#beliefs

1. The ability to form an object we desire to achieve through action.
2. The ability to form a belief about how certain actions will or will not achieve the objects of our desires.
3. The ability to act on our desires and our belief so that our actions form the “conclusion” of a valid practical syllogism.

— Capacity for practical reasoning described by M Moore in ‘Causation and the Excuses’(1985)

“…one is a moral agent only if one is a rational agent. Only if we can see another being as one who acts to achieve some rational end in the light of some rational beliefs will we understand him in the same fundamental way that we understand ourselves and our fellow persons in everyday life.”

— M Moore, Law and Psychiatry: Rethinking the Relationship(1984)

Beliefs are dangerous. Beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. A non-functioning mind is clinically dead. Believe in nothing.

Maynard James Keenan

I think he did more than just listened

We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe. We think that the more people there are who believe as we do, the more certain it will be that what we believe is the truth. But it doesn’t work that way at all. -The Pilgrimage,Paulo Coelho

So about 2 months ago I had set myself a challenge: not to ask for any advice for the entirety of a month (June). So what did I learn:

• That asking for confirmation of my choices has become so automatic, I sometimes barely notice I’m doing it.
• That I use asking advice as a way to hear my own thoughts out loud and thus to get more perspective.
• That mostly I know what I truly want and it’s fear that stops me from making the choice, not my inability to choose.

At the beginning I caught myself a few times asking for advice and completely forgetting about the challenge. As the month went on, I became more aware and forced myself to make my decisions alone. This mostly ended up in me making the choice I was going to make anyway, just without another’s reassurance.

Towards the end of the month however, I noticed that I was becoming annoyed with the challenge. Sometimes I didn’t see the value in making a decision on my own, especially as some big life shifts were happening. For example, I had signed up for an apartment and suddenly received an e-mail inviting me for a viewing (at this time I was living with my mom). As soon as I stepped through the door, I knew I wanted the house. It just had an amazing energy and it was beautiful. Even though I already knew I was going to say yes to the house I still consulted my parents and my sister, it seemed like the mature thing to do. This was about a week before the end of the challenge and I figured I had tried it enough (to be honest I was getting frustrated with the challenge).

The challenge also showed me that I have a subconscious belief that asking for help means I am being responsible, because I am considering all the options. Which in a way is true, it’s like when I needed a new printer and I made sure to do my research before picking one (this might have been 3 days of nonstop researching XD). In the end though I picked the best price/quality combination and felt like I had made the best choice available. Obviously though research doesn’t apply to all areas of life. Sometimes we need to dive in, experience and learn on our own. Learn our own truth. Because with matters of the heart and when dealing with people we are never going to find a one size fits all approach.

In conclusion I would say that I definitely ask for less advice now, I am learning to trust myself more, but at times I do find it valuable to see from another’s perspective. I believe that as long as we are moving towards more self-trust, asking for different perspectives can be helpful. However we must keep our true desire in mind as we are looking from other’s perspective, we should be careful not to lose our own voice. The advice should lead us to choices we feel in our heart to be right.

“Don’t listen to people who tell you what to do. Listen to people who encourage you to do what you know in your heart is right.”

It’s a process like all other aspects of growth, being aware and working towards better choices is all we can do. We can’t be perfect and we don’t need to be.

Send me a message and share your experiences with me about making choices and asking advice, I’d love to hear from you!

PS. I said yes to the house and moved out a month later

you are the architect of a thousand worlds

  and he is the brainchild of suspended belief

tied with miracles at midnight.

you are the conqueror and he is the battlefield

   body laid out on the e x p a n s e of satin sheets

just waiting for you to bring him to ruin.

you are a girl and he is a boy and there’s nothing

   stopping you from gripping him by his lapels and tugging

him down to your level so you can confess.

you are what the stories remember as weak

   he is what the stories remember as unattainable

and the only thing stopping you is yourself.

Eid Mubarak to the Muslim world. Please pray for tolerance and unity.

This week i wanted to talk about a common theme that is expressed in my new Book Awaken Your Power to Manifest, the power of Self-Belief. 

I could seriously talk to you all day about the power of self-belief. But the main thing i want to bring up today is this. 

A common mistake I see happen a lot when people go to manifest is they are not actually working on Changing their beliefs – they are only focused on ‘feelings’ or they are only focused on visualizing.  

Self-Belief is at the heart of all of that. A long time ago my previous mentor gave me a quote that has stood with me to this day and its this: 

“If the mind doesn’t believe, the feeling can’t live in the body.”  

Sooo What comes first: The chicken or the egg?
the feeling or the belief?

Many will argue – feelings are first, I need to feel good, i need to raise my vibe, i need to feel the feelings, but are they really?

If the mind doesn’t believe, the feeling can’t even live in the body where our magnetism occurs…So in this regard – Let’s look at it like this: 

If I don’t believe i’m worthy of the thing or that the desire is possible how can i possibly *feel* worthy? 

Or If i don’t believe i’m enough as i am or i’m in disbelief with the desire existing for me, how can i possibly feel *abundant* with the desire?! 

No wonder its so hard to feel abundant when believing abundance is impossible – 

But if I feel the feelings of it already being real but at the same time I don’t know if i believe that it exists and is available for me…what occurs then? 

The mind-body disconnect. 

Its a conundrum! 

Does anyone else’s brain think like this? lol 

So in this week’s video drop, let’s talk about what actually makes an affirmation work like magic 

When it comes to learning manifestation techniques you soon find out that affirmations are a bit of their own art form.

We have to ask ourselves questions like ‘Does this word actually serve me, how could I word this a little bit more clearly?”

Am I unconsciously using words that promote lack or an inbetween state of desire?

I am soo not the person that is rote writing the same affirmations down on repeat – It’s a stream of consciousness practice that allows me to look for supportive beliefs that help my manifestation process.

Today i’m sharing with you some of my top favorite affirmations to work with to help you believe.

Let’s dive in, tune in and watch the full convo below: 

(Sidenote; Anyone watching WandaVision? That show is soo cool, it really displays the power of Manifestation and thoughts create reality) 

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Sending love, abundance and blessings, 

Affirmations that Work like (BOOM)

This week i wanted to talk about a common theme that is expressed in my new Book Awaken Your Power to Manifest, the power of Self-Belief.  I could seriously talk to you all day about the power of self-belief. But the main thing i want to bring up today is this.  A common mistake I see happen a lot when people go to manifest […]