The Secret was a movie that has impacted so many people. The message was great but it wasn't the whole story by a long shot. There were several missing pieces that affect the results you achieve by working with the "law of attraction".
The one I'd like to address here is your unconscious limiting beliefs. Why do you really want to lose weight and get healthy ,yet every time you start a program you stay on it for a short period of time, start getting results and then sabotage yourself? Are you simply a weak-willed person? Do you just have no ability to be disciplined? I bet if you look at the different aspects of your life, you will find areas in which you are very disciplined and strong. So that can't be it!
Most of our beliefs about life are programmed into our brains by the time we are 5 years old. The infant mind takes in information without deciding if it is "true" or not. We are being programmed at a very early age. And then we proceed to life our lives as though that programming were "true".
Look at the areas of your life that aren't working for you. Begin to be vigilant about what you are telling yourself in these areas to discover what your beliefs are that are keeping you from having what you want. If you look hard, you will find some amazing things.
Here's one that many people can relate to in regards to money. Were you taught by your parents that people with money are not as "spiritual" as people without a lot of money? How about that rich people only got that way by oppressing the little people and did it illegally? If you are now wanting to increase your material abundance but you have these unconscious beliefs, you might find yourself constantly sabotaging your efforts at creating what you want. You don't want to be less spiritual or oppress others, do you? Make sense?
Let's apply this to your health. I have a diabetic client whose elderly mother lives with her. I asked my client how she was doing on her balanced eating program. She said it was easy during the day when she is at work. But in the evening, her mother was always pushing dessert and sweets at her.
I was appalled. Why would a mother push essentially poison at her diabetic daughter? Is she trying to kill her? Of course not. But this is what my client told me. "My mother doesn't want me to feel deprived!" Touche! This is a very destructive belief this client has grown up with. Sweets and desserts are rewards for good behavior. You are being punished and deprived of your reward for being "good all day" if you don't have your sweets.
Think about how pervasive this limiting belief is in our society. We have birthday cake to celebrate our turning a year older, a martini when we come home from a long, hard day, ice cream to celebrate a good report card...
We believe this and we pass it along to our children without thinking it all through. We go on a program to improve our health, but we continue to give our children the sweets and coke because they aren't overweight (yet) and they are still healthy so you don't want to punish them by taking away their sweets. But what is it you are depriving them of? Essentially poison! Can you see how pervasive this is?
A limiting belief is one we act out as truth even though it isn't serving us. When you really take a look at it, you'll see there isn't any truth in it. If you are ready to make real, lasting changes in your life, you MUST begin to pay attention to all your beliefs and rid yourself of those that aren't true. They are stopping you from having all the joy and happiness you DESERVE!
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