In my opinion our unconscious beliefs are one of the most important factors driving our health issues and any other issues or patterns in our lives. Often formed when very young, too young to question them. They crystallise into an iceberg of congealed repeated thoughts, where the deepest, largest parts are hidden from view. Somatic and other healing therapies assist bringing these submerged hidden parts of ourselves up to the surface to be seen and subsequently melted.
If a belief can be altered wth hypnosis and thus create a demonstrable physical change, or as in Dissociative Identity Disorder, a person can have multiple identities each with unique medical conditions and physical characteristics, then what we are thinking can powerfully shape how we present to the world and also what happens to us. The choices we make are determined often by our beliefs. Our beliefs determine how we perceive our life, our world and our interactions. How can one interaction have different perceptions????
This week I heard the question, ‘What must you be believing about yourself to have THAT circumstance show up in your life?’
It sparked a lightbulb moment for me. I saw my issues from the opposite end. From the beginning rather than the end post I am living currently. Sometimes it just takes a single well tied question to get us to challenge our assumptions and beliefs…..
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