A Gymnasium Of Beliefs

We are bound to hold beliefs or images of the world and ourselves thatexceed available evidence. They will tend be limiting and blinkered butsometimes also heuristic and inspiring. It is probably not a good thing to remain inside any set of beliefs for long, so we might as wellexercise our 'belief muscles' and see just what we can think of orimagine as possible without bothering over much about what we mightapprove of in terms of our past conditioning. Hence the idea of a'Gymnasium of Beliefs'.The theme of Higher Intelligence can now, inthe 21st century, be seen equally as science fiction or mysticism, as aquestion of technology or of religion, and it is reflected ininnumerable realms of discourse, each in its own way. Beliefs aboutaliens, artificial intelligence, angels, galactic influences, ancientwisdom, and many other things continue to proliferate, often with scantregard to either plausibility or contrary evidence but remainstimulating and challenging.A Gymnasium of Beliefs in HigherIntelligence uses a wide range of beliefs and attitudes to reality as abasis for exploring and enjoying our possibilities as denizens of anevolving universe. It makes no claims to any special perceptions orknowledge and offers no panaceas for our woes. It is a narrative ofnarratives. The author says, 'I had to use a lot of words to say something simple because it is beyond belief.'Anthony Blake has a background in physics and educational research and is alecturer and author of many books including The Supreme Art of Dialogue