| I have to admit it; I have become addicted to | | | | belief that you identified earlier and have a think |
| watching the wonderful TV series "Lost." For me, | | | | about your old limiting belief that you want to |
| it is simply the best thing on television this year. It | | | | shed; do this while in that doubting state.Great |
| has reminded about how I was when Twin Peaks | | | | isn't it? Who would have thought that there are |
| was going strong all those years ago!Now, as a | | | | advantages to doubting things?So, as you do this, |
| man with a wild and vivid imagination, I have | | | | begin picking away at the old withering belief by |
| entered all manner of debates with friends and | | | | asking your self:"What are the disadvantages of |
| family and colleagues about what is going on, | | | | this old belief?" |
| about what they think and what we believe about | | | | "Does it really fit in with what is truly important in |
| it all.I have even had tales from people telling me | | | | my life?" |
| that they have friends who know someone who | | | | "In the past, when was having this old belief |
| knows the director of Lost and have told me | | | | getting in the way of my success?" |
| what their theory was and so on and so forth. | | | | "What would it be like to not have this old |
| Each time someone has given me a good reason | | | | belief?"Before moving on to the next step, take a |
| or a great thought, my brain has gone in to | | | | breather. When you sit down to run through this |
| overdrive and my beliefs about my theory has | | | | process, take a couple of minutes out now, think |
| changed.So how can we go about changing beliefs | | | | of something completely different; what shoe did |
| as easily as if you were changing your beliefs | | | | you put on first when you went to work this |
| about a TV show?The first step in our belief | | | | morning? What do you really think is going on in |
| changing process is to identify the limiting belief | | | | "Lost?"Step Four requires a similar process to |
| that you want to shift.Having identified a belief | | | | step three, however, as you think back through |
| that you think is limiting or restrictive or causing | | | | your life, just have a think about times when you |
| you problems, make sure that you write it down | | | | have been impressionable, willing to learn, open to |
| concisely and precisely. When you get a belief | | | | change and especially open to new beliefs. |
| down on paper and look at it in that way it then | | | | Remember everything about that wonderful state |
| begins to dissipate already; it is exposed and | | | | of receptivity; How did it feel? Where in your |
| vulnerable.Step Two is that as you look at that | | | | body were the feelings? What did you see? What |
| written limiting belief, think about it and ask your | | | | internal dialogue did you have? Really run through |
| self what it is doing for you; how do you benefit | | | | as much as you possibly can to achieve that |
| from having that belief? What purpose is that | | | | state again for your self right now?As you recall a |
| belief serving; this must be something positive, | | | | time when you were open to a new belief, now |
| keep asking your self what the positive intention | | | | really focus on and think about your new desired |
| is of that belief, believe me when I say that there | | | | belief while in this open, receptive state. Now ask |
| is one; otherwise you would not do it would | | | | your self;"How would it feel to have your desired |
| you?Regardless of the fact that it may be limiting | | | | belief?" |
| you in a variety of ways, there is a positive | | | | "How is it a better belief than the old one?" |
| intention behind it, there is a way in which you | | | | "What difference would it make to your life to |
| benefit from having that belief and now is the | | | | have this new belief?" |
| time to find that out.Step Three is to now ask | | | | "What things would you do that you have not |
| your self what you would prefer to believe | | | | been doing?" |
| instead. Write down your desired belief and | | | | "What would you be able to achieve and |
| remember;Firstly, it has to be stated positively; | | | | overcome now?"To round off this step nicely, |
| remember that you want to move towards goals | | | | take some time out now to evaluate the new |
| not move away from fears with your beliefs, ask | | | | belief. How good does it feel? Is there any |
| for what you want, not what you don't | | | | tweaking to do? Can you make it even better |
| want.Secondly, you must ensure that you are | | | | and even more empowering?Step five is about |
| comfortable and happy with the desired belief, | | | | relaxing....Get your self nice and relaxed and |
| make sure that it does not harm, conflict with or | | | | breathing deeply and comfortably and then go |
| upset anyone to have this belief; that includes | | | | ahead and imagine that deep inside of you exists |
| your self!Thirdly, it needs to satisfy the same | | | | a large furnace and if you really want to be free |
| positive intention as you discovered that the old | | | | of the old belief forever, then imagine tossing it |
| belief had.So, go ahead and write down this new | | | | into the furnace and watch it burn away into |
| belief. Also, make sure that it is worded in the | | | | nothing.Finally, step six is about taking some action. |
| present tense, by that I mean phrase it as if it is | | | | Make a choice to take some action. What can |
| occurring now. For example if your goal were to | | | | you and what will you do differently this very day |
| achieve your ideal weight, a suitable new belief | | | | as a result of having this wonderful new belief? |
| would be: "I am believing increasingly more in my | | | | How about you set your self a task, to achieve |
| ability to achieve my ideal weight."By doing that | | | | today, a task that is based on this new belief |
| now, you have made the desired belief relevant | | | | being true for you and your life now. Start doing |
| and pertinent and you have gone and given it | | | | things differently straight away and get that new |
| direction and energy.Step three is a wonderful | | | | belief firmly embedded into your unconscious |
| process that is to recall a time when you doubted | | | | behaviour patterns. When you start to do things |
| a belief.Can you remember an occasion when you | | | | differently, you then have physiological support |
| doubted something that you really used to hold as | | | | and experience of the new belief and it becomes |
| a firm belief? You may wish to reflect on your | | | | verified and enhanced with each new day.Changing |
| life, think about the kind of beliefs that you had at | | | | your beliefs can actually be as simple as changing |
| certain times in your life, I know that mine have | | | | beliefs about a television programme that you |
| changed and altered a great deal over the years. | | | | follow, but to change them powerfully and |
| I remember having solid beliefs about certain | | | | mindfully requires some continued concentration |
| things when I was at college and can remember | | | | and requires a good investment of time and |
| doubting those beliefs as I learned more about life | | | | energy. However, when you do change and |
| and throughout my studies.When you think about | | | | upgrade your beliefs, this can and does |
| that period of doubt, how did you know that you | | | | subsequently open the way for a major change in |
| doubted your belief? Did you have certain | | | | your experience of life and a rapid progression |
| sensations in your body? What were you thinking | | | | towards successfully achieving your goals and |
| about? How did you think about it? What were | | | | enriching your experience of life.Enjoy this |
| you experiencing? Really see if you can get back | | | | process, have some fun with it and get to the |
| into that state of doubt, psychologically and | | | | heart of your own development with updating |
| physiologically. While in that state, bring to the | | | | any outmoded beliefs. |
| forefront of your mind the old unwanted limiting | | | | |