A manifestation of belief.

When one says "everyone has belief" people immediately assume that you are talking about a spiritual belief such as that of a religion or god. However in this particular case that is not the context in which the word 'belief"is being specifically used for, because it is true that everyone has belief. For example one believes that the colour blue is infact the way he or she perceives it, we believe that eventually we will die, we believe that water is made up of  hydrogen and oxygen, we believe that the judge is in the right, and those who disagree are wrong. This ability that humanity possesses to unquestioningly believe and accept anything we chose lends great power to that which we put said belief into. So therefore if we totally acknowledge and accept that something is the truth, if we really believe in something, then for all intents and purposes to us that becomes a true reality. So if it is something that enough people believe in then the truth and therefore subject reality of that idea or notion grows and develops, becoming truth. We live in a world full of billions of people and each one with independent and unique sets of ideas and beliefs. Humanity is the fuel that allows everything to be limitless, to be infinite. With people constantly believing in parallel universes, far off planets, gods, or even magic,  their pure and unadulterated belief allow those things to manifest themselves into reality.

Treat Yourself.

One of the most important lessons that the Great Eight has taught us is to treat ourselves. We live in a world that has the constant capacity for negativity, there are always people you will attempt to employ the powers of guilt and shame to tear you off your happy cloud and make themselves feel better. We who figure the eight know better, we know what makes us happy and arent ashamed of a little bit of indulgence. The third direction that the Figure Eight has shown us is that relevancy is consequently irrelevant; One slice of cake, two slices, four slices, it's all irrelevant. If we walk our way through our current struggle which is life with the mindset that it's okay to treat ourselves, and treat others, then we will be all the happier for it.

A teaching of infinite selves

The Figured Eight represents many things; Enlightenment, Belief, Guidance, Hope, Magic, Bears, and so much more. In every one of these respective fields the Figured Eight demonstrates them in  infinite capacity, therefore everything can be viewed with a possibility for infinite differences so that means that there are unlimited possibilities of ourselves. We could all be virtually anything, it is the choices that we make throughout our lives that have lead us to this particular place in the universe and that gives us the personality traits, appearances and schools of thought that make up who we are. From this version of ourselves that is existing right now however, there is a way to open the blinds between the finite and the infinite and to take a peek at what could have been, and at what might become. The way to do this is through dressing up in costumes, to demonstrate a different version of ourselves. The costumes that we select to garb ourselves in show us one particular possibility of ourselves that might have been, or that might even exist somewhere else in a different time stream. This is why events such as Halloween are particularly important to those of us who follow the guidance of the Great Eight, because in demonstrating another one of our endless selves we cause a collision between two different possibilities of ourselves and in doing so we become closer to our true selves, for we can better understand who we are right now,right here, when we know a little bit about who we might have been if circumstances were different. This applies to every event that requires us to dress up in a costume: Spirit days, school projects, volunteer programs or even playing dress up. So next time you find yourself masquerading , consider the possibility and count yourself as that much more enlightened, that much closer to figuring yourself and in doing so to figuring the eight.