Michael’s Core Beliefs in a Nutshell

I am often asked (usually by skeptics, trolls and naysayers) to summarise my basic beliefs, and so while this isn’t common on a personal site, it makes sense to do so here.

My principles, ideologies and beliefs have changed over the years. This used to concern me. How could I change my core beliefs? This would mean acknowledging that something I firmly believed in previously was now wrong. So for years I resisted changing my beliefs. It was comforting to find a belief system and wallow in it’s welcoming woolliness.

Not any more.

I’m now comfortable changing my core beliefs without much fanfare, particularly if doing so further expands my consciousness. So my current core beliefs below, in no particular order, are subject to change. Change is good.

Core Beliefs

• “The System” we’re born into in the Western world is merely a game played unknowingly by us according to rules created by others.  Although we’re free to make any choices we desire, the available options are severely restricted, giving the illusion of freedom.  No matter which choice we make, the creators of the game win.  Heads they win, tails we lose.
• However, we’re free to change the rules, or even change the game completely, once we ‘grok’ the game and know the rules.
• The game we’re playing is a Ponzi scheme.  It requires an ever-increasing flow of money in order to keep the scheme going, which is why all businesses are constantly pressured to keep growing. Hence consumerism.  Consumerism promotes personal competition (I’m better than you because of what I own, not because of who I am) and hence separatism.  Separatism is the core blockage to true happiness.
• Until we change the rules, winning means becoming a better consumer.  Consuming adds no value; creating is what sets man apart from other mammals. Until we consciously create we cannot make a meaningful contribution to humanity.
• Because the game we’re playing is a Ponzi scheme, all known systems are due to collapse at some point, and probably sooner than we realize.  Government, debt-based monetary systems, healthcare systems, food production based on mechanized agriculture, reliance on fossil fuels and many other systems that we take for granted will soon be relics from a dim and distant era.  But rising from the ashes will be a new way of doing business.
• ‘Right’ and ‘wrong’ is relative and is determined by a combination of your geographic location, your cultural background and the date on your calendar.  (Simple version: there is no such thing as right and wrong).
• The political debate is a sham.  No matter where you live in the world, you are subject to the laws of  Mercantilism. In layman’s terms, this is an economic theory in which government has the right to intervene to play a protectionist role when the forces of supply and demand threaten a nation state. Good for government, bad for individual freedom.
• The religious debate is a sham.  All sacred texts convey the same metaphysical message, tweaked for regional, cultural and historical differences.  The essence is that we are all spiritual beings on a physical journey and that we are equal partners in the creative process of the Universe.  The objective of the game is to continuously expand consciousness, or become God.  [Ooooh, controversial!]
• Expanding consciousness is cool.  In the Christian tradition, God is described as Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent. These are metaphysical terms which apply to Ascendant Man: one who can know and embrace everything, do anything they choose, and be truly Universal. Once you reach this state of consciousness, you have already achieved the ability to be God.  Psalm 46:10 – Be still and know that I am God.  [OK, now I've just lost all credibility...]
• For the first time in our generation, serious scientific research is concluding that our traditional understanding of science is hopelessly inadequate and that Classical Physics is rapidly being replaced by Quantum Physics.  Part of that process is realizing that thought alone is sufficient to perform miracles, as taught by most of the world’s religions.  In essence, there is no clash between religion and science.  The only clash is between religion and Classical Physics, which required faith to believe in a force which Quantum Physics can now prove definitively.
• All of life is an ongoing process, a constant development of consciousness or understanding.  There are no results, outcomes, destinations or achievements worthy of praise.  Only process.  Consider a series of Russian nested dolls.  Our limiting beliefs entrap us in a series of babushka cages.  As we break free of one limiting belief, we become aware of the next belief holding us back.
• Humanity is currently experiencing a shift from one Age to the next.  Just as people living through the Industrial Revolution were oblivious to the Big Picture changes around them, hindsight and historians will prove that the decades on either side of 2012 represented a major change in humanity’s thinking and progress, leading to the next Revolution (or rather, Evolution).
• As a result, the meaning and intent of business, commerce, conscious creation, methods of wealth creation and success will be totally different in years to come.  This change from one way of doing business to another should be welcomed, not feared, by those who see the signs and are prepared.  Civilizations have come and gone before, and many survived and even prospered. The decline of all previous civilizations was overly rapid growth of the empire, which we are currently witnessing.  For those who are prepared, the collapse of industrialized civilization as we know it is assured and will be a positive outcome.

Other Concepts Worth Mentioning

• Triangular Theory of Consciousness
• Map of Consciousness
• Omega Point

Quotable Quotes

“Wisdom is the ability to comfortably replace outdated beliefs.” — Michael Haupt

“In the beginning was the Big Bang. Following that were 15 billion years of evolution of stars and planets; the coming together of certain chemicals to create life on planet Earth; the further evolution of more complex life forms, and their sorting out through natural selection; culminating in the human brain with its fantastic capabilities. Thus the essential characteristics of human nature are to be understood as the consequence of an evolutionary succession of random events (from the origin of life to later mutations) and natural selections, and hence accidental—without purpose or meaning.

Since our basic drives appear to be survival, pleasure, and procreation, it is only natural that the economy should have become the paramount institution of modern society, around which everything else revolves, and that economic logic and values should be the primary guides to our individual and collective decision making. It is only natural that we should treat the Earth and our fellow creatures as ‘resources,’ to be used in the service of the economy, and that we should view controlling nature through technology as one of modern society’s most impressive achievements.

This central myth infuses and informs our education, healthcare policy, legal justice system, business, and other social institutions. If it were to be found fundamentally in error, the implications are far-reaching.” – Global Mind Change, The Worldview Challenge, Willis Harman.  From Western Society’s Central Myth.

“You are at one with the Universe. He who says he is different from others, even by a hair’s breadth, immediately becomes miserable. Happiness belongs to him who knows this oneness, who knows he is one with the Universe.” – Hindu Upanishads

“Myths are grand stories that portray, in an imaginative and symbolic manner, the basic mental structures, understanding and worldview created by a culture and which in turn create and maintain that culture. As such, myths seem to be essential to cultural coherence and well-being and much of our contemporary confusion may reflect the fact that our culture is ‘between myths.’ Ideally, myths complement and harmonize with other modes of knowing and explanation such as rational knowledge and transrational wisdom. However, problems arise when symbolic myths are not recognized as such but are mistaken for empirical facts or linear logic.” – Perennial Wisdom in a Postmodern World, Roger Walsch