Okay, this is where it gets dicey, but, again, I can’t lay claim to anything original here. But in my wide travels around the world, I’ve run into ideas and beliefs I simply can’t adopt. So…here goes: I don’t believe…

• …in separation. If I subscribe to the belief that there is nothing in the Universe that is not God—a single Entity—then I must also subscribe to the belief that separation is impossible, since there is nothing that is apart from the whole. Albert Einstein (and I’m not referring to Albert Brooks here, although it’s quite possible we’re on the same page) elaborated on this point most eloquently: “A human being is a part of the whole, called by us “Universe”, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.”
• …in chance. I have to go along with Einstein again on this one . Says Al: “Quantum mechanics [based largely on a little ditty called "Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle"] is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the ‘Old One’. I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice.” Amen, Al.
• …in atheists. Of course, I believe atheism exists…I just don’t believe in true atheists. The way I see it, athiests are actually spiritual agnostics taken to the extreme. They have in their heads a preconceived idea of what God should be, and when they look around and see something completely different, they 1) reject the different version(s) as false. Then, not finding any “valid” alternatives, they 2) conclude that there is, in fact, no God at all. It’s like a blind man asserting there’s no such thing as light.

Oh, there are so many things I don’t believe! Many more to come!