Behaviour always follows belief.
Our beliefs determine the standard or our behaviour. This is why other people choose to control our belief system, because it determines our standard of behaviour. When I conform to other people’s beliefs, I automatically behave to their standard.
This is how parents control their children, religions control their churches, society controls its people and governments control the public.
Our beliefs are stored in our sub-conscious mind, which means that we are not conscious of them and therefore mostly unaware of what is causing our behaviour and our actions. As long as we conform to what we as a society deem to be acceptable behaviour, there is no problem for society; or so it is commonly believed.
The real problem in society is that conforming to other people’s standards is a toleration and every toleration is indeed a problem. When tolerations become intolerable, society is forced to enforce its standards with a policing force. A police force is appointed to police and enforce standards by law.
I tolerate the beliefs that other people have given me, so as not to been seen as a trouble maker. Tolerating anything is a toleration, which is a problem for me. All my problems in life are caused by other people’s beliefs limiting my behaviour and disallowing my own personal choice of action. They disallow my choice of personal standards in favour of their choice of standard for me. I am led to believe that their choices are my own choices, even though I do not own them as my own conscious choice.
Whenever I am conforming to what I believe that I must do, ought to do, should do or have to do, I am tolerating someone else’s standard of behaviour that is controlling my actions.
The standards of behaviour that I adopt in my family are called Principles. Principles are what I believe that I have to conform to, to be accepted by my family.
The standards of behaviour given to me by my religion or church are called Morals. Morals are what my church deems to be acceptable behaviour by its congregation. My church determines what I ought to do, to behave in an acceptable manner to them.
The standards of behaviour given to me by my society are called Ethics. Ethics are what my societal group’s culture has grown to believe to be acceptable behaviour within their society. Society determines what I have to do to be a good citizen. Whether as a student in school, an employee at work or attending a social group for recreation, I am expected to behave in an ethical way by conforming to the ethos of the creed of my particular society.
The standards of behaviour given to me by my Government are called Laws, Bye Laws, Rules & Etiquette of good conduct. The ruled classes are governed by laws and the ruling classes are governed by etiquette. Government determines what I must do to stay licit, lawful & legal.
Whether I conform to a principle, a moral, an ethic, a law or a rule of etiquette, it is someone else’s belief that is determining my behaviour by dictating what I should, ought to, have to and must do; in order for my life to be tolerable, bearable, endurable, sufferable & survivable.