Our Beliefs: What you Believe affects your Life!
When we talk about a belief, what are we really talking about? Is Belief a thing? What is a belief? Well, in my view a belief is certainly not a thing as we cannot see it nor touch it. What it is, is a feeling of certainty about something. So if I say “I believe I’m a good singer”, then what that really means is “I feel certain I am a good singer”. It is when we hold a belief-our sense of certainty- that we open up infinite possibilities in our mind, we become able to access those resources that allow us to create the results we desire. Any lack of belief-doubt- does the opposite of this.
When I say “I believe I am a good singer”, how do I know this? For the most part I would have to have some references in life to support my assertion. It is those references that make my belief certain. So it’s possible that in the past my music teacher told me I was a good singer or being a soloist on my church choir made me feel I must be a good singer. I may have even compared my singing with a popular recording artistes’ and felt I sounded like them. All of this made me feel confident and caused me to believe that I am a good singer. The more references I have to back up my thought that I am a good singer, the stronger my belief in it will be.
Now it is important to point out here that your references do not have to be anywhere near accurate for us to use them. They can be totally inaccurate, real or imagined, they don’t even have to be our own experiences, they can be those of other people whether we know them or not.
We can create our own references where none existed before. Think of Sir Roger Bannister, in his day and for many years before, the belief on the planet was that a man could not run the mile in under four minutes. Yet on May 6, 1954 Bannister broke the four minute barrier. He did this by getting himself to create in his mind new references that commanded his nervous system to produce the results he wanted, he believed he could do it. The amazing thing about that feat was that one month after Bannister broke the four minute barrier his record was broken by John Landy and from that day to this day over 30,000 athletes including high school students have done it. They all now had a reference point. You see, Roger Bannister had the ability to get himself to feel certain that he could succeed even though no one else had ever accomplished it.
Now consider those amongst us who believe that events control their lives and that our environment has made us who we are. No, no, no people, perish that thought. It’s never the occurrences in our lives that make us who we are, but our beliefs about what those occurrences mean. Think about it, we all know of someone who has been through what we are going through or worse and have overcome it or changed things for the better. Friends, the difference between a coward and a brave person is their belief about what the situation they find themselves mean. Where the coward sees certain death, the brave person sees opportunity.
Too many of us seem to develop limiting beliefs about who we are and what we are capable of. Why? Because in the past we may never have succeeded at things, so we believe that we won’t succeed in the future. It’s in moments like these that we tend to talk about being realistic. Don’t be realistic my friends, ‘Your Past Doesn’t Equal Your Future’.
Do not walk through life believing that nothing you do can make things better or that things are pointless and will only lead to more pain. If you are not getting the result s you want in your life, ask yourself, “what would I have to believe in order to succeed here?” You can also challenge you present belief, ask yourself “what is it going to cost me emotionally, physically, financially and in my relationships if I do not let go of this belief?”. Once you have challenged your belief always ask yourself “what would I have to believe in order to get the results I want?”. Let me leave you with this quote,
“The belief that becomes truth for me….is that
Which allows me the best use of my strength, the best
Means of putting my virues into action”---Andre Gide
When I say “I believe I am a good singer”, how do I know this? For the most part I would have to have some references in life to support my assertion. It is those references that make my belief certain. So it’s possible that in the past my music teacher told me I was a good singer or being a soloist on my church choir made me feel I must be a good singer. I may have even compared my singing with a popular recording artistes’ and felt I sounded like them. All of this made me feel confident and caused me to believe that I am a good singer. The more references I have to back up my thought that I am a good singer, the stronger my belief in it will be.
Now it is important to point out here that your references do not have to be anywhere near accurate for us to use them. They can be totally inaccurate, real or imagined, they don’t even have to be our own experiences, they can be those of other people whether we know them or not.
We can create our own references where none existed before. Think of Sir Roger Bannister, in his day and for many years before, the belief on the planet was that a man could not run the mile in under four minutes. Yet on May 6, 1954 Bannister broke the four minute barrier. He did this by getting himself to create in his mind new references that commanded his nervous system to produce the results he wanted, he believed he could do it. The amazing thing about that feat was that one month after Bannister broke the four minute barrier his record was broken by John Landy and from that day to this day over 30,000 athletes including high school students have done it. They all now had a reference point. You see, Roger Bannister had the ability to get himself to feel certain that he could succeed even though no one else had ever accomplished it.
Now consider those amongst us who believe that events control their lives and that our environment has made us who we are. No, no, no people, perish that thought. It’s never the occurrences in our lives that make us who we are, but our beliefs about what those occurrences mean. Think about it, we all know of someone who has been through what we are going through or worse and have overcome it or changed things for the better. Friends, the difference between a coward and a brave person is their belief about what the situation they find themselves mean. Where the coward sees certain death, the brave person sees opportunity.
Too many of us seem to develop limiting beliefs about who we are and what we are capable of. Why? Because in the past we may never have succeeded at things, so we believe that we won’t succeed in the future. It’s in moments like these that we tend to talk about being realistic. Don’t be realistic my friends, ‘Your Past Doesn’t Equal Your Future’.
Do not walk through life believing that nothing you do can make things better or that things are pointless and will only lead to more pain. If you are not getting the result s you want in your life, ask yourself, “what would I have to believe in order to succeed here?” You can also challenge you present belief, ask yourself “what is it going to cost me emotionally, physically, financially and in my relationships if I do not let go of this belief?”. Once you have challenged your belief always ask yourself “what would I have to believe in order to get the results I want?”. Let me leave you with this quote,
“The belief that becomes truth for me….is that
Which allows me the best use of my strength, the best
Means of putting my virues into action”---Andre Gide
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