Changing
Your Beliefs
Uncovering
a belief allows you to change it.
What is the moving force behind your personality, behavior,
and the way you interpret and react to your experiences?
Beliefs. They govern how you behave, feel and ultimately
live your life. In the self-help world, you probably have
heard a lot of talk about ‘beliefs’ as being these powerful
forces in your life. But what are they really?
The term ‘belief’ is a commonly used word and it doesn’t
mean the actual concept is as simple. There are many uses
of the term belief, each one describing very different
ideas. The truth is ‘belief’ is a piece of terminology to
describe a much bigger idea.
Most people think of beliefs as their conscious beliefs
such as a belief in a god, a belief that murder is wrong,
or a belief people are generally good. These conscious
beliefs are only a small part of the story and they are the
easiest part to understand and interpret. If I had to make
a prediction I would say that less than 10% of your beliefs
are conscious beliefs. The rest are in the subconscious.
What is a subconscious belief? Well first of all you
probably don’t refer to them as beliefs. Chances are likely
you aren’t even aware of them or their influence. These
beliefs are the small pieces of subconscious wiring inside
your brain of that dictate a huge portion of your behavior
and how you see the world as you do.
For example, you may have a subconscious belief that when
someone smiles at you it means they like you. This often
isn’t consciously registered but when you see someone
smiling at you, you simply feel “liked.” There is no
immediate conscious thought process about their smile but
there is a feeling; in this case it is positive. For sake
of clarity, I’m picking an extremely obvious example of a
subconscious belief. Most of your subconscious beliefs are
buried so deep into your psyche you don’t even realize they
are there affecting your behaviour and your health.
Beliefs are created from your childhood experiences.
Imagine you came into this world as your spiritual self, in
your full sense of purity and innocence. As the human
experience begins to naturally unfold, you start
interacting with your family, friends and neighbors. You
hear them calling you various names, both positive and
negative. Those closest to you may have called you stupid
or smart, too sensitive or too thick-skinned, dishonest or
honest, stubborn or easy-going, etc. These words are only
their opinions of who you are and they are not based on the
truth because they have been judged and shamed themselves.
It's all they know what to say from their own life
experiences. So wanting to be loved and somehow "fit in" we
accept these ideas as the truth. When in reality they are
not the truth, merely someone's opinion or judgment of us.
As a child, you begin to live your life hearing these
judgments over and over until you feel these words must be
the truth of who you are. Voila .... a belief is born. It
is the positive or negative feeling you have when you hear
these words that make them your beliefs. You then see the
evidence of this belief when it is being reinforced by your
newly created world around you. Keep this in mind; your
beliefs create every situation around you in your life.
A better metaphor for what I am describing is to think of
all your beliefs as little wires inside your brain. Some of
this wiring is fundamental and you have little awareness of
it and even less control over it. Other beliefs range in
complexity and awareness from subtle motivators to the
beliefs that you recognize. But beliefs are not thoughts.
They come from deep and longstanding feelings.
Understanding that most of your beliefs lie outside of your
awareness is important to being able to connect with them.
Some of these unseen beliefs are positive and add to the
success you feel in life while others are negative and add
to your failures in life. Of course, you prefer to keep the
positive ones but what about the negative beliefs? A new
belief cannot be installed unless the current one is
uncovered. This leads to an important point; uncovering a
belief allows you to change it.
Although certain deeply rooted beliefs can be more
difficult to change, the necessary step still lies in
finding the beliefs you already have. Belief changing is
mostly about truly recognizing the belief so you can see it
clearly in order to change it. When a belief becomes
conscious it is possible to change it.
Interestingly, until limiting beliefs are shifted, any
attempts to change your life’s problems will be blocked by
these beliefs. It’s like trying to walking into a room with
a closed door; it’s not going to happen. The wonderful
thing about going after beliefs rather than your problems
is that once beliefs are transformed, your inner resources
are freed up and possible solutions are often revealed on
their own.
So how do you find your Subconscious Beliefs? You must go
into your subconscious where the belief resides! You have
to find the primary feeling that created your belief. I
have developed a unique and gentle way to guide you to your
subconscious where your beliefs reside. Through Nouveau
Hypnotherapy, we can change them together and re-frame the
old belief. We will let the new belief be felt over and
over again until it becomes present in your life. Having
worked with hundreds of clients from around the world,
every hypnosis session is completely individualized and
perfect for their own growth and understanding. Watch your
world change to match your healing. It’s nothing short of
Magical!
Rhea Maceris, C.Ht.
Sedona, Arizona
rhea8@creationship.com
928.204.0878
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