
I’m still surprised at how much of what we believe isn’t true – vast amounts of it. There’s the simple laws of the universe and anything else is changeable.
Let’s talk about how beliefs work.
We attract what we focus on. This is why, even when a belief is untrue there’s still plenty of fuel that happens around us to justify it. That’s a big concept that deserves a lot of “holyshitisthatreallytrues?” Here’s a simple example of what I mean – the dog and cat in the photo.
Someone who had a crappy experience of a dog being aggressive with cats, who had formed a belief that dogs weren’t to be trusted with cats, would notice all kinds of things happening around them that would justify that belief and that would become their reality – dogs were untrustworthy with cats. They would see example after example of that untrustworthiness that would be re-created over and over again around them in such a way that they would genuinely be able to say “Look! It’s just as I said, dogs can’t be trusted with cats!”
But is that really the whole story?
To my young friend Sara, whose dog and cat this is, that’s simply not true. Her reality is completely different – that problem, that behavior simply doesn’t happen around her. What she believes means that the lovely energy between dogs and cats is re-created around her over and over again.
This is a simple example of an untrue belief forming someone’s reality. What about some of the more emotive examples I’ve come across, like women who’ve had a terrible experience believing “all men are bastards” and like the dog and cat example, that belief creating their reality and attracting bastards into their life?
Holy shit… could that really be true? Could someone’s experience of – their reality of – “all men are bastards” really be changed by getting curious about the truth or not of that belief?
I can feel someone cross with me (probably more than one someone) thinking this sounds like victim blaming. Bear with me, I promise you, it’s not about blaming anyone. It’s about taking our power back and mannn…. we are going to be taking our power back.
What untrue beliefs are getting in the way of your ability to create what you want, have what you want and do what you want? What untrue beliefs are getting in the way of your happiness, causing that round and round in circles, feeling crappy, struggling stuff?
There’s no need to tear your hair out searching though, because the whole time you’ve been reading this book, you’ve been creating a habit of being open to whatever truth you need to know and understand, in order to create or change this thing that you care so much about.
Here’s an opportunity to move through that change place. Drop into awareness of your breathing, smile a little and be curious “What untrue belief could be getting in the way of this thing that you have been creating and changing throughout this book?” That simple curiosity will set the process in motion, notice what pops into your mind over the next few days and ask yourself “Is that really true – or not?”
More goosebumps…
There’s no coincidence I called this book “Holy Shit is That Really True?” We’ll continue weaving this important belief stuff through the rest of the book, but if you’re in a hurry, bring this into a live event – it’s very powerful stuff!
Photo: Lua and Nala photographed by my young friend Sara.
