Do You Believe?

What is it that you believe about your life, really? The easiest way to discover your deepest beliefs is to survey the way you are living. What does your life tell you about your belief system? See, everything we think, feel and believe manifests in our actions, ways and behaviors.

If you believe that you deserve to be treated well, then poor treatment by others will be rapidly intolerable. If you believe that you deserve to be loved just as you are, then you will not feel the need to prove your worth to anyone. But if you believe yourself to be unworthy of love, success or joy….then you will find your life in a cyclic pattern of self-sabotage, abusive relationships or general unhappiness.

Right about now is when some people start thinking that this spiritual tenet just can’t be true. These nay-sayers are thinking…”but we can’t control what happens in life”. I say…that is only partly true. However we have been reeducated by countless spiritual teachers and metaphysicians that our thoughts are energy. Thus, like attracts like. It is really simple physics…the Law of Attraction applied to the spiritual realm.

The beliefs we hold deep in our minds (unconscious and subconscious) are drawing experiences to us to confirm what we believe. The Universe doesn’t judge us with right or wrong dogma. It simply seeks balance and likeness. To that end judgment is a very human experience. Dr. Wayne Dyer has a wonderful book that expands this point, entitled, “You’ll See It When You Believe It”. I highly recommend it for thought transformation on this subject.

So now that we know our deepest beliefs are compelling our life experiences, is change possible? Absolutely…if you so desire. It is possible to shift and transform your beliefs through self-discovery and oneness. I’d like to humbly offer a couple of tips to get you started:

1. Grab your journal and take an honest survey of the experiences you are having. Pay particular attention to those that seem to be recurring and/or inconsistent with what you say you want from life. Start writing whatever comes up.

2. Create an affirmation as a psychological and spiritual treatment for the areas of your life that you want to change. This affirmation should be simple, stated in the positive and, most importantly, in the now. (Examples: “I am a loving person who deserves to be loved unconditionally”; “I love and honor my body as it is”).

3. Once your affirmation is complete…say it to yourself 20 times before rising in the morning and 20 times before sleeping at night. Do this for the next 30 days straight. (Note: My suggestion is that you chose one area at a time on which to focus). Then sit back and watch the miracle of your mind unfold!

I wish you great emotional health!