One’s ideology establishes a purpose to one’s life.
One’s ideology provides a worldview through which one perceives and makes sense of reality, and through which one seeks harmony with the world and one’s self.
One’s ideology defines one’s personal identity and gives one a sense of belonging.
Beliefs: Faith in an idea that gives meaning to a meaningless world; it is a response to the human spiritual needs, which affects the immaterial ideology, with no effects on the material world.
One’s beliefs, love and knowledge, i.e, his ideology, are solely defined by one’s environment and experiences, over which the human being has no direct control. Human thoughts are a part and a product of the universe's unbroken chain of causality; the human being does not posses free will.
The human being is endowed with consciousness; he has the ability to become aware of the ideology he adheres to, can put it in perspective and desire self-growth.
The human being can alter his ideology by acquiring knowledge, confronting foreign beliefs and discovering new passions.
The human being can exert an indirect control on his ideology by adopting an open mind towards the outside world and confronting reality;