Debating Authenticity

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense”. Buddha

This quote, very clearly, resonates with the entire authenticity dilemma. We tend to believe in something because we have allowed ourselves to be intimidated into agreeing with someone else’s value in it.  It's called peer pressure, and it happens with adults just as much as with children and teens. However, deep in our own belief system, it does not sit well. It is a struggle as the defender of the belief communicates a strong argument and you are unable to verbally express your rebuttal.

It does not matter; winning the argument does not validate anything; it just means that the winner is a better debater. What holds clout is living the belief you own without even discussing it; you have won the debate by “doing” it. That is the triumph, the gold medal; that is authenticity in its truest form.