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Article Series: Visualization
Learn How To Visualize What You Want
How
To Use Visualization To Change Your Limiting Beliefs
It’s easy to overlook the power of limiting
beliefs and spend years wondering why you can’t seem to move
forward and make lasting changes in your life. Though you might
have grand dreams of living a better life, limiting beliefs
will keep prodding you to act in ways that are counterproductive
to those dreams.
Everything
you do (or don’t do) is based on an internal set of subconscious
beliefs. In some situations these beliefs can
be helpful, but they can also cause big problems by placing
limitations where none really exist. For example, if you hold
a subconscious belief that you don’t have what it takes to
create a successful career, you’ll find yourself taking jobs
that offer little opportunity for promotion or advancement
– or even satisfaction. No matter how badly you want to experience
more success in your career, you’ll continue to think and act
in ways that make it impossible to do so.
Limiting beliefs can be difficult
to change because we often
don’t realize they exist! They reside in our subconscious minds
and rarely make themselves known in obvious ways. Rather, we
usually become aware of them when we decide to make changes
in our lives and keep bumping up against invisible walls.
Visualization is one powerful tool that can be effective in
changing limiting beliefs, because the process of visualization
speaks directly to the subconscious mind and plants more empowering
messages – which can override the limiting beliefs.
Before you enter into the visualization process, it’s a good
idea to figure out what kind of limiting beliefs you suspect
you may have. Asking yourself specific questions and writing
down your answers can be an illuminating way to find out. Try
questions like these for starters:
- Am
I making as much money as I want? If not, why not?
- Do
I love my career, or would I rather be doing something
else?
- Am
I happy with the size and state of my body? If not, why
not?
- Am
I happy with the things I’ve achieved in my life so far?
- What
else would I like to achieve?
- Do
I really believe I’m capable of doing these things?
- If
not, why not?
As you write down your answers to these questions, you’ll
likely notice some limiting beliefs popping up in response.
For example, when you ask why you’re not yet making the amount
of money you desire, your answer might be, “I’m earning as
much as I can at my current job, and there are no other prospects
for me to get a better job right now.” As much as that might
appear to be true, it’s a limiting belief! In other words,
you THINK it’s true, but it’s simply your perception.
Once you’ve identified a limiting belief, write it down like
these examples:
- I
don’t believe I can make more money than I do now.
- I
don’t believe I deserve a healthy, loving relationship.
- I
don’t believe I can have a better career than I do now.
- I
don’t believe I will ever be able to lose weight.
Once you’ve got a list of limiting beliefs, perform a visualization
exercise daily and imagine that the opposite is true. For example,
call up mental images of yourself receiving a great new job,
or stumbling upon unexpected opportunities to boost your income
in other ways. Be sure to actually move yourself into the feelings
of these visions as if you were really experiencing them rather
than just “seeing” them in your mind.
It will take time and consistent effort to change your belief
in what is possible, but the more you focus on consciously
believing in the possibilities, the more you’ll begin to let
go of your inner limitations and open to better circumstances.
Even better, the greatest part about this process is that you
don’t need to know “how” something is possible – you just need
to be willing to believe it is, and that is often enough to
attract new opportunities that will change everything.
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: 2009
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