Beliefs
- Leona Monfee
- Feb 25
- 4 min read
Where do our beliefs come from and why do we believe they are true?
Belief: an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists, trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.
Beliefs can come from may places; they begin at a young age and continue as we grow and learn. As we grow and learn we also realize that some of the beliefs we learned as a child are not true, but the belief is carried on because it is believed to create joy, traditions, even miracles. Some beliefs have been passed down from generations to generations.
What about the beliefs that don’t create joy or miracles? These may be different for everyone; we don’t all have the same beliefs, nor are we all affected the same way by a belief. Take for instance the holidays; some of us love to celebrate them and it brings us great joy, while others can’t get them over with fast enough because it is not a happy time for them.
When beliefs are not causing us harm, and they bring us true happiness then we should celebrate them. But when beliefs are causing us harm mentally, physically, and/or emotionally it’s time to figure out why we believe them to be true, where they came from, and what belief is true for us, and release the ones that are no serving.
Sometimes we are not even aware that we have beliefs that are harming us, we have had or heard them for so long that we just think they are normal everyday things that happen in life.
For example, I am sure we have heard a few of these before: “The rich get richer”, “Rich people are evil”, “It runs in the family – the illness, weight issues, drinking, …”, “They are better than you because they have social status”, “No one in this family has …, so you won’t either”, “Just blend in”, “Don’t ask questions, just do as you’re told”, “If you don’t go to church, you won’t go to heaven”, “If you eat starch, don’t count calories, don’t diet, etc.… you will gain weight or be fat,” and the list goes on. These are all beliefs that have been programed into our minds by other people, television, social media, …and are in no way serving our highest good.
Just because someone else says or believes something to be true for them doesn’t mean that is or should be true for us. It is only a belief and a belief can be changed.
If you are not living the life you dreamed, maybe someone’s belief is holding you back from being all that you are meant to be.
Remember beliefs are just beliefs that someone believes to be true, it is up to us to decide whether or not these beliefs are true for us and if they serve our highest good.
Here is an exercise you can try: You can create categories for relationships, love, family, health, foods, work, home, finances, environment, vacations, clothes, jewelry, movies, tv shows,… choose ones that resonate with you that you would like clarity on or you are just not at the place you want to be in that category
Here is one way we can start to release beliefs that are not ours. (Feel free to go into more depth with your answers):
e.g. health (eyesight) – your eyesight is not where you would like it to be
· why do I believe this about my eyesight is the way it is
o because I was told it runs in the family
· where did this belief come from
o from generations of family saying so,
o other places it may have come from – in school I was told that smart kids wear glasses, my favorite movie start wore glasses, my hero wears glasses, the older you get the worse your eyesight gets…
· what is my true belief – I don’t believe that just because someone in the family has poor vision that I should have it too
· what can I do to change this belief to resonate with my true self
o set an intention or pray (setting an intention from the heart is a higher frequency, is like a prayer) for what I want, what I want to remove, and what I would like to experience
e.g. “I set the intention to have perfect eyesight for my highest good, and I remove any blocks that are stopping me from having this, I see with love.”
o and I tell myself that I am healthy, and I have perfect vision daily and every time I go to the bathroom, I look in the mirror and I confirm my belief – “I am happy, I am healthy, I am beautiful, and I see with love.”
“Therefore, I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you. Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.” Mark 11:24-25
Choose a category, then write why you believe this, where this belief came from, is it truly my belief, if it’s not your belief then write what you truly believe and what changes you can create.
And he said to them “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you." Matthew 17:20
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