One of the more common limiting beliefs people hold is that, “My family doesn’t approve of me.”

You may be aware that you believe your family doesn’t approve of you, or you may carry the belief around just under the surface of your consciousness, not really aware that you hold the belief.

Where do you get that belief?

It can be picked up when you’re an infant, before you have the ability to put thoughts into words. As a baby, youinterpretedthe facial expression, tone of voice and emotions of those around you.

Even in the womb, if your mother didn’t want to be pregnant or to have a baby, you could have picked up that belief.

As an infant, when those around you felt upset or angry, you felt their emotions. When the look on someone’s face was disaproving, you felt that disapproval.

Later, after you learned words, you interpreted their anger, disaproval or scolding as, “I’m bad. I’m not a good kid. There’s something wrong with me. I’m not ok.”

For many of us, we were told explicitly that we weren’t approved of.

What disapproving things were you told as a child?

As an adult, we might think, “My family doesn’t approve of me. I’m inadequate. I’m defective.”

Beliefs are simply thoughts that are repeated over and over and held to be true.

You can think of a belief as an obsessive thought. Or an unquestioned thought. We don’t generally question our beliefs; we just assume them to be true.

We often aren’t even aware of our beliefs, as they are so familiar to us. It’s difficult to question something you aren’t even aware of!

Are beliefs true?

A belief is no more true than another thought. In actuality thoughts and beliefs are neither true nor false. They simply are.

But beliefs have great power. Our beliefs have power because we don’t question them. We live our lives based on them. They influence our health, happiness and abundance in all areas of our lives.

Most of your beliefs are limiting. Do you have beliefs about how wealthy you can become?

How about how long you’ll live?

How about your limits because of your gender, your age, your race, your nationality, your education, your intelligence?

Your beliefs keep you from trying new things, from living as you dream, from making the income you’d love to make, from succeeding in areas you only dare to try.

Changing Beliefs Changing your beliefs can be challenging.

First you must discover just what your beliefs are.

Two ways to discover your beliefs are by observing your judgments and by noticing your disturbing emotions.

Under those will be limiting beliefs.

Then you can use the process of EFT tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques) to release limiting beliefs and instill new, more empowering beliefs.

1. Start by writing down a clearly defined, achievable goal or goals.

2. Visualise what it will be like to have achieved that goal. The easiest way to start visualising it to close your eyes and see, touch, feel, hear etc (in your minds eye) the thing you want.

To really stimulate your senses don’t just think about the thing you desire but try to picture yourself as having achieved that thing and what it will enable you to do.

e.g. if I had a financial goal of earning ?100k this year to visualise a pile of money would be ok, but a much more powerful way would to be visualising what I would actually be doing with the money. So I would picture me in a nice sports car, not just a general blurred image but a definite make, model, colour, who would be riding with me etc.

I would also take a holiday with the money, but not just a general beach holiday, I would visualise sitting by the pool with a cocktail in my hand, tasting the cooling drink, dipping my toes in the water, hearing the gentle splash of the water and wind blowing through the trees.

You can see where I am going here, I am immersing all of my senses in the place. Go nuts, really have a good daydream here!

Make sure you do this visualising as it is key to the rest of the process. It starts to make the thing become ‘real’ and achievable in your consciousness and attaches real emotions to the thing making it infinitely more powerful.

3. Write down all of the things you ‘saw, felt, heard, tasted’ etc in your visualisation.

4. Go on the internet and go to Google image search and find pictures of all these things. Adorn your computer with these images. Set one as your desktop wallpaper and create a screensaver. Print them off, and stick them up around your house etc. Place them where you can see them and throughout your day you will get regular reminders which has the following benefits:

Kkeeps the goal in the forefront of your mindReinforces the goal by repetition, making it strongerInvokes the emotions you enjoyed whilst visualisingPushes the goal/image into the subconscious giving it even more powerMotivates you to work to achieve your goal

Remember, what you desire will become real, this technique helps you to strengthen your desire by making it real and belief that you will achieve it.

There are many mediums that provided the latest knowledge – there are books, of course. Then there are newspapers, magazines, internet sites, TV shows, news programs, movies, and even music. So what type of content are you focusing on? What type of communication do you receive through your snail mail, texts, and email?

In this age of technological advancement where so much information is so accessible, one should be careful about what they focus on. So much information can also be the cause of undue stress. Bad news that we allow into our consciousness might overwhelm us with negative thoughts if we allow these to do so.

When you turn on the television it’s common to see TV shows with themes of violence and sex. And on the news, you will mostly see headlines that are not positive. Subconsciously, these all impact your mood and way of thinking. It is common to become suspicious and fearful when you see and hear about robberies and hijacking, wars and killing. While these might provide the latest in entertainment and news, by the end of a few hours of watching television, your sense of the world becomes negative.

However, if we choose to be discriminating about what we watch, then we can control what information we feed into our consciousness. Shows that reflect positivity and our values can make us feel happy, stimulated, and nourished.

Do you believe this? I challenge you to control what information you feed into your mind for a week and see how it impacts you.

For a week, choose to watch or read sources that are positive and reflect your values in life. Perhaps you’ll notice after a few days that you feel positive versus disturbed and agitated. Then you will know how all these sources can actually affect your life.

Understand that you do have a choice as to what you let in your mind. You do have the choice of making life a lot less stressful. You have the choice of leading a better, healthier, and more positive life.

Children are born intelligent. They are able to speak the truth about what they see. They able to see the world as it actually is. Of course, as they see it as it is, they begin to check-out of it. As the horrors of the world press in on them, they begin to move into the illusion of thought and belief.

As children, we are told what is polite to say; what to do and what not to do. We are forced into seeing the world as our parents see it, which is the way their parents taught them to see it. Gradually, our child brain becomes conditioned and trained to be the way the world is. In our childhood, we are forced to fit into an insane world. Instead of preparing the world for the child, the child is prepared for the world. We have to be made insane in order to fit into it.

Our child brain is conditioned to operate in a certain manner by the time we are four or five years of age. From then on, it’s just a matter of adding more information to our already conditioned brains. Our world believes that gaining more information, and a lot of useless information at that, will make us more intelligent. More information actually gets the opposite result. Gaining more knowledge gives little room to “think” outside the box. The box of knowledge is the context of our lives and the content is the knowledge. We are being squeezed into insanity by ideas, beliefs, and the accumulation of knowledge. This is the world of illusion, not the world of reality

We don’t know what reality is. We are taught to believe. We actually go to elaborate buildings and worship some idea of a sky fairy or a supposedly son of a god who lived 2000 years ago or put our foreheads on the ground and our butts in the air or we kiss a wall or ring bells and count beads and all sorts of insanity. Belief makes everyone stupid, and stupid for allowing it.

Have our minds become so conditioned and lazy that we cannot question anything? Why do we just accept what we are told by our parents, the school, the churches, the governments? Do they all have one agenda in mind – to make us unquestioning sheep being led into the slaughter house of war by our beliefs? Is it not crazy for a real live human being to take up weapons to kill another over insane ideas and beliefs? When will we have the guts to stand up to the insanity of belief and say, “enough is enough”?

The old consciousness that has been our guide for thousands of years is no longer viable in our modern world. Perhaps it was necessary for our survival as we worked our way up the evolutionary ladder, but now, it is not only not useful, but it is also destroying us a species and destroying the earth for habitation by all other species.

Belief is the number one thing in the old consciousness that we need to drop and evolve out of. If we do not, we will more than likely not survive our own stupidity. Our survival depends on the evolution of the human mind from the old consciousness of violence into the new consciousness that is now being brought forth in the human. It is a transformation of mind. If accepted and embraced, it will bring forth intelligence, creation, truth, and love to the planet. If it is not embraced, the resistance to the new may well destroy us. Either way, the old will probably not go quietly. It is up to you.

What will you do?

It is a strange thing indeed that the so-called greatest of men or women with whom we are impressed live in such a personal mess that we would never want to trade places unless of course we only want fame, fortune and suffering. It is said of Dostoevsky that he was a madman with a method and I have met a few such people.

They may have written great works or composed incredible music for which we should be totally grateful yet somehow their feet were not on the ground and any emulation could be dangerous to our personal and mental health.

The suffering of these greats could appeal to many people because many are suffering and they live through hope that one day the suffering will go. People can live their whole life like that and forget to find the reasons for their unhappiness and suffering which is by far the more intelligent thing to do.

After meeting many of these people in my life I came to the realisation that more was needed for a happy and contented life; that “MORE”, was more consciousness and less unconsciousness, more intelligence and less intellectuality. Yes writing is wonderful for clarity and these days writing is the currency for good ideas which is why people will always keep writing.

Just look at how messaging, texting, emails and blogging have taken over to a very large extent and how much communication is happening through these mediums. So I think writing can be a sign of clear thinking but don’t take too much notice until you have met the person because their life could be a shambles.

What is the effort then? To try and live up to our writings and present them as simply, concisely and articulately as we can manage. Then we may become clearer ourselves and our message might be worth something. I hope I have succeeded here and if not please tell me.

Sam

Binaural Beat

Meditation audio today works to produce this binaural beat. It can be produced in such a way that it would match the consciousness state of any kind whether it is for sleep, meditation or relaxation. It can also help with states where manifestation, remote viewing, ESP and telepathy occur. The process of our mind producing the waves which match the beat is called the frequency following effect. This is how binaural beats or auditory can entertain our brain. Various EEG studies have been conducted which show that the response of the brain is corresponding to the audio stimulus frequency.

Studies that Support this Fact

Various studies have been conducted on meditation audio so far. Sidney A Schneider had conducted a study which showed that more than 90% of the 2,500 subjects that had been exposed to auditory stimuli had experienced an altered consciousness state. The research had concluded that every individual would be entrained at a particular frequency which would allow them to enter a state like trance by listening to live hypnotic induction or audio stimulation. By introducing our brain to the binaural frequencies through audio technology, we can induce powerful states effortlessly that help achieve relaxation and concentration. This can also help us achieve these deep consciousness states in just around 10 minutes.

Binaural beats are Not New

Meditation audio with binaural beats are quite new but the concept itself is anything but new. These beats have been used by the primitive tribes in our history since centuries. Research studies that had been conducted by a Melinda Maxfield, PhD shows that the drumbeats which can be found in various rituals around the world beat at a rate of 4.5 beats/second which induce a trance state in the listeners. The brain would undergo a frequency effect by listening to these beats where there brainwaves shift to a pattern which would induce a Theta state. Chanting and beats had been used by Yogis, Sufi dervishes, Tibetan monks, Hindu healers and Native Americans for higher consciousness levels and for healing.

Through history, the concept of binaural beats has been widely used and it is an art that would continue to the future as well. With the help of technology and with increased psychological knowledge, this art can be perfected in the future. Today, with the help of meditation audio it is possible to enjoy the benefits of these beats.

Because amethyst is a very good crystal to use for meditation, you can place it on your brow chakra or third eye to enhance a meditative state. The color and the energy of the crystal helps you move your consciousness from that of being self-centered towards something greater than yourself. If you were to hear and understand the amethyst crystal, you might hear: “Let go and trust”, or “relax and allow the powers of the universe to guide you”. It’s not important to really ‘hear’ the message of amethyst — this is simply an understanding for you to have when you wish to enhance your relaxation and meditation.

Amethyst crystals can assist you to relax and change your mental state from that of being overworked, over stressed or overwhelmed to a state of peace. You could carry the stone around in your pocket during your day or have it sit near you at you work desk as a reminder to relax, let go and trust the power of the universe. Amethyst is so good at calming the mind.
These crystals are very abundant and easy to find. You can look in rock shops and many times find them in stores that have a variety of gifts, sometimes in restaurant gift shops. There are also online sources, but I prefer to actually hold the crystal in my hand and ‘feel’ the energy of the crystal before I purchase any. This is your choice of course.

You might even wish to go to a jewelry store and purchase a high quality of amethyst, gem stone quality and have them set as ear rings, necklace or amethyst rings. This way you have the calming effect of the amethyst with you all day long.

If you find yourself drawn to the color purple, you may wish to experience the calming of mental energies that amethyst crystal can give you. Be adventurous, look for crystals, gems or stones that appeal to you. Start your own collection. Amethyst is a great choice to become your first ‘crystal friend’ to relieve mental stress.

The benefits of Meditation are endless, but for the sake of this discussion just a few of them are:

Reduced stress and anxiety.Increased sense of well-being from the peace your get through meditating.Improved health due to the above reasons.Access to your higher intelligence which can help you with greater insight, better intuition and psychic abilities.Better relationships with the help of reduced conflicts and better understanding of other.Success in your career because of the combination of all the improvements in your personality.Better concentration and focusing skills, which will help you do everything you do better.Brainwaves and Meditation

The human brain goes through many frequencies during the day. They are Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta. These waves determine the state of our consciousness. We rarely ever stop and think about brainwaves but getting some basic knowledge about them can help you understand the workings of the mind a little better, hence you can make the tweaks necessary to help you with your meditation efforts.

Beta Waves have a frequency of 15-40 cycles per second and are produced when our brain is engaged, like during our day to day activities. The more attention a particular activity demands, the higher the frequency.

Alpha Waves are the next step. These have a frequency of 9-14 cycles a second. These waves occur when someone is resting or meditating. If you are new to meditation, the biggest hurdle for you will be to go from the Beta to the Alpha state. This can be achieved with practice and patience as it can take a wile before you can tame your mind to stop thinking about things. This state can be achieved more easily and quickly with the help of Binaural Beats.

Theta Waves are characteristic of deep relaxation and have a frequency of 5-8 cycles per second. This is the state you experience when you drove home from work without realizing how you got there. This is also the state of a Hypnotized mind. Meditation is deeper when these waves are present. This is also the state when creativity is at the highest and many ideas come to you that you could not think of in your Beta state.

Delta Waves are the longest and have the highest amplitude. They cycle between 1.5-4 cycles a second. These occur when we are in deep sleep and not dreaming. Dreams occur in the theta state.

How does Brainwave Entrainment relate to Meditation?

Simply put, training your brainwaves to occur on command. How is this achieved? Yogis and gurus put in years of practice to be able to be able to have their brain shift consciousness at their beck and call. But modern technology made it possible for people like you and me to experience the joy of meditation much faster if we choose to. This is through the discovery of Brainwave Music – binaurals, monaurlas and isocronics.

Binaural Beats

As you have seen Alpha state is where meditation begins and it occurs below 20 Hz, which is not audible to the human ear. To make this possible without years of practice, Binaural beats uses two different frequencies in each ear and the brain balances it by hearing the difference. For example, if you hear 200 Hz in one ear and 208 Hz, your brain hears 8 Hz, which is where Alpha state is achieved. Headphones are required for these beats.

Monaural Beats

These are different from Binaural Beats because they are easier on your brain.? With Monaural Beats you do not need to balance tones, adjusting time is quicker.? These beats one tone pulsing on and off a specific pattern, your brain produce the effect you’re looking for quickly. Headphone are not mandatory but will increase the effects.

Isochronic Tones

These are the most powerful of all. They use equal intensity tones, increasing the pulse speed, so the brain finds it easier to synchronize with the rhythm. These tones are in distinct and clean wave form which is designed to harmonize with the brain much more efficiently. Headphones are always recommended but not a must for Isochronic Tones.

I hope your mediation efforts pay off and you are able to discover the universe that exists beyond the one we live in. Meditation is a practice that will take you on journeys you never even imagined could be enjoyed when and where you desire. You will unleash the power within you and gain an understanding of who you really are and what is your purpose in life. It will enrich your life and the lives of people around you. Just make sure you make it a ritual and practice everyday, just like you brush your teeth. Once you have experienced the bliss of the Alpha state, you will only want to explore further and you will be hooked. I wish you all the best and Happy Meditating.