A Core Belief Exercise

If you find yourself wanting to believe, for instance, that you can create your own circumstances in life, first try to sense if you can FEEL that you believe that. You may sit there and say “I know I create my own circumstances in life” but if you can not feel sure of that, other thoughts, as to why you don’t feel that way, will come to mind if you ask yourself for the information.

The first thought that might surface may be “oh, that is ridiculous” or “that is so far-fetched”. Simply ask yourself WHY that is ridiculous. You will answer yourself. Listen to that answer. It may be more double talk like, “that is impossible”. Ask why. Eventually you will come to more and more precise answers that will speak to you of your deepest beliefs. Don’t force this exercise. Make it enjoyable and fun. It is chance to look at who you are as a personality.

It is like cleaning out your mental room. You will find stuff (thoughts and beliefs) in there that you may either discard and replace or keep and reinforce. You may become surprised at the structures of your own belief system. This is an exercise in taking conscious control and evaluating your own beliefs. You will find you can discard or retain beliefs and insert or adjust beliefs as opposed to letting them form larger and larger “compounded” structures around, what may be, an unwanted core.