What we believe, defines our reality
Our beliefs can be impenetrable walls, or doorways to infinite exploration
We are steeped in our family, ancestral, tribal, cultural and personal stories of what is possible, what is imaginary, what is real
And in today’s world most of our stories are very limiting, we are tortured by doubt and fear, and our beliefs are contracted
We are often preoccupied with learning new spiritual and healing techniques, and don’t realize that our beliefs do not support (are blocking) our desired outcomes
Or we are caught ‘in between’ – we know the teachings, and want to believe, but can’t quite get there
Often because we know that changing beliefs will change everything, and move us out of our ‘comfort zone’
Or we don’t think we are deserving
Attending to and changing our beliefs is a prerequisite first step to any change
If we have mentors, role models, elders, or someone who has ‘broken through’ the barriers of common, limiting beliefs, we can be inspired to change our beliefs and expand our horizons
Or, if we have ‘life changing’ experiences such as a terminal diagnosis, out of body experience, etc. we can realize that there is so much more than what we believed
However, we risk moving outside the ‘norms’ of family and tribe, who will protect their limitations through ridicule, shunning and attack
It is easy to talk about beliefs in general, abstract or philosophical terms
However, what matters are the personal beliefs we hold and reinforce within
Here are some questions that may reveal where our beliefs could be expanded
Do you belief that:
- Our time on earth is both an experience of wonder and of challenging initiation?
- There are spiritual ‘energies’ that are waiting and willing to support you in your journey through life?
- You can connect and work with these energies (in the form of goddesses, spirit and animal guides, etc.)?
- All encounters with people, experiences, disease, ‘accidents’, injuries, etc. are spirit’s attempts to get our attention and to focus on healing, wholeness, and our journey to authenticity? In other words, engage in our deepest initiation
- Everything can be healed and made whole?
- You are a spark of the divine? And the worlds of the greatest mystics and sages are open to you?
When you can answer YES to some or all of these questions, then healing, living and dying all change
Beliefs become knowing become truth