This is week IV of changing our beliefs to make them work for us rather then against us. If needed, feel free to go back and view the prior week’s messages on this topic, you can find them on my blog. Today though, let’s go over that list you made containing those beliefs and those things that you want to change for the better.
First order of business: there has been known to be magic in a written down list. We have done it for the: honey do list, choir list, shopping list and even recently it was the Christmas shopping list. To make a list, read it aloud and then mark things off that list gives us confidence because we are able to see and measure progress. This list of beliefs you want to change works very much the same way. Remember, you gave yourself permission to examine and change some things, so honor that and don’t look back. But write it down, no, a mental list is not good enough.
Take the first item on your list and read it aloud. Then, ask yourself why is it that you believe that? What makes you believe that to be true for you? Is it a past experience, a past teaching or did your Mom and Dad teach you that? Basically, challenge the why behind the belief. Here is why: if what you believe you inherited by someone else, then the truth of it is that all you did was merely adopt that belief as your own. You didn’t create it by yourself, you got it 2nd hand or as a hand me down. Now this is not bad by any means but if it is not working for you to produce a harvest, then why not just let go of it? Simply put, it was never really yours to start with. If you didn’t create it on your own, it belongs to someone else. So… if you don’t like it and it does not work for you, then simply give it back. Much like racism, it is rarely ever conceived from one’s own self, it is inherited.
If you have a belief about something that is holding you back and it was formed through a life experience then you are going to have a harder time replacing that belief but yes, it can still be done. An example of what I am talking about here is let’s say you believe that being rich is evil (just as an example). You believe this because you have seen first hand rich people step on, mistreat, abuse and take advantage of others. So for you, rich people are evil and you relate being rich with stepping on others to get ahead. This is how your belief was formed. To change that belief, you may need to do some leg work and find those who have done a lot of good with large sums of money. Maybe even meet a few of those people who are rich, talk with them, see what there attitude is like and see the good they have done for there community or the people in it. I personally know a handful of people who are very well off and I have seen some of the good that there fortune has. Reaching out to find, examine and study those who have done great things with money can correct the belief you have that rich people take advantage of people and that’s how they get rich. Again, this is just one example I am using, there are several ways to overcome this particular subject. And remember, you need to allow yourself to believe a different way. It’s the allowing that has the power in it to transform.
The idea here is to challenge what you believe. It’s the why. I use to think that anyone who golfed in the rain was totally crazy! That was my Dad’s belief, not mine but he gave it to me when I was young and I accepted it. Until one day, when I was in my teen’s, I saw my Dad fishing the river, from the bank and not only was it pouring down rain, but it was just 34 degrees! So…when you see something like this, you have to stop and wonder: “where did I get my beliefs from”? Challenge those beliefs you have written down on your list, challenge every one of them. Are they even yours or did you just inherit them? Where did they come from and how did you end up with them? All of these questions demand a solid answer.
Next week, we will cover part 5 and go deeper with your list.
Have a great Friday everyone and be blessed.
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