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Originally Posted by Trina  So, at the risk of sounding naive, when does changing beliefs become something you have to work at? |
When you choose to make it so.
The essence of conscious growth is in the "conscious" part, so you choose to start changing your beliefs and do.
There's different kinds of beliefs, obviously. Many of our beliefs become self-fulfilling prophesies (whether because of subjective reality or because of the nature of our minds--believe what you will), so I would rather pick the useful ones versus get stuck with the regular ones. The other thing that Pavlina emphasizes is the idea of trying out beliefs. Yes, it can seem like forcing yourself to believe something you might not, but what if you're wrong in your current belief? That's why its called a belief, cause we believe it, not necessarily because its true. So try out a new belief and if it doesn't work (according to certain criteria in the link below) then you drop it and find a new belief or go back to your old one.
However, some more beliefs one might consider changing if one has them:
- "People like to be left alone" (as an excuse against striking up a conversation with a stranger, Steve also uses this example)
- "I'll never be rich." Not true, as long as you understand the basics of compound interest, you can easily become a millionaire in your life time--provided you start early enough.
- I don't need to consciously change/choose my beliefs.
You don't "need" to do anything, but hey, its a lot more fun and in some ways easier to reach some goals.
Some background reading:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...ering-beliefs/ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...ctive-beliefs/
These ones are about questioning spiritual beliefs or fundamental beliefs such as the belief of how reality works:
This one may be most useful to you --
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...-or-create-it/ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...t-005-beliefs/ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...-your-beliefs/ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...-the-red-pill/ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...ering-beliefs/
Enjoy!