We usually think of the word belief as similar to thought, so if you ask me what I believe, I can tell you. However, we actually believe things in two different ways. We believe them intellectually or rationally, and we believe them
subconsciously or emotionally. When the two types of belief are in
alignment, it’s easy to take action and move towards our goals. However,
when there is disagreement between the two types of belief, we feel
stuck and unmotivated, we procrastinate, and feel uncomfortable and
stressed.
For example, suppose that you’d like to make more money, but you have
a conscious belief that making over $200,000 is wrong, and that no one
needs that much money. In order to change that, you’d first go to work
on the intellectual belief ‘It’s wrong to make over $200,000.’ Many
transformational books and workshops are designed to help you shift your
intellectual beliefs by giving you new perspectives. Once you shift
your intellectual belief, your emotional beliefs may shift as well, but
often they do not.
A more likely scenario is that you believe intellectually
that it’s fine to make over $200,000, but you have a subconscious or
emotional belief that it’s wrong to do so. This might be because early
childhood lessons included messages about wealthy people being mean,
greedy, or evil. It might be the result of religious teachings. Or what
if it was because you didn’t believe that you could ever be worthy of
that much money, even if another person might deserve it? The thought of
receiving that much money would cause you to feel like you would be
getting something you didn’t deserve, and you may feel guilty or nervous
about earning that much.
Unfortunately, emotional beliefs like this often sabotage us in ways
that aren’t clear. All you may see is that your efforts to enhance your
business or career just aren’t going anywhere. When given an opportunity
to pursue a potentially profitable avenue, you may find excuses why
it’s not a good idea or take half-hearted action.
You’ll need to use techniques that enable you to change the emotional
reaction you have to a thought; in essence, you’ll need to change your
emotional belief. Science has shown that the conscious mind only
controls about 5% of what we do on a daily basis, whereas the
subconscious mind – the home of the emotional response – controls 95% of
what we do. If your emotions aren’t supporting your conscious goals,
you’re proceeding with very little power.
One technique that can help with this is tapping, sometimes known as
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques.) Simply tapping on electrically
sensitive spots on the face and body, called acupoints, has been shown
to calm the amygdala, which is the fear center of the brain. Tapping
even reduces the levels of cortisol, the stress hormone.
The theory is simple: when you think about something that causes you
emotional upset, and tap, you’re re-programming your brain not to have
that emotional reaction. This means that when you tap, fears at taking
risks, fear of failure and rejection, irritation with colleagues,
co-workers, or vendors, and a host of other potentially
success-threatening reactions just aren’t triggered any more.
It may seem strange that simply tapping on oneself can bring out
emotional change and greater success, and it’s not quite that simple.
You also need to have an empowering belief that you’re working to
incorporate into your emotional belief structure, or know how to create
that type of empowering belief once the fear, upset, or other negative
emotion has been reduced. But if you’re tired of feeling like your
fighting that critical little inner voice all the time, or constantly
struggling to overcome fears and upsets in order to move forward,
learning to use tapping can skyrocket your results.
Pamela Bruner is the co-author (with Jack Canfield) of ‘Tapping
into Ultimate Success – Overcome Any Obstacle and Skyrocket Your
Results’ available from major book retailers. For a free ‘Ultimate Success Tapping Kit’, please visit www.TappingintoUltimateSuccess.com.
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