Mine

A belief system can quickly go from describing some sort of truth to simply being a declaration of "this is mine." It takes work, limited time and energy, and social resources to make visible and bring a belief system into circulation, whether through publications, media and cultural outputs and practices, or simple labor and leisure practices themselves, as governed by various political, economic, and legal organizations at many different levels of scale. Many times social benefits accrue to fortunate souls who are merely perceived to produce or even preside over these beliefs. Getting at a belief system, especially for the incumbent, may go from an exercise in truth-finding and clarification to a struggle over "what is mine."