Trainers Box
How To Change
Beliefs With Mind Power
1. Become Aware Of Them
If many of our limiting beliefs are unconscious,
how on earth can we uncover them? Look around at your life. Your day-to-day
life is a graphic portrait of your beliefs. Your limiting beliefs will show up
as your fears. Take a look at the following arenas of your life and as you
focus on each of them, notice what feelings come up.
Self-Appreciation – How do you feel about yourself? Do you like who you are?
Relationships and Family – Do you enjoy your relationships? Are they
deepening and fulfilling for you? Are you able to work through “stuff” as it
comes up with those who are close to you?
Creativity, Dreams, Career and Aspirations – Is your heart fulfilled? Do you wake up in the
morning excited about what you’re going to do that day? Are you sharing your
unique gifts with the world?
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| Do you wake up excited? |
Abundance and Money – Does money flow easily for you? Are you able to comfortably take
care of yourself and those you love? Are you able to do the things your heart
longs to do?
Did you
notice any fears as you read through the list? If so, you’ve identified a
limiting belief, or two or ten :-).
For
example, as you put your attention on abundance and money, if you feel fear,
look closer to see what the thought is that is connected to it. Sometimes the
feelings come up so quickly we aren’t aware of the thought, but, trust me, it
is there. If there is a feeling, there was a thought that it originated from,
even if it flashed past so quickly you didn’t catch it the first time. Use your
mind power to ferret it out. Questions can be used as probes. Simply go inside
and ask: “What thought is at the source of this fear?” or “What is the belief
that this fear comes from?”
This may
take some practice but eventually, by inviting and intending clarity, your mind
power will show you the thought/belief that is at the base of the fear.
2. Dismantle The Belief
Realize
that you haven’t been the victim of some horrible truth that you don’t have
control of. Instead, you have simply been terrorizing yourself with your own
mind power! The thought form at the base of the big scary fear is actually only
a wisp of energy! Without us feeding it with attention, it has no power at all.
Really
take this to heart. This is an important step in un-powering and dismantling
the belief. Again, these beliefs are really just thought forms. They are not
reality and with some effort they can be changed.
3. What Do You Really Want?
Okay,
you’ve identified where you are. You’ve gotten honest with yourself and
uncovered a negative belief. Now, you need to figure out where you want to go
from here and use your mind power to chart your course. Ask yourself, “What do
I want in this situation?”
Using the
money example above, let’s say that the belief/thought you uncovered was: “I’ll
never get ahead.” So, I will assume that what you do want in this situation is
to not only “get ahead” but to prosper abundantly. Hey, why not!
4. Bridge The Gap
Usually, we can’t immediately make the leap from a
strong negative emotion or belief to a positive one, but using mind power we can
incrementally move toward it, and get there one realistic step at a time. We
can alter our beliefs by applying new thoughts to the old beliefs until we mold
them into that which we prefer. Then we practice the new viewpoint or belief.
If we
stop feeding something, it dies. If you stop feeding attention, water and
sunlight to your house plant, it will die. Likewise if we stop feeding a
limiting belief with our attention and begin feeding a positive, expansive one,
the old belief will die and the new one will take root and flourish.
So, back to our example. Now that you’ve clarified what you want, you just
need to make a mental bridge from “I’ll never get ahead” to “I am abundantly
prosperous.” You build that bridge one thought at a time, using the power of
positive thinking. What is very important is that each thought that you choose
for your thought-bridge is one that you absolutely believe to be true. If you
don’t believe the thought, your Emotional Feedback Guide will give you negative
feelings, probably fear, and your “bridge” will collapse.
Using
your mind power, reach for a thought that you not only believe on the subject,
but one that brings relief and positive feelings. It might be something like,
“I’m excited about uncovering this belief that has been holding me back. Now I
can do something about it.” Try that out and check in with your Emotional
Feedback Guide to see if that piece of your “bridge” is going to hold or
not. If it is too big a leap (which you can tell by negative emotions that
attend it), then try out another one like, “I know it’s possible to be
prosperous, because I see that others have prosperity.”
“The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns
to its original size.” -
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Once you
have your first thought that you believe on the subject that feels good, reach
for another one that feels even better, like, “I’m happy that I’m learning
these new principles because I sense they can change my life.” From there you
might go to “What do I really love doing?” then, “How can I do more of that in
my life right now? Okay, I can see the possibility that there is something I
could do to create abundance in my life, doing something that I really love
doing. I can feel my heart expanding just thinking about it. And I know that
that is how I let in abundance, by keeping open to this positive energy as much
as I can. Hey, this is starting to feel pretty exciting!”
As long
as you keep following any trail of thought that occurs to you that brings a
lighter, expanded feeling, with your mind power you will bridge your way to “I
am abundantly prosperous,” or maybe “I can be abundantly prosperous doing what
I love to do.” Just keep feeding this new bridge of thought whenever the
subject comes up in your mind. It is also helpful to set aside reflection time
to focus on this process for each belief you uncover.
You build
the bridge to where you want to go simply by choosing the direction of your
thoughts. There are only two directions for them to go: in a positive
direction, which aligns you with your inherent wellbeing, or in a negative
one, which blocks you from wellbeing. If you keep looking for and
feeding the positive ones, your bridge builds itself!
For more
about how your emotions can help you build this bridge to where you want to
go, click here.
5. Clear Out The Residue
All of
our beliefs were originally set in motion because of things that have happened
to us in the past. In conjunction with building a thought bridge to a positive
belief, I highly recommend clearing out the energy of the old one, as well as
whatever trauma that is related to it. This process is quite easy and is
described here.
Preventive
Maintenance
Using mind power to uncover and release old
limiting beliefs is an ongoing process. For me it certainly is. Besides
identifying and cleaning out the old stuff, it is also important to stop new
negative beliefs from forming while they are still in the beginning thought
stage. Use your Emotional Feedback Guide to notice whenever you begin
to feel negative emotion. What I’ve noticed is that the more wellbeing that I
experience, the more noticeable it is when I’m feeling “off.” The negativity
stands out much more and I’m far less willing to stay stuck in it.
As you go
about your day, catch yourself in the act. As soon as you feel negative
emotion, stop yourself and use your mind power to trace back to the thought or
belief that triggered the negative feeling. As you practice the steps above,
they will become easier and more automatic.
Three Levels Of Creation
As stated before, the first stage of creation
begins with our mind power, our thoughts. Then on a more energized level, we
create with our words. The forming power of words is much greater than the
forming power of just thoughts. Then, on the next level, we create with our
actions, even more powerfully than with our words.
Therefore,
it is really important to watch your feelings when you talk. I’ve caught myself
saying seemingly harmless declarative statements to someone like, “Boy, it’s
been tough lately!” or “What a klutz I am!” and I feel all the life force drain
right out of me. I can feel the gateway to my wellbeing closing off. That’s a
huge tip-off to not continue speaking in that direction of thought. I feel
exactly the same debilitating feelings if I say something negative about
someone else. This isn’t about being “good” or “bad.” This is about allowing or
sabotaging our own precious wellbeing!
Also
notice how you feel as you perform different actions. Does that action evoke a
positive feeling or a negative one? If it produces a negative one, it’s time to
make a course correction.
All of
these things – ferreting out and changing limiting beliefs, working with (and
not against) your mind power to choose a positive direction of thoughts, words
and actions – will make a huge difference in the quality of your life. You will
feel more freedom, love and true self-empowerment than you ever knew was
available!
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