Our Beliefs

Our beliefs are like anchors. Sometimes they take us to the bottom. Find out how to examine your beliefs and find out what ones are sinking you in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

Our Beliefs

We all got ‘em, but we didn’t always have them.

We weren’t born with beliefs, we adopted them. Oftentimes, we got many of them without our permission. Our early caregivers exposed us to theirs and we just absorbed them without question. Monkey see, monkey do.

And that’s what has to happen with beliefs at some point; we have to question them. 

The main question to ask is: Are they working for me?

We have our beliefs categorized on a scale. It goes from silly to serious.

Here’s a silly one that many people own: Fat turns into muscle. Think about it for a minute. Fat is fat and muscle is muscle and those two trains run on different tracks. Never does one become the other. That’s an advertising talking point we’ve come to believe. The absence of fat may show more muscle, or the addition of it may hide your muscles.  “I have abs of steel hidden by flab from meals.”

That’s an easy belief to outgrow.

How about a serious one though? 

Reminds me of a story . . . When I conducted seminars, I would often ask people, Do you have the same religion as your parents?” Most would raise their hands. I then inquired, “Did they ask your permission?”

The question wasn’t about religion. It was designed to show how some beliefs got formed and how willing we are to fight to be right about them. 

Are your beliefs working for you? Fantastic! Hold on to them. But, upon inspection, if you find ones that aren’t working for you, you need a “new religion” so to speak.

Think about something you once fervently believed but now is in the “you’ve got to be kidding me”file. I think we all own that experience. Let that learning to be a springboard to propel you to investigate what else isn’t working in your life, and take a leap of faith and head off in a new direction.

When you do an inventory of beliefs, you’ll find many of them aren’t supported by facts, only opinions. 

Here’s a suggestion: Stop arguing for the ones not supported by facts. You can still hold on to it if it’s working for you, but stop trying to sell it others. Remember the old axiom: Never talk about politics and religion in mixed company. It only leads to a battle of opinions, which never works.

So what’s not working for you? When you dig past the surface, you’ll find a belief that’s a thief of your relief. Give it the heave ho and forever rid yourself of an obstructive foe.

All the best,

John