Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
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Personal Development for Smart People
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- 3. Flexible.
- C o n g r u e n t .
2. A l l - i n c l u s i v e . For your beliefs to be effective, they must
collectively address your entire field of experience. If y o u experience things that lie outside your beliefs about real- ity, then your belief system is incomplete, and an incom- plete belief system can never be fully trusted. 3. Flexible. Effective beliefs adapt well to new circum- stances. They offer appropriate guidance regardless of your career, income level, relationship situation, lifestyle, and so o n . 4. E t h i c a l . It's never effective to adopt beliefs that lead y o u to harm yourself or others. Such ideas are rooted in fear and ignorance. Effective beliefs don't encourage violence or dishonesty. 5. C o n g r u e n t . Either your beliefs must be internally consis- tent with each other, or y o u must have a clear method of resolving incongruencies. 6. C o n s c i o u s l y c h o s e n . You inherit your initial set of beliefs from your upbringing and social conditioning. But as a fully conscious adult, those beliefs should be identified, 248 Spirituality examined, and then deliberately altered or reintegrated. This is an ongoing process that can take years, if not your entire lifetime. 7. P l e a s u r e - i n c r e a s i n g a n d / o r p a i n - r e d u c i n g . Effective beliefs make y o u feel g o o d , either by elevating your e m o - tional state or as a side effect of generating the results y o u desire. Effective beliefs also reduce fear by bringing truth to the u n k n o w n . 8. E m p o w e r i n g . Your beliefs should allow y o u to experi- ence whatever is technically possible; they should never mislabel the possible as impossible. Subject, of course, to ethical and moral considerations, your beliefs shouldn't unduly limit y o u r abilities. If y o u think something is im- possible for y o u , then it must truly be impossible, regard- less of your thinking. If a mental shift w o u l d alter your abilities via the placebo effect, then your belief is both disempowering and inaccurate. Take a m o m e n t to write d o w n some of your current beliefs about reality. W h a t do y o u believe to be true about your health, career, re- lationships, finances, spirituality, and so o n ? Then go over the eight criteria above to see h o w your beliefs measure up. If y o u don't like w h a t y o u see, craft more effective tenets to replace the old ones. R e - m e m b e r that your beliefs are not merely observations of reality; they also shape and define your experience of reality. M a n y of the thoughts y o u hold most sacred may reveal hidden falsehoods once y o u take the opportunity to consider the alternatives. Download 1.6 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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