When I ask the question "What do you believe?" what comes to your mind? Maybe your thoughts go to believing in ghosts or believing a story about a situation or person, but the kind of believing I'm talking about is more personal. What do you believe about yourself?
Many of us think we know ourselves and what we believe in. We might say we believe that we are spiritual, we believe we are loyal, we are a "good" person. What happens, however, when we ask ourselves what we believe about ourselves in this very moment? When we stop time and consciously move into the moment we get to act as our own witness to what is transpiring within. We can take stock of the feelings within us and name them, we can observe the thoughts running through our heads and ask ourselves why, and more importantly we can gauge what beliefs we have in this moment that lead us to this moment in time.
Taking a snapshot of the present can even help us release our past. What have we brought into this moment that is no longer valid? Is the fact that I forgot my keys this morning something I need to have in this present moment? Or even more importantly, perhaps is it important to hang onto the feelings of worthlessness you may have had when a parent or friend discarded you from their life.
The more often we stop and become present, asking ourselves what we believe in the moment, the more apparent our most subconscious beliefs will be made known to us. Today try and do just that. At any given time in your day, stop and ask "What do I believe in this moment?" and see what transpires.
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