"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