Reason is the tool for maintaining beliefs. What has to happen in order to transcend belief, is that one has to stop the process of reason (talking within ones own mind) by letting the objective mind relinquish control to the subjective mind (the part of the mind which accepts everything at face value. The objective mind tends to want to always have control. The subjective mind is usually in control only when one is sleeping. Sleep is the resolver of conflicts encountered during our wakeful lives. One can, however, relinquish control. It is not easy to do at first but can become second nature after a while.

I call it stopping the world though I am not the first to call it that. It is a state of not talking to yourself internally. I suppose what I do could be called meditation, but not with all the positions, mantras, or other methods of achievement: those are just devices or beliefs to get you there and often impede the process. I used to start by observing my thoughts as they came up. I found that I could go short periods focusing on not talking inside my head. Gradually the periods got longer, until now I can switch back and forth at will between the objective and subjective mind as the controller. If I do not have to solve a problem or resolve an issue, I am usually half way between the two. I am usually just coasting along enjoying the view so to speak. It is quite relaxing not to be in constant judgment of everything around me, not having to worry about the judgments of others. It is also a very enlightening state of awareness in that observing without bias, the actions of others as they interact with each other out of belief brings about an understanding that cannot be achieved otherwise. One can move through a room cluttered with beliefs that are in opposition to each other and leave the impression in each person that you are in harmony with them. It is a completely different thing than deceiving others by saying what you know they want to hear. It is saying only what is true about a situation, minus the bias. The absence of belief in what you say creates a diaglogue creates no opposition. Normally each opposing belief is in some way attached to the basic truth, the difference being what filters it is viewed by. If you only speak the basic truth, the filters of each cause them to see in only the way they want to. In other words you are not painting a view for them to see, you are giving them the fact as devoid of color. They will fill in their own colors as dictated by their filters.

In opposition to none, in harmony with all, and true to thyself.