The underlying belief system
Many of us do not consider the underlying belief system about
money to be of any importance. You think it does not matter,
because what matters is what you do now. Right, at one level,
but not complete. All ideas that we have learned about money in
the past are colouring our actions today.
These are ideas that you are unconsciously following, because
you are not aware of them. It might be: "money is bad", "there
is never enough money", "money does not grow on trees", etc. The
list is long and painful to read, when you realize that this is
actually a part of you. I was thinking: how come these beliefs
are so strong? Why am I blocking myself from financial freedom?
I have been working on myself for 6 years now, and the beliefs
are still there! So I went looking for answers in self help
books, personal development books, New Age books and financial
freedom articles etc. I have also done Psychokineseology, past
life sessions and been talking to a lot of people.
The answer that I come up with so far is: the underlying beliefs
are coming in as all other conditioning, from our early years.
Some people suggest that also past life experiences can have an
influence. Our childhood conditioning comes mainly from our
parents and then the rest of our family, and also from the
environment around us. If the idea in the place you grew up is
that money is scarce, you can be sure that this idea sneaked
into your mind somewhere along the line and it is probably stuck
there without you knowing it. You are just wondering why there
never seems to be enough money around.
So if you now can grasp the idea of negative thinking patterns
about money, I will tell you to move on. If it is difficult for
you to accept this idea and you are now thinking that this does
not count for you, because you have learned positive thinking,
then stop. Look at the reality and do a little check up: is my
positive thinking really working?
I am asking you to do this because my experience is that
positive thinking and a YES! Mentality not always is enough. The
negative thought patterns I am talking about are deep, you can
call them "root thought" or "sponsoring thought", it is thoughts
that are lying underneath and behind your conscious thoughts
that you are thinking on an everyday basis.
They are very strong and strong enough to sabotage your new way
of thinking that might be very positive and good. I point this
out very strongly, because it is important that you are willing
to look at your own thoughts and to work on them to change them
into healthy sponsoring thoughts that are healthy for you and
will bring you abundance and wealth instead of struggle and
suffering.
To change these thoughts you have to be persistent, you will
need a burning desire to train your mind into thinking
differently. You will have to do a little brainwash and
afterwards a lot of re-learning with your new and healthy
thoughts. To train your mind I will explain to you the concept
"Act as if". "Act as if" works the other way round of the normal
creation process, which goes like this: thought, word ,deed
(action). An idea comes into your mind as a thought and takes
shape and gets clear, that is the first step in creating.
Then comes the next step, which is the word. In the gospel of
St.John in the Bible: "In the beginning was only the word",
there is a great truth, only that in the very, very beginning
there was also a thought - an idea. The word gets spoken out or
written and makes the idea more strong, more solid. This is
already a big accomplishment in the creation process, but the
idea is still not physical reality. This comes in the third step
"Deed", or the action that you do, to give your idea physical
form. Take a look at this practical example: I had an idea long
time ago that it would be great to have a practical