Uncovering our unconscious beliefs

Remember last week’s blog about ‘The Power to Create What we Want’ (Monday, February 20). We learnt about how our beliefs become a source of creation in our lives. We literally get what we expect.

If you believe weight-loss is difficult, then you will only have difficult experiences trying to lose weight. Alternatively if you believe that weight-loss occurs for you easily as you focus on listening to and trusting your body, you'll see it gradually and continually shift.

Our beliefs are the unconscious accumulation of a lifetime of idea’s taught to us by the behavior modeled around us. Most people don’t realize they can change the unsupportive beliefs they no-longer want creating their reality.

Our beliefs reside in our unconscious mind; you could go a whole life-time and never learn what they are, if you’re not willing to pay attention. Pay attention to what? 

Well, our lives, our body, our relationships, our income… our whole reality is a by-product of our belief system. Learn from your life what ideas/ beliefs must have been present in order to allow you to create your specific reality. (This could be a great weekly action item to observe your life, and find what kind of beliefs you must have in order to have the life you do…)

Fast forward one week, and you probably have a good list of beliefs you have identified by following their trail (in the current reality that you've created). Now the fun part is sorting them into two piles; write down in one list all the beliefs that help you get what you want… the ones that support you, and help you feel good (supportive Beliefs). The other pile are the beliefs that have created things you don’t want in your life, they are the beliefs that hold you back from what you want, and leave you feeling down, low and unhappy (unsupportive Beliefs).

Write them down into two lists now…. E.g.

Supportive Beliefs:                                                           

I can have a fulfilling career                                                

I live in peace                                                                      

I am surrounded by people who love me      

Unsupportive Beliefs
 
I never have enough…                     

People aren’t trust-worthy
I’ll always struggle with my weight

If there are any beliefs where you don’t know whether they are supportive or not, say them out loud to yourself, and notice how you feel when you say them. Supportive beliefs are encouraging; they feel positive, joyful, strengthening and helpful. The unsupportive beliefs make you feel unsure, scared, sad, down or low. Pay attention to your feelings to know if they are supportive or unsupportive. Trust yourself.

Now that you’ve divided them into two piles, you know what ones you want to keep and what ones you are ready to change. Next week’s blog will go into more detail teaching you how to change your unsupportive beliefs.