Know thyself.
These words were inscribed in the vestibule of the Temple of
Apollo at Delphi.
For centuries, petitioners seeking advice from the oracle at
Delphi would view the inscription. Philosophers throughout the
ages offered this same advice to their students. These words
are as valuable today as they were almost three thousand years
earlier.
Part of "knowing yourself" is understanding your beliefs. The
difficulty is that most beliefs are subconscious. They have
been accepted without ever having been critically examined.
As was described in last month's newsletter, the Law of
Attraction states that you will attract to yourself those
experiences that match your beliefs. These beliefs create your
experience of reality. What if these beliefs are in opposition
to what you're actually trying to accomplish? What if they no
longer serve you? Wouldn't it be useful to eliminate these
limiting beliefs?
There are a number of techniques to identify unconscious beliefs:
taking a battery of psychological tests or tapping into your
inner wisdom via meditation are two of them. There is a shortcut
that can predict with 99% accuracy what your beliefs are. It is
so simple that people usually overlook it. Even when it is
clearly stated, they frequently ignore it.
After all, most people have accepted these beliefs as true and
don't want to hear anything that might contradict what they
believe is true. Remember, you are not your beliefs. You are a
divine spiritual being, so why hold onto anything that is
preventing you from realizing this truth?
So here's the secret.
Look around. Whenever you have a repeating problem in some area
of your life, then that is where you have a false or limiting
belief. This doesn't mean that just because you're in between
relationships or jobs, you necessarily have a false belief. But
if the problem constantly reappears, then you can be 99% certain
a false belief is involved.
Avoid the temptation to blame someone for inserting this false
belief into your belief system. After all, you could easily point
fingers at your parents, teachers, friends, TV, etc., as well as
yourself. It's not important where it came from, you just want to
be rid of it, so you can experience your ideal life.
You have two choices here. You can 1) identify your unconscious
beliefs and release them, or 2) learn to recognize the symptoms
of accepting this limiting belief and change your thoughts. You
can also do a combination of the two.
=> Choice 1) Your attitudes will help you to identify your false
beliefs. Let's say you want more money. What is your impression
of wealthy people? Are you happy for them or resentful? If
you're resentful, then what signal do you think you're sending
out to the universe? You don't want anything to do with those
"rich people!" Consequently, the Law of Attraction states that
you won't attract wealth into your life.
One way to free yourself of a negative belief is to write it on a
piece of paper and burn it while telling yourself it is forever
banished from your being. Write a positive affirmation on another
piece of paper such as "Good people can have money." You can add
other affirmations, such as "I am worthy of prosperity" and
"Money flows easily to me." Repeat these affirmations aloud 9
times a day for 21 days. This is the length of time it takes to
reprogram your instinctive mind, where these beliefs are stored.
=> Choice 2) Recognize that your goal is make sure that you are
always sending out the proper vibration so that you attract to
yourself the experience you desire. The best barometer of whether
you are sending out the proper signals is to MONITOR YOUR
EMOTIONS. If you're not feeling good, then you need to change
your thoughts, because the emotions that are being felt, indicate
your thoughts are sending the wrong message.
Replace your negative thoughts with positive ones. The book, "Ask
and It is Given" identifies and ranks 22 emotions. Understanding
that most people can't go from despair to joy in one step, they
advise you to simply keep moving up the ladder. Eventually,
you'll get to feel joy more and more frequently and for longer
periods of time.
In both cases, you have substituted positive thoughts and
feelings for negative ones. You may recognize this involves a
degree of self- observation. As was inscribed on the Temple at
Delphi, "Know Thyself."
Incidentally, this process of substituting thoughts will work
for any thought, including a memory. If you have any unpleasant
memories, you can substitute positive experiences for them.
Mystics call this Mental Alchemy, after the old alchemists that
transformed lead into gold.
So, manifest your ideal life, the mystic's way.
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