It’s not often that we think very deeply about where our beliefs come from, we have a view of the world and what is possible for us in life and most of us just get on with it, almost living out the life that we have been conditioned to live. Our beliefs have been shaped and sculpted by a whole host of things including:- parents, teachers, friends, peers, media, life experiences, trial and error, even our imagination plays a role in our beliefs.
It’s no coincidence the word “lie” sits in the middle of the word belief and most of the time our belief about what is possible is a lie and yet we hold on to these beliefs that have stuck to us throughout of lives.
Now I’m not suggesting that you get rid of all of your beliefs, just the ones that are holding you back from being able to do more, have more and be more in your life, by all means please do keep hold of the beliefs that have served you well and helped you achieve great results.
How often have you sat and thought about what impact a single thought has on you?
How many times have you wondered where a certain belief has come from and whether it is still true for you now?
When you boil it down, a thought is a series of chemical cascades which over time will have an impact on your results that show up in your life both internally and externally.
By internally, I mean your fitness, health (including diseases) your wellbeing ie. whether you are stressed and worry about stuff. More and more data is available about genetics and it seems to be responsible for about 2-4% of diseases (Biology of Beliefs by Bruce Lipton), the rest is made up of our thinking, exercise (or lack of) and our diet!
What shows up externally are things like how much you have in your bank account, the car you drive, the house you live in, the quality of your relationships with people at work and your loved ones along with all of the things you can physically measure outside of yourself.
Ultimately, it is your thinking that drives your beliefs. The big challenge for all of us is to be able to slow down enough to spend some time to pick through the beliefs that are still useful and then have a clear out of the ones that are useless, a de-cluttering to make room for you to bring some new thinking into your life.
To make it easy, beliefs come in 2 sizes, you either have Limiting beliefs or Empowering beliefs! Your beliefs will drive every decision you make in your life so it’s probably worth checking them out every now and then.
Tags: belief, inspiration, motivation
