Do you believe strongly enough?

May 6th, 2010 by admin

“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright

Your beliefs can make your dreams come true. Here is an article on that subject.

When You Believe – The Power of Belief Reveals Your Opportunities By Cathy Johnson Campbell

The magnificence that can occur when you believe is sometimes startling. It can seem almost like magic because the outcome began from just a small invisible seed… a belief.

As you focus on what you believe, it is like you magnify the power of belief. Focus encourages your beliefs to sprout and they may seem to take on a life of their own, forming a trail to your results. Results invariably depend on how you plant, tend, fertilize, prune, and generally nurture your beliefs.

“No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time to let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.”
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The Power of Belief Reveals Your Opportunities

When you believe in something, it is basically like you put on a pair of ‘belief glasses’ that aligns your vision accordingly. Your view is colored by your beliefs and this is a big determinant in the opportunities you spot.

Imagine you are asked to pay attention and notice everything you can about all of the red cars you see while driving the next 10 kilometers. You watch carefully and look at the number, shape and size of all the red cars. At the end of the drive, you are asked how many silver cars you saw.

What! You were looking at red cars and did not even notice the silver ones.

It is the same type of sorting you do when your ‘belief filters’ are operating! Whether you believe that people do appreciate you, or do not appreciate you… that is who you will see! When you focus on what you believe, your mind looks for correlating information that will support you in your belief.

That is an example of consciously looking for something. Often, when you believe something, that belief is operating at a subconscious level. When you take the magnificence of the subconscious into account, the power of belief becomes even more spectacular!

The subconscious mind is a million times more powerful than the conscious mind. It is like a supercomputer juggling millions of bits of information behind the scenes, compared to the limited conscious awareness keeping just a few documents open and running at any given moment.

Imagine your subconscious, vociferously devouring information, searching for correlates to your beliefs. It is constantly filtering and asking ‘is this a match’, ‘does this support’, and then either immediately rejects the info or delivers it to your conscious mind.

Imagine you are hoping to find a job as a computer programmer. You are focusing on being a computer programmer and all that lifestyle entails. When you open a newspaper, your subconscious scans millions of words in a matter of seconds. It can hone your attention in like a laser on those valuable words ‘computer programmer’, whether the article is about a job available or about a programmer who just got married.

Your filtering system is constantly at work to notify you of opportunities that relate to those beliefs.

Let the Power of Belief Work for You

You can make this work for you! Take on the position of ‘success captain’ for yourself, and give your conscious and subconscious filters something positive to focus on. When you believe something, why not make it a positive affirmation. These are a great tool for personal development, and here are two easy ideas to start you off:

1. Write out three things you would love to do in the coming month. Form a positive sentence about each, and review them everyday.

2. Find 3 things to be thankful for. Write them down. Repeat them daily and savour how fortunate you are in having these in your life.

You can definitely encourage your self empowerment and joy in life by taking this small step towards being your own ‘success coach’. This is an easy way to ensure reaping more positive rewards from the ever present magic of believing.

Cathy Johnson Campbell created http://www.inspired-personal-development.com to encourage people to believe in their dreams, and to give them tools to reach them. She invites you to grab your free ecourse, The Art and Magic of Believing, at http://www.inspired-personal-development.com/magic-of-believing.html. This e course delves deeply into each of the 7 important steps for changing your beliefs.

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