Your internal beliefs may be more critical than you think. Yes! What you believe can highly influence whether your dreams come true! And you may not be even aware of these subconscious – sometimes limiting beliefs! If you want to manifest successfully, I recommend reading this article!
What beliefs are, and why are these so important?
A belief is something considered to be true or held as an opinion. If you take this explanation, you can see belief is only something you think is true. It’s much more like your unique perspective than a revealed truth. However, every one of us has beliefs that do not necessarily foster our future goals. Usually, we don’t even know about our beliefs as these stay in our subconscious. And these sometimes limit us without us knowing about that. Let’s say you grew up in a poor household and were raised by hard-working parents who always perceived money as the source of all evil. Taking that, you are more likely to believe that success comes only through self-sacrifice or that success is inherently flawed. Thus, you may be unable to manifest your dreams even though you try doing it through multiple vision boards, affirmations, etc. What you believe in is fundamental.
Your household is not the only source of your limiting beliefs; there is much more to that:
1. Societal standards;
2. Fear;
3. Social circle;
4. Religious beliefs;
5. Personal beliefs;
Whatever the source is, you are not alone. All human beings develop these constraints through life experiences and circumstances that reinforce these imposed limitations – usually by confirmation bias. But no worries! The most important thing is that you can stop limiting yourself. Fortunately, we can change our beliefs and our thinking patterns through neuroplasticity. Whatever age you are, you can always transform what you believe in, by cooperation with a qualified coach, psychologist or try it on your own!
How to change your beliefs?
1. Find a limiting belief.
2. Check if it’s your core belief.
3. Identify core belief.
4. Inspect where it is from.
5. Challenge your belief.
6. Think of the consequences of your limiting beliefs.
7. Replace it with a neutral statement.
8. Replace it with an entirely positive statement.
1. Finding a limiting belief
Identifying your internal perspectives may be the most significant part of this process and… the most difficult one. There may be more than just one belief to change – if so, start with the biggest one.
2. Check if that’s core belief
Well, the belief you found doesn’t necessarily have to be the root of your problem. We often have unconscious beliefs hidden under layers of cover beliefs. Why is that? Sometimes, it is too difficult for our ego to cope with our truths. The truth is a hard pill to swallow, isn’t it?
3. Identifying core belief
This process includes asking questions about your previously stated beliefs. Usually, it takes a while before you find your core belief; however, sometimes it is just what it is, and you don’t have to dig deeper into that. You may need a professional to lead you at this step.
4. Inspect where it is from
If previous steps are done correctly, you can also embed the origin of the belief in your earlier life experiences. Perhaps your parent or another authority figure projected their opinions and perspectives on you. You need to recall it and make peace with it. It’s just not yours!
5. Challenge your belief
Now, you know where it is from and that you no longer need that! I bet you know multiple situations that confirm your beliefs, so you live by them. At this step, you need to find examples from your life and other people’s lives that contradict your limiting beliefs. You are going to be surprised how many of them you are going to find!
6. Think of the consequences of your limiting beliefs.
Holding onto limiting beliefs hinders your possibility of getting what you want from life. Think of the missed opportunities and the time you lost (and you will lose) on wondering “what if”? Be ready for unpleasant feelings arising from this perspective. Accept it; that’s part of the process
7. Replace it with a neutral statement.
The time has come to change your beliefs. Initially, changing your beliefs suddenly into highly positive ones can be challenging. So, just start with a neutral one, for example from: “Public speaking is too stressful, and I will never be able to do that,” to → “You can always train public speaking and get confidence by trial and error”.
8. Replace it with an entirely positive statement
Final step ahead! You are ready to change your limiting belief into an encouraging one! Let’s come back to our previous neutral statement example. Now we come from: “You can always train public speaking and get confidence by trial and error” to → “Public speaking is easy, and I can do that if I believe in myself and put enough work into it.”
Easy peasy, isn’t it?!
Put your new beliefs into practice.
And that’s almost the end. Now, you must check if your new beliefs work in real life. Implement action that supports your changed way of thinking. It doesn’t have to be easy right from the beginning but don’t get discouraged. Practice makes perfect!
This process allows you to identify and change whatever stops you from chasing your dreams! Now you know how important it is to change your beliefs before manifesting. Visualization isn’t fooling yourself that you are someone who you are not. It is more like training your brain to believe the future version of you is available to you now. This exercise was meant to get you closer to the acknowledgment that it’s just a matter of time to make your dreams come true! Repeat the exercise when needed.
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Author: Patricia Gumola
