Belief Systems Built on Limit

We are all brought up to believe certain things. These things are influenced by various contexts such as cultural, institutional, parental, communal, or political and financial based systems and ideologies.

These beliefs, over time, become part of our make-up; the neural networks in our brain fire at this frequency for a period of time for a pattern to emerge. This emergent pattern becomes reflected in our behavior which is fundamentally driven by such belief systems and experiences.

Because our beliefs become so embedded in our consciousness, our communication invariably works to reinforce these beliefs. Our beliefs become so believable that we communicate the essence of these beliefs from the very core of who we are.

And because these beliefs are communicated from our very core, we perceive them to be fundamentally right. When we encounter an alternate belief system being communicated at another frequency, it is in our nature to react negatively to it.

After all, if it doesn’t fit in with our belief system then how can it be right? And if it’s not right, then it must be wrong!

However the paradox lies in the fact that in order to evolve the human race, to make systems and structures better, faster, more efficient and more effective, we need new ideas.

But we have to express these new ideas if they are to take root and we are to have any chance of becoming more proficient at what we do.

However, when people communicate things we don’t want to hear – things not in line with our belief system – we try to repress them because we don’t want to change our current belief system. After all, we’ve invested a lot of time and energy in it.

But change I would argue, is happening all the time, this is the law of the universe, this is the way we have evolved as a species progressively through time. However messy it may be, it is both necessary and relevant.

So what lies beneath this clinging on to belief systems that form the patterns of communication, interaction and relationships that stay in one place, resisting development? Belief systems built on limit.

I would argue that it stems from the need to control. When we are in control everything seems under wraps, things are normal, safe and secure. This ultimately is the resistance to change, growth and development that results in the perception of limit as well as lower levels of peace and happiness.