Happiness depends on Beliefs and Thoughts
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Happiness, Beliefs and Thoughts
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Above all make your beliefs and thoughts create the experience you really want!
Inspirational Quotes
Song - Imagine by John Lennon
My theory about Beliefs and Thoughts
The Core Beliefs you have about the world can create the thoughts you think.
The Thoughts you think lead to your behaviours and actions.
The Behaviours and Actions you execute lead to the experiences you have in life.
The Experiences you have in life lead to the quality of your life and how you feel.
How you feel and your experience feed back into strengthening your beliefs and creating new beliefs.
Example
The World is a bad place
Thought
If I speak to people I don't know, they may be horrible to me
Behaviour and Action
Don't speak to strangers and avoid eye contact
Experience
Don't meet new people, people don't want to know me, people avoid me
Feelings
Loneliness, unhappiness, fear
Beliefs
People are not nice, the World is a bad place
Awareness Test
“We do not see things as THEY are.
We see them as WE are.”
Beliefs
Do your beliefs empower you? What sort of thoughts are created by your beliefs?
Beliefs are like the rules we have about the world. They can define how we think the world works and how we need to operate in the world.
Beliefs also have a big affect on how we interpret our experiences. It is entirely possible to not see something that is right in front of you if you have a strong enough belief that it doesn't exist.
As French author Anais Nin said, "We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are"
Limiting Beliefs are the beliefs that hold you back from what you want in life.
For example, the belief 'I am not good at sports' could be a limiting belief to someone who wanted to be good at tennis. If the belief results in this person not wanting to try and get better at tennis then it will be limiting the person from what they want.
It's entirely possible not to see what is in front of you!
Take the Awareness Test...
Play Devil's Advocate with your Limiting Beliefs
Belief's stay strong because they filter the information coming in. The filter only allows in information that supports the belief. In that way, more and more evidence is gathered to support the belief leading the mind to judge that it must be true.
I know someone who when the tv or radio is on he won't be paying attention, but as soon as some bad news comes on his ears prick up and he will follow every word avidly. He is taking in the bad news and storing it as evidence to support his belief that - The World is a Dangerous Place!
One way to work on changing limiting beliefs is to play Devil's Advocate with them.
To do this you argue strongly against your belief being true. So with the belief above - The World is a Dangerous Place - you would strongly argue that the World is actually not a Dangerous Place. In this case, search for as much evidence as possible to support this opposing view. You might look for news articles, stories and video clips that show the World to be a safe place.
In this way, you can start to chip away at the belief, reduce the strength of it and replace it with a more empowering belief.
Do you want to Take Control of your Life?
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In this excellent guide, you will discover the following and so much more:
How to use the power of your mind and your beliefs to create your own destiny
How to change those beliefs to bring what you want in life
The true secret to succeeding in every part of your life
How your beliefs and attitudes impact your daily life
This guide will have a big impact on your life, so make sure you pick up your copy of
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Happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have. It depends solely upon what you think.
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When you blame and criticise others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.
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JessicaRabb
Oct 4, 2009 @ 9:54 pm | delete
- hello fellow squidooer. i ran into your lens and wanted to leave a comment. I thought it was pretty good. Have you been readin "ask and it is given". It sounds like something ive been learning about. anyways i hope if you dont mind me lenrolling it to mine. My lens is similar to this topic and i want to give you a shout out. I think now a days this is called "the secret" lol. about self awarness. keep up the good work
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Libby_Gill
Sep 15, 2009 @ 3:19 pm | delete
- Great lens! You've put together a lot of helpful information here. I'd love for you to visit my lens and say hello when you have the chance.
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