Beliefs impose limitations

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Sages through the ages have said - each in their own way - something

similar to what Jesus said [since I'm not a Biblical scholar, here

paraphrased], " You can do all that I have done and more. "

So why can't we? Why don't we? I contend one large part of the answer is

because our beliefs limit us. Just recently a friend of mine wrote to me,

admitting that he believed a nationwide volunteer project I'm involved with

[Replace the federal income tax with a national retail sales tax.] will not

succeed. I responded with a general belief that I hold, " If you think you

can, you're probably right; if you think you can't, you're probably right. "

I believe that we are " victims " of our rational minds. It's like there's

a guardian at the gate of the mind. When an idea or plan comes to mind that

" breaks the accepted rules " that guardian puts the kibosh on it - " That's

crazy; you KNOW you can't do that! "

In rare situations that guardian is bypassed. That very fact should give

us pause to consider why such situations should be rare. A classic example of

such bypass is when a mother has suddenly seen her child caught under a car

and she LIFTS the car off of the child. WITHOUT the child there, if you were

to ask that same mother to lift the car up into the air, she'd look at you

with wide open eyes and proclaim, " I can't do that! " And indeed, if she were

somehow persuaded to TRY anyway, her statement would be confirmed.

Interesting phenomenon to ponder, isn't it. Only when she has an

UNTHINKING belief, can she do it. What if there were a way we could somehow

tell that guardian of the gate of the conscious mind to " Go take a hike " ?

That would get rid of the " Forget it; you CAN'T do it " negative voice.

There is a way to freedom from that guardian's influence - hypnosis.

However, when I've watched stage hypnosis, it's been used to limit rather

than expand actual abilities. For example, " You cannot see John. " Indeed,

then the subject can no longer see John. I've toyed with the idea of learning

hypnosis, just to explore what could be done in a positive sense, with the

rational guardian of the mind removed from the picture. Who among you reading

this has perhaps seen examples of this?

Up to this point I have not connected " belief " with affecting the body.

However, I'd hope that the implications are obvious enough that I don't have

to belabor them. There are so many examples where sick people have believed

WITHOUT RESERVATION that they would get well in spite of contrary dire

expectations by others, and they DO.

 

There is an interesting related issue in all of this. We could call it

" Maintaining an 'orderly' game " . Life on Earth is a kind of game, with

natural laws that virtually everybody accepts as givens. An example of that

is the law of gravity. I have read - and I believe - that some rare

individuals in history, mostly religious figures, have been able to levitate

at will. This creates a real problem for authority figures, because this sort

of thing is JUST NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. It really messes up the orderliness

of the game.

The average person is quite concerned with what other people think. I

believe that this is a primary reason why the vast majority of people don't

give much thought to defying natural laws - " Imagine what people would think

of me! " But this very attitude then represents another personification of the

guardian of the gate, inhibiting us from operating beyond supposed

limitations.

 

What do you think YOU might do if you could free yourself from the

limitations imposed by your beliefs of what's possible? Do you have any

thoughts on how you might go about dismantling your limiting beliefs? Have

you perhaps ALREADY explored getting rid of limiting beliefs? If so, will you

share your story?

 

Rich Putman in Minnesota USA

 

If you continue to think like you've always thought

you'll continue to get what you've always got.

 

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[Guest guest]

Rich:

 

This is what I was speaking of, in my response to Celeste. In professional

hypnotherapy, the work is not to confound and create prestidigitation or

make someone quack like a duck... it is serious work designed to help an

individual explore their limitless potentials by stepping around the veil of

their critical factor, the " rational mind " so to speak, and plumbing the

subconscious, which has access to the universal mind and collective

unconscious.

 

I am not sure what the point would be, in choosing to be incarnated in a

physical body, and then going around breaking the laws of nature. It seems a

little " parlor tricky " to me <LOL>; however, that is the sort of miracle

work that many of the famous avatars and gurus over time have used to prove

themselves... walking on water, creating something from nothing, levitating,

appearing in two places at once. There are enormous numbers of people who

expect and delight in these manifestations, as the sheer numbers of people

who visit Sai Baba and the Marion shrines attests to ;-) As you quoted,

Jesus clearly said that we were capable not only of performing the miracles

he performed, but of more.

 

It is indeed our self limitations that prevent us from this, but that is not

totally our " fault " ... we have all sorts of programming in place that

supports our critical factor, including science, society, religion and even

politics. Most of us have only brief glimpses of what it might be like if we

would shed those filters; limits provide stability for us in our physical

form, and I would imagine that many would fear the idea of not having any

limits as much as they fear death! In the Buddhist mindset, the world is

composed of misery, and we must recognize it's structure of limitations in

order to transcend it. That is the nature of being enlightened... but that

does not mean we cease to exist in the world, or be imposed upon by its

limits, that just means we recognize them and can see past them. Sort of

like in " The Matrix " , eh? " There is no spoon. " :-)

 

It is interesting to me that the same people who insist that I could jump

off the roof and fly if I desired still tell me to take vitamins. If I can

transcend one physical law, why not all of them? Even in our desire to be

limitless, we place limitations on ourselves with spells and rituals and

procedures for being magical. There is no guilt or shame to be had in

realizing our lack of perspective and acceptance of limitations; it is part

of our nature as physical beings to do so. Yes, we have the potential to do

anything we like... but as my Grandfather Gutierrez used to say, " God told

Man he could take what he liked, as long as he paid for it. " Although we can

have our cake and eat it too, we have to spare some shekels for the

privilege. If you want to let go of all your limitations, you have to be

willing to give up all of your attachments, as well. How many of us are

willing to do that?

 

Blessings,

Crow

" Look for Rainbows in the Darkness "

 

 

 

 

>rputman

>

> Sages through the ages have said - each in their own way - something

>similar to what Jesus said [since I'm not a Biblical scholar, here

>paraphrased], " You can do all that I have done and more. "

> So why can't we? Why don't we? I contend one large part of the answer

>is

>because our beliefs limit us.

<SNIP>

> I believe that we are " victims " of our rational minds. It's like

>there's

>a guardian at the gate of the mind. When an idea or plan comes to mind that

> " breaks the accepted rules " that guardian puts the kibosh on it - " That's

>crazy; you KNOW you can't do that! "

> In rare situations that guardian is bypassed. That very fact should

>give

>us pause to consider why such situations should be rare.

<SNIP>

> Interesting phenomenon to ponder, isn't it. Only when she has an

>UNTHINKING belief, can she do it. What if there were a way we could

>somehow

>tell that guardian of the gate of the conscious mind to " Go take a hike " ?

>That would get rid of the " Forget it; you CAN'T do it " negative voice.

> There is a way to freedom from that guardian's influence - hypnosis.

>However, when I've watched stage hypnosis, it's been used to limit rather

>than expand actual abilities. For example, " You cannot see John. " Indeed,

>then the subject can no longer see John. I've toyed with the idea of

>learning

>hypnosis, just to explore what could be done in a positive sense, with the

>rational guardian of the mind removed from the picture. Who among you

>reading

>this has perhaps seen examples of this?

> Up to this point I have not connected " belief " with affecting the

>body.

>However, I'd hope that the implications are obvious enough that I don't

>have

>to belabor them. There are so many examples where sick people have believed

>WITHOUT RESERVATION that they would get well in spite of contrary dire

>expectations by others, and they DO.

>

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