February 4, 2010
Creation 101
All my experiences are created from my beliefs
Imagine that you had not been here lifetimes before. Imagine that you are starting off in this world anew. You can reject or accept experiences, at will. Which will you choose?
Unfortunately, that is not the case. If you are reading this article, you are an old soul, perhaps on the precipice of a beautiful new reality. You just seem to be stuck!
Because you have been here before, because you did not reject the negative experiences, and came to view them as "what is," or part of earthly reality, you have embedded those beliefs, lifetime after lifetime. You have a long-term investment at stake, and only you can remove it. They are NOT illusions. Remember, you are a powerful Creator! This world is NOT an illusion. You have made it what it is. For good, for bad!
During this lifetime, we are being forced into conditions which expose our belief systems, for us to release. This has been the case because we are ready to move on. It is like being put through the ringer, or the spin cycle. As we spin around, by laws of physics, all that is not part of our true nature is being shaken off and away. Unfortunately, it is not as easy as that–in this 3-dimensional reality, the set-up is experience to reveal them, acceptance to acknowledge them, and surrender and force of thought to shake them off.
In order to get a view of your belief systems, simply review the life you have chosen. While circumstances may have gotten better (or perhaps even worse), review the themes and patterns and what belief they inspire.
For example:
1. People are unsupportive and uncaring.
2. People are against me. They want to hurt me.
3. If I have money, people will try to take it away.
4. People don’t want me to be successful.
A review of history complete with victimization, abuse and persecution may reveal thoughts such as these. These are extreme, but your lifetime may well exemplify such thoughts as these, as mine did. The net result was that at best I could achieve some level of success, but felt I had to hide it, for fear that it would be taken away. Here’s a few more.
5. Work is hard. It compromises my health.
6. I can’t earn money doing what I love,
In spite of the fact that we recognize others make a living or better doing exactly what they love!
If we review some of the above thoughts in the context of our life experiences, we need to accept that it is a "belief system," and nothing more. Because you feel that it is reality, you will re-create it in some shape or form, over and over. You will not move too far from that reality, although you can certainly better your experience. Affirmations, positive thinking, and other superficial methods can help us to do that, but they don’t change the underlying belief, when it remains unconscious.
But, we are not here to better our experience. We are here to heal it altogether. Perhaps there is a completely new experience waiting for us, that we are completely unaccustomed to. Universal forces and energies are ripe for this NOW.
What you must do is accept it is only a belief in your Mind. Take a thought or belief system and treat it as you would another thought, or opinion, or perspective. Do not judge it’s importance or validity. Deny any conviction in these beliefs. Recognize they are not "what is." They are what you make them to be. It is therefore, not an unshakeable belief, but it becomes moveable. Move it out of your way!
For further example, let’s take some other beliefs regarding health:
7. I am unhealthy. I have always had physical problems.
8. I have a bad back.
9. Life is draining. I am tired all the time.
It doesn’t matter what primary experience caused this thinking to become pervasive. You had an experience of ill health, or pain, and believed in it as truth. It became daily thinking, although perhaps unconscious daily thinking. And now it is a daily reality. The power of your mind is incredible. It is capable of running all your programs, and thus creating a reality from them, all day long, day after day, without you being aware at all that you are creating. It is what you do most naturally, and unconsciously.
Now, to take energy away from the above statements, or your own, try prefacing the statement with a few words: "I think that I believe that …. "
For example:
"I think that I believe that work is hard."
"I think that I believe that life is difficult."
"I think that I believe I am unhealthy."
"I think that I believe that I lack opportunity."
Do you see how much power you removed from the above statements? You shift the energy from conviction to acknowledging that you merely entertain a thought about a belief. You can then choose to not entertain that thought about such a belief! Be willing to add these words to your own statements. Whether or not right now you can believe that those thoughts can (or should) change, preface each one with "I think that I believe that … "
So, today you must begin to pay attention to how often you affirm your programs and beliefs, and begin to change them with conscious effort. The Universe is always listening and responding, whether or not you realize what you are asking for!