One of the lines in my daily affirmation is “my beliefs create my reality”. Belief being stuff of the mind and imagination seems to be very different from reality which is all about things that are present in our current environment.
So how is it that my belief can determine my reality. In NLP beliefs are understood to be filters through which we perceive everything. The idea is that we have millions of bits of information that we take in through our senses – sight, hearing, touch, smell etc. We are incapable of processing all of this information at the rate that it is coming in, so we prioritize this information through the filters that we have. For instance our brain will very quickly grasp inputs like a snake, a gun shot or something that means immediate and imminent danger. And I think that most of us will be able to agree with this statement.
We have deep rooted beliefs about the “stuff of survival” and this is a very good thing, because in order to enjoy thing sin life we have to be able to survive any threats that come along.
However when we look at what some of other beliefs are then we start to realize that there are other beliefs that we have that are really not very necessary for our basic survival and yet these beliefs can hold us back in our life and keep us from enjoying optimum health, happiness and success.
One such belief according to a mentor of mine is “I am not good enough”. No one gets up in the morning thinking that I am not good enough however when ever we start to get overly concerned about our finances, the amount of love and respect that we are getting from our souse, family, colleagues and friends, we most likely are experiencing some form of “I am not good enough”.
Our brain responds to the negative thinking very differently then the positive. This has its root son the emotional experiences in our early life. We will cover some of these in a future blog.
For now it is sufficient to say that when we start paying attention to the correlation between our beliefs and what is showing up in our lives, like me you may be amazed to have things show up in your life even though it is not highly likely. It is a pleasant surprise when we have been focusing on something we desire, and all of a sudden it become real even though initially we may not have any thought that we may get it.
Believing in things that we want in life begins with our belief in ourselves. The realization that I create my beliefs and that my beliefs create my reality, when understood is really exciting as now we can take complete charge of our lives and when we engage with life with whole heart and all our belief, magic happens.May our lives be blessed with empowering beliefs so that we can live a life of bliss.
