What Used To Be An Insult……

…..actually holds a lot of Truth. For decades people, who have gone to doctors with very real feeling aches and pains, were offended as they were sent home with the diagnosis, “It’s all in your head”. True, the symptoms they were experiencing were very real and sometimes debilitating for them. True also, the doctors with their limited testing options available, didn’t have the ability to detect certain causes of their physical ailments. However, the biggest truth is that the body and its experiences are governed by our beliefs both conscious and subconscious.

Here are some beliefs among folks I’ve encountered. Do you recognize any as true for you? “I always get a cold when the weather changes. I get the flu whenever it goes around. If I am around children a lot, I will automatically pick up whatever germs they bring along. If I drink from someone’s cup who has a cold (flu or whatever), I will get it too. It takes “X” amount of time to recover from this injury/ailment.”

What was that story about a little boy who was supposedly terminally crippled/sickly and was always kept in bed and treated as such? Then his bright little cousin who didn’t buy into that belief system ended up living in the same house? Ah yes, the Secret Garden!

She brought him out into the sunshine to experience life. Lo and behold, he got stronger and stronger, no longer that sickly little boy. All because of her positive belief that she was able to share with him.

How many people believe that they will be cursed by the Goddess Pele if they take coral (or is it lava) from Hawaii? Not unexpectedly, something “bad” happens that they totally attribute to the curse causing some to even return the coral. Then, of course, there are all the myriad variations of walking under a ladder, a black cat crossing their path, the number 13, a cracked mirror…..

More and more people now are starting to “get” this concept but mostly with thoughts and beliefs they are aware of. Often the most powerful, life driving beliefs are those held subconsciously that they are not even aware of - the unconscious programming. Deepak Chopra speaks it profoundly, “Now I realize that it isn’t the miracle that creates the believer. Instead, we are all believers. We believe that the illusion of the material world is completely real. That belief is our only prison. It prevents us from making the journey into the unknown.”

It’s not that what we believe in is not real. In fact, our very belief makes it so. Of course, it gets a bit more complicated for some when they say, “I would have never wanted to create this or that. Or, “I want this (fill in the blank), and I believe it, but it doesn’t happen. Yes, this discourse can go on and on for chapters and books and centuries…and it has!

 

Do you want to get clearer for your specific life journey? Are you really ready to make a big shift toward greater awareness? Is it time to consciously get your thoughts and beliefs working toward that which you desire? Are you open to personalized guidance in this area? Then perhaps Telephone Wellness Coaching is for you!  If this resonates with you, contact me today for your Complimentary Consultation today to determine appropriateness :-)