Webster refers to a belief as "faith; an act of accepting as true, or giving credence to...". Premise is "a previous statement from which something is inferred or concluded." (It's also a piece of real estate--which just might be the most salient way to work with with our beliefs--upon what ground are our beliefs built anyway?--aka St. Peter) This may be the premise for the instructions to honor Truth initially for how Truth presents to us. It does seem that contemplating our premise's for our life, as Sara did in her commitment from yesterday's post, is the action step or the 'effect' of our belief for Truth as we currently experience it in our being.
Our beliefs and the actions resulting from our premises are either Life Giving or Life Killing, in terms of becoming who we are in our Soul Self. Jung has a lot to say about this in terms of the development of the Soul. So do Thomas Moore, James Hillman, and Marion Woodman. Thomas Aquinas wrote, "As a matter of honor, one man owes it to another to manifest the truth." It is also a matter of honor to our Self.
Self-Reflection: What is the premise of my beliefs around Truth?
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