{"id":2304,"date":"2015-01-16T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livelifemadetoorder.com\/blog\/blog\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2021-08-02T06:05:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T06:05:01","slug":"law-attraction-dealing-limiting-beliefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livelifemadetoorder.com\/blog\/law-attraction-dealing-limiting-beliefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Law of Attraction: Dealing with those Pesky Limiting Beliefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a reminder the LOA group call is coming up on January 19th<\/sup>. You will have a chance to ask me questions about attraction, as well as benefit from the questions of others. Head over here<\/a> to learn more about it, and sign up. I sense good times on the horizon.<\/span><\/p>\n

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming…..<\/span><\/p>\n

If it wasn’t for those damn limiting beliefs, this whole manifesting thing would be a breeze. But, we all have our fair share that have been put there courtesy of a variety of outside influences, from religion to well-meaning people who just haven’t a freaking clue how powerful we are, and what is possible in this crazy reality of ours.<\/span><\/p>\n

For years and years, all sorts of crap made its way in and set up a nice home inside our heads. When we were younger, we were kind of powerless against it, and just took certain things to be true for no other reason than we were told such.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps we had a really shitty parent who told us we were no good and would not amount to anything.<\/span><\/p>\n

We may have heard over and over again that rich people are greedy, spirituality and financial abundance are like oil and water, to gain means that someone else always has to lose, and a million other things that created mountain-sized blocks around money.<\/span><\/p>\n

We observed people just going to work to get money, all the while complaining about their job, or just complaining about life in general. And we drew a conclusion that life is really not supposed to be anything special, and being truly happy ,and doing what we truly love, is a luxury reserved for a few who got ‘lucky.’<\/span><\/p>\n

And because these beliefs are so pervasive, we experienced and observed all sorts of things that reinforced them. We had no lack of evidence to show they were true. But here’s the thing….our world is created from the inside out, so it all started with the beliefs. All of these crappy things only seem true because so many people believe said crap.<\/span><\/p>\n

After believing certain things for so long, and having so much ‘proof’ they are true, the average person is not just going to drop them. There is just too much momentum behind them. The mind doesn’t like change..it doesn’t like it one little bit. Treading into new territory, no matter how awesome this territory would be, is uncomfortable and scary.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have started working consciously with your energy and creating your reality, you have probably discovered you are harboring a whole bunch of ‘head trash’ that is getting in the way of creating the awesomeness you so desire. It is frustrating as hell..I know. But, you are certainly not alone in this, so take comfort in that. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here are just a few tips to help you deal with these limiting beliefs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t Worry about Completely Obliterating Them<\/span><\/h2>\n

Right now, you may have the idea that you must beat all your limiting beliefs to a bloody, unrecognizable pulp, lest you will not get anything you want. While totally getting rid of a belief in all its forms, is certainly something we want to accomplish eventually, it is not absolutely necessary for creating a better experience. <\/span><\/p>\n

As you get better at manifesting, and your energy shifts, these beliefs will weaken considerably.Here’s the thing..we attract based on what is dominant. Dominant implies majority, which implies the presence of a minority. This means that all that is required is your new, empowering beliefs take up a bigger slice of the pie than the limiting ones. <\/span><\/p>\n

You just have to start feeling better more of the time than you are feeling badly. The belief you can have what you want just has to be stronger than the one that may be lingering, telling you that you can’t.<\/span><\/p>\n

As some of you may know from past posts, a few years ago, I lost my sole source of income<\/a> pretty much instantaneously, with basically zero savings to boot. This put my attraction efforts into overdrive, and a few months later, I attracted three lucrative freelance writing jobs all in the same week, providing me with more income than I had ever had previously.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is a pretty great manifestation, but I still had plenty of ‘stuff’ that would come up, sometimes quite intensely, for days at a time, during this ‘work.’ These jobs still <\/b><\/i>made their way in. Would I have gotten them sooner if my vibration was more consistent? Probably. But, it is what it is. Better late than never.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another aspect of this idea of not worrying about completely eliminating a belief is that what you think is possible for you now is only a sliver of what is actually possible, but based on your current belief system, you may not be able to let in the highest representation of your desire. But, that doesn’t mean you can’t let anything<\/b><\/i> in.<\/span><\/p>\n

The attraction process is often incremental\u2014we work with desires that seem feasible based on where we are now, that actually feel good and possible<\/b><\/i>, and as we shift our inner world, what we believe to be possible for us expands. We then set bigger goals, but they don’t feel as unnatural anymore, they just seem like the logical next step.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just to be clear here, I am not advocating being ‘realistic’ in setting your goals, and thinking small based on where you are now. What I am saying is that since we attract based on what we feel, we can’t<\/b><\/i> attract something that truly doesn’t feel possible for us right now.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s say you are working on increasing your income for example. You have a home-based business that is currently making you around 1,500 a month. You want to make more. Based on the law of attraction, you know you can make as much as you set your sights on…you could make 20 grand a month if you so desired.Chances are, however, you probably don’t feel that to be true at this point in time, and that’s okay. <\/span><\/p>\n

But just because your current belief system is not at a point where you truly believe you can be wealthy, doesn’t mean you are doomed to never make any more than you are making now. It’s not an all or nothing proposition.Right now, you might feel good about doubling your income…that seems possible to you. When you think about that, it feels good. So, just work on developing a mindset that supports doubling your income. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then as you start seeing results from that, your positive beliefs about what is possible for you financially speaking, will strengthen, and your limiting beliefs in this same area, will naturally weaken.<\/span><\/p>\n

Am I Doomed if I Never Uncover and Destroy All My Limiting Beliefs?<\/span><\/h2>\n

There is a hell of a lot of stuff swimming around in that stew of beliefs residing in our subconscious mind. While educating ourselves about the process of attraction, and the power of our thoughts in shaping our reality is awesome in countless ways, it can also create a lot of anxiety.<\/span><\/p>\n

We worry there are things lurking in our minds that we will never uncover, that will sabotage our efforts to be happy at every turn. And we will be powerless against them, because we don’t even know they are there. How do we get rid of something if we don’t even know it exists? That can be a kind of depressing thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have a couple of things to say about this. The first is, I think that for most people, the major players limiting belief- wise are pretty obvious, and don’t require much digging or analyzing. I grew up poor so I am destined to be poor. Having money would create more problems for me. I have never had a healthy relationship with a man, so I probably never will. I can’t make money doing what I love. There is too much competition in my field, it will be hard to be successful. I’m not good enough. I don’t deserve good things. You see where I am going with this.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sure, you may still have some that are hiding in dark corners, but if you start tackling these bigger ones, you will make huge strides in your work, and manifest all sorts of great things. Then as you go for the bigger and bolder stuff ,that may have been considered ‘impossible’ before your work with LOA, you’ll likely uncover these saboteurs. <\/span><\/p>\n

Once you start working towards specific manifestations, and your energy starts shifting, you will likely run into the obstacles characteristic of forward movement, and you’ll uncover some more stuff that may be within.<\/span><\/p>\n

And then there is always the possibility you are overestimating how well you are doing in shifting some of the obvious beliefs, and are convinced there must be something hidden that is standing in the way, because you still don’t have what you want. Sometimes we can go into denial about how we are really feeling, or claim to have conquered certain beliefs and we really haven’t.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, if any of that particular nugget resonates with you, give it some thought. It can be hard to admit when we are struggling with this work, but isn’t it better to do so than think some ‘mystery’ belief beyond your grasp is screwing with you?<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondly, to really start making headway with shifting your energy, and manifesting what you want, you don’t have to start digging around for limiting beliefs. Just look at what is standing in your way right now. What is coming up for you when you think about a specific desire? What feelings are welling up? What are all the reasons you think you can’t have this thing? Are there any memories of other events coming up when you think of this thing? Those thoughts are coming in because they are a match for what you are experiencing now, and have a common link, limiting-belief-and-feeling-wise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just work on what is in front of you at this moment. Whatever is coming up now are the major blocks, and shifting them will produce tremendous results.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shifting Them Doesn’t Always Require Your Direct Attention<\/span><\/h2>\n

While rooting out our limiting beliefs, and allowing more empowering ones to take hold and grow, sometimes requires us to pay direct attention to the unpleasantness floating around our head, this is not always necessary.We can make a lot of headway with our limiting beliefs by simply focusing on activities that raise our energy, by just feeling good and deliberately focusing on the good things about us. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is kind of like having a plant but not watering it…you are not actively taking a role in killing it, but it certainly won’t survive without that water.As our energy raises, and we start feeling better, our inner world begins to change in countless, glorious ways. We start seeing ourselves in a new light\u2014when we feel happier and less stressed overall, we will be less inclined to criticize ourselves, focus on our faults, think negatively and all that good stuff. <\/span><\/p>\n

We will feel more optimistic about life and what is possible for us. Those limiting beliefs may still be there, but they feel less powerful. We don’t get sucked into them as much. They will just naturally weaken.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our thoughts are manifestations like anything else, and when we are vibrating at a higher level, and are feeling all happier and shinier, we will naturally attract thoughts that match this frequency. The more these thoughts enter our minds, the more momentum we build behind them. They can really start forming roots in our minds. The stronger they are, the easier it is to think them. The stronger they are, the easier it is to go back on that track when we find ourselves straying into limiting-belief territory. These more positive thoughts and beliefs do not feel as far away and unnatural to us.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this state, we will begin to attract all sorts of great things into our life, and this strengthens our belief in law of attraction. Seeing all this ‘proof’ will naturally chip away at our limiting beliefs because we now have some real-world experience that refutes them. We start to see the process of attraction works the same no matter what we have our sights set on, and no matter the area of the limiting belief, we will have an easier time rejecting it. We will truly start to see we have a choice as far as what we believe, and that whatever we believe will be true for us.<\/span><\/p>\n

The more you study law of attraction, the more you will understand it, the more the knowledge will seep down into the deeper parts of your being. This greater understanding will lend itself to a more ‘intellectual’ evaluation of what is going on in your head, and you’ll more readily accept that what you think is not some cold, hard fact.This pure theoretical understanding is usually not enough to totally root things out,but it definitely does help. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is why it is so important that we regularly expose ourselves to the information that helps us strip away the old conditioning and let better thoughts, beliefs and feelings take up residence.So, yeah, you would be amazed at how much you can shift your belief system without paying it mind specifically.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Closing…<\/span><\/h2>\n

While this attraction stuff can be serious at times–facing things we may have been suppressing, being honest about how badly we have been feeling, and then actually feeling it for the first time, owning up to our feelings and taking responsibility for them, etc..–largely, it should be on the lighter side and fun. The ‘work’ does not always have to be actual work, as in something unpleasant and difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n

You have a belief system…much of it has probably served you very well. Some of it hasn’t..the less than desirable elements may have jacked things up for you at points, but that all ends the moment you decide it will. You might not be able to shed something overnight. You might find different aspects of larger belief \u2013like not being good enough– surfacing as you tread into different areas of manifestation, even though you thought you moved past it. <\/span><\/p>\n

You will want to create new things and you may not be a perfect fit for them right at this moment, and you’ll have to do some work. This is just how it goes. But, we don’t have to suffer.Things can start getting better before you totally shift something\u2014you might not get exactly what you want as fast as you want it, but things can improve nonetheless.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since I know you will be working on feeling better overall ,because I have stressed the importance of this countless times, you will start to see you can feel happy now, no matter what is happening, and that you don’t have to wait for these things to feel better. And from this better-feeling space, the limiting beliefs won’t bother you as much, and you’ll be able to work on them more effectively. You know you will succeed, and things will just keep getting better and better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your Turn…<\/span><\/h2>\n

What did you think of the post? How are you doing with shifting your limiting beliefs? What makes it hard for you to do so? What tips would you give that have worked for you? Looking forward to your comments so we can have a nice chat!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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