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'ŝůůŝĂŶ ŝƐŶΖƚ ƐŝĐŬ͘ ^ŚĞΖƐ Ă ĚĂŶĐĞƌ͘ dĂŬĞ ŚĞƌ ƚŽ Ă ĚĂŶĐĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů͘Η
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ƚŚĞLJ ĚŝĚ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ͖ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŝĚ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌLJ͘
^ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ ĂƵĚŝƟŽŶĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ZŽLJĂů ĂůůĞƚ ^ĐŚŽŽů͘ ^ŚĞ ďĞĐĂŵĞ Ă ƐŽůŽŝƐƚ͖ ƐŚĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ĐĂƌĞĞƌ Ăƚ
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ŶĚƌĞǁ >ůŽLJĚ tĞďďĞƌ͘
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ƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞΖƐ Ă ŵƵůƟŵŝůůŝŽŶĂŝƌĞ͘ ^ŽŵĞďŽĚLJ ĞůƐĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƵƚ ŚĞƌ ŽŶ ŵĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŽůĚ
ŚĞƌ ƚŽ ĐĂůŵ ĚŽǁŶ͘͟
The true story recounted by Sir Kenneth, illustrates the importance of beliefs. In the story, Gillian’s
mother would not accept the school belief that her daughter was without talent or ability. If she
had, Gillian may have been cursed with the belief that she was useless which would likely have
impacted her happiness and success for the rest of her life. As a result of her mothers belief,
Gillian developed her own belief in herself, uncovered her true passion and talent and lived a
wholesome, successful and happy life.
Types of belief
There are two basic types of belief, generalised and conditional.
Generalised beliefs are those where we group life or people as one, for example “Life is
wonderful”, “People are basically good”, “I am a caring loving individual”
Conditional beliefs are those where we apply a condition that precedes the belief, such as :
“If I exercise more regularly, I will extend my life” “If I love her more she will love me more in
return” (A common false belief that causes so many problems in relationships). Conditional
beliefs make the statement “if this applies, then that will happen”.
Where do beliefs get stored?
Each of us is unique, and forms beliefs from different input not only in our conscious but also in
our subconscious mind. Our subconscious acts as our filing cabinet and is totally non
judgemental. As we move forward in our lives, beliefs can be activated or triggered and impact
on the way we react and the results we achieve and the choices we make, careers,
relationships, care for ourselves and others, our ability to love fully. Since our beliefs are given
back to us exactly as our subconscious mind received them, we think and behave in a way that
is consistent with our beliefs.
In some circumstances, these beliefs can be outdated for our current needs, or inherited from
others to whom they are more applicable. In these instances, these beliefs are no longer serving
our best interests and can hold us back.