Alladin and Philosophy

So today I was thinking, and for some reason this totally random idea popped into my head. So I was planning on making my next few posts based around my religious beliefs, I am going to sort of sidestep the original plan, and post something a little different, which still relates to my religious beliefs.

So this whole idea was sparked by a conversation that I had with my little brother when we were on a drive to get gas in my car and get slurpees for my siblings. We were talking about (don't ask me how this conversation came up, I really do not know) subtraction in some sense. I am sure that it was just me contradicting something he said and then he attempted to explain it in this way. "If you have 8 apples, and you give 4 of them away, you only have 4 left." Now here is where my religious beliefs come into play. My little brother doesn't really understand the basis of my beliefs and is very christian, going to a catholic school and all the rest of it. So I attempted to put a little philosophy into his head.

If you have 8 apples, and give 4 away, that must mean that you believe that you have enough apples to give away, and thus you will always have more than enough apples to give away, and therefore will never be stuck with just 4 apples. Basically the way I justify this will be explained more with some future blog posts where I explain in detail my understanding of manifestation. But basically, what one believes to be true, will be true. This goes through a certain range of steps starting from the thought, than the belief (subconscious) to the manifestation (primal thought, also known by some as God), and then back to us as inspiration.

I don't know how understandable that is, it is very late but anyway. I was then thinking about alladin at one point for some reason and that conversation came to mind in the same moment, and my brain pretty much fused the two ideas together. Alladin, is a street boy who has to steal his apples and bread to eat, we learn this very early in the movie when we meet his character, however we also learn that when he steals an apple, he won't necessarily keep it for himself, as he sees 2 little children who are hungry, and gives his food to them. The beauty of this to me, is that alladin ends up marrying a princess and having bounteous wealth beyond his imagination, why? Because he has believed for many years that he has more than enough to give away to those in need, and now he has all that he could possibly give away.

This extends further into the story of alladin and I can relate many different aspects of the story to my religious beliefs, I may take a crack at it in the future, just better preparing myself to write something more proper, maybe I will use my christian ethics class to write it. (Sorry Mr Hendrickson ha ha)

Let me know if you can relate Alladin's generosity leading to wealth to your religion too!