Beliefs and Convictions
Can’t remember where I left off a week ago, can hardly believe it’s been a week since I wrote… but this topic has come up already twice this week and it’s only tuesday, so I figured…What are your beliefs? What are your convictions? What is your filter for the world? Does it have a color? a shape? a mood?
We create filters for ourselves through our lives as a form of protection. Humans don’t like to have to repeat every lesson over and over every day, so we teach ourselves things and then stick to them. It gives us shortcuts, it explains things to us. During a discussion with a fertility patient, I asked her why she thinks that she’s had so much trouble. I understand after the past few years that this question can really open a bag of worms, but she was ready for it. She looked at us and informed us that she’s just a person who has bad luck. Then, we asked her for examples. She told us about: a spider, weekend guests and a couple other “reasons” that the transfers hadn’t worked. After those things, she decided that she has bad luck and that’s that. We then asked her about bad luck in the rest of her life. She couldn’t find anything. Bad luck is a filter that she has given herself to be sure that something is “at fault” for her unsuccessful transfers. I do not think that this is necessarily a bad thing, it helps her in some way, but sometimes it’s helpful to remember that it is just that: a filter. You created it. You can change it. It’s yours. You own it. IT DOESN’T OWN YOU. And, just because you created it, it doesn’t mean it’s true.
A lot of filters are created for us. In the States, a open umbrella indoors is considered bad luck. So, for instance, if you happen to open an umbrella indoors and then trip, you would think: Oh! that damn umbrella. If a window breaks after you seeing a black cat, you think: That damn black cat crossed my path. Here, in Poland, everyone leaves umbrellas open inside, to give them time to dry off. The first time I walked into the “locker room” at work while it was raining and saw about 20 open umbrellas, I automatically thought: ACK! They don’t KNOW! They are giving themselves so MUCH bad luck!!! Also, here, you cannot leave a purse on a floor. It must be on a chair or table… anything but the floor. Because, if on the floor, the money won’t pour in. WHAT?!?! But NO ONE puts their purse on the floor. If they did, and happened to lose a 20.00… the purse on the floor would be to blame. Are we getting the picture??
If there are some beliefs/convictions/filters that you believe are blocking you in some way, please remember that they are YOURS and YOU can change them. It’s just a matter of repeating the one you want to believe enough times so that it will start sinking in. Important things: say it repeatedly, say it outloud. Say it to other people if you can. Start living as if it is true and it will become your filter. You will start to look at the world through it’s eyes. 
September 01 2009 09:17 am | Articles