Changing unsupportive Beliefs

All of us have tried using affirmations to varying degrees of success. It may seem like they work for some and not for others. But the truth is using affirmations is a powerful way to shift your belief system when you know how. 

Last week we focused on finding unsupportive beliefs. Now you are ready to start shifting old unsupportive idea’s into beliefs that you know will support you to create and be what you want.

The most common mistake people make is to flip unsupportive beliefs 180 degree’s into a new belief that is the complete opposite of the previous one. But you can’t force your mind to adopt a new belief just by telling it what you want it to be true. For example: You are a size 20 and, you look into the mirror and tell yourself, ‘I’m a slim size 12’… What happens? The rational part of your mind says, ‘No you’re not you’re a size 20!’

Ah you may have experienced this before too… So, how can we bypass this clever rational mind of ours to focus our mind on creating the reality we want? The trick is to inject some emotion into the statement… Let’s take the previous example, a women who is currently a size 20 who wants to convince her unconscious mind that it can change and help her slim to a size 12? She could tell herself: “I am slim and attractive at a size 12” or “Being a size 12 helps me feel free and confident”. Notice how the statement does not refer to a time-frame or current reality, it merely emphasizes the emotions and pictures connected with a new alternate reality.

Your mind has a very tight security system that won’t be tricked into changing easily. The way to change your beliefs is to re-calibrate them to an emotionally acceptable level of truth. Now here’s how you can tell if the statement you want to tell yourself will be accepted by your unconscious mind, ‘Is it true?’ Is it true that you will feel confident at a size 12? If yes, then your unconscious will accept the idea and focus on the feelings and pictures you need to get there. But if you won’t feel confident at a size 12 then it will fall flat and not help you at all.

As long as you can get your mind to create the pictures and feeling associated with creating the reality you want, then it will be a successful affirmation. Focus on changing one belief at a time, and you’ll know you have been successful when new results show up in your reality that represent your new belief more than your old unsupportive belief.

If your mind can believe the statement is true then you have learnt how to use affirmations correctly. Find out more about how Lysa and Gina use this information to help women drop weight effortlessly... Creating Rapid Change