2/6/02 5:12 PM
Now let’s look at some of the ways that beliefs affect our thoughts, and how they can lead to the manifestation of your dreams. The easiest way to approach seeing their affects, is by beginning with the principal that thoughts become things, and to realize that if you don’t possess belief with regard to a certain thought or dream, then those thoughts simply won’t be THOUGHT OF as repetitively or emotionally as other thoughts that you do believe in. In this way, beliefs are kind of like a built in permission mechanism, subconsciously giving you permission to think, or not to think, along certain lines. For instance, you may WANT something with all your heart and soul, but without believing it possible, you simply will not, and cannot, maintain thinking the thoughts necessary to bring it along. This explains why it’s the hopes and fears of your life that you BELIEVE to be the most plausible that you usually meet because they’ve all been “allowed” the most repetition and emotion when you think of them. Whereas the thoughts that exist just outside of how you define plausible, like your most outlandish dreams, or your craziest fears, these generally, are not materialized because they’re far too difficult for you to believe in, and thus clearly imagine and feel. You can see this by looking at the kind of thoughts you think when you’re driving your car or running errands… do you automatically see yourself being interviewed by Time magazine, do you see yourself winning the Nobel Peace Price, do you imagine buying a vacation home in some exotic country half way around the globe? Not likely, nor do you think thoughts of absolute doom and destruction, unending misery and pain, of destitution and poverty, and it’s because they’re not in line with your beliefs, which is what explains why most people’s lives generally stay about the same… because they keep thinking generally about the same kind of thoughts in line with their relatively unchanging beliefs. It’s also why the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer… not because it’s a truth about capitalism, or statement on our society, but because those kinds of people keep thinking the same kind of thoughts they’ve always been thinking, of either abundance, or lack, BASED ON THEIR UNDERLYING BELIEFS.
Let me follow that line of thinking with some advice… since virtually all of our beliefs form an interrelated mosaic of sorts: when there’s something you want right away, don’t set your goal too, too high, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE IN IT ENOUGH TO BEGIN VISUALIZING IT PROPERLY AND REGULARLY. I think you know what I mean, I’m not saying don’t dream big, or even huge, I’m just saying pace yourself a little, give yourself some intermediary goals too … for example if right now you’re driving a Toyota Corolla, you could probably better visualize owning a Mercedes as your next car, than a Lamborgini! Then, once you get your Mercedes, aim higher, and higher. Plus, if you insist on the Lamborgini first and you don’t get it due to a maze of interrelated conflicting beliefs, then you might just write-off visualization altogether as a waste of your time! So follow your feelings when setting goals, be moderately reasonable for the short term ones, and when you can, understand any emotional resistance you encounter, because this resistance means you’ve hit some limiting beliefs which need some exploring. Now please don’t misunderstand me, I’m not saying that you can’t quickly draw a Lamborgini into your life, no matter who you are, I’m just saying that if you’re not fully aware of all your interrelated beliefs on the subject, you might misinterpret the slow progress you may make. On the other hand, if you make your goals too easy, then they won’t inspire you and your visualizations of them will likely lack emotion… so just follow your feelings when setting goals, inspire yourself, but don’t get psyched out!
