actions you will see that they are irrational compared to your more congruent / logical belief system
-Therefore all progress essentially results from the improvement in congruency and logic of your belief system
-The theoretical perfect belief system will be 100% congruent
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