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The third step in changing a belief is to change the physical and emotional state you are in. When you change your physical and emotional state, you are changing your ability to perceive new information. Your physiology has a gigantic impact on what emotional state you are in. You will never see the winner of a race walking into the winner's circle with poor physiology (shallow breathing, poor posture, slouching shoulders, etc.). Likewise you will very rarely see a person who was just fired from a desirable job walk out of the building as if she just won $1 million. The physiology of the loser is totally opposite the physiology of a winner. It is the physiology that determines the body's ability to obtain oxygen and circulate the blood. A person with poor physiology is unable to physically maintain the body. Consequently the mental ability to perceive and focus on new information is impaired. The emotional state is also impaired. This is the beginning of a vicious circle: As the emotional state deteriorates, it affects the physiology even more. |
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When we change our physiology, we're able to change our perception. As our physiology and perception begin to change, our emotional state will also begin to change, allowing us to perceive even more information. As our perception increases, we can begin to examine the references that made up our beliefs and then ask intelligent questions. Our previous perception will then begin to change, because the underlying beliefs are beginning to change. Soon we introduce some doubt about the validity of our original perception of the reference. |
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The fourth step in changing a belief is to change your perception of the underlying reference. Your perception is altered by asking probing questions that access more of your innate intelligence. Questions also change your focus, which will affect how you feel and what you think. Since the mind deletes or ignores the vast majority of what it experiences, asking questions helps you become aware of what is being or has been deleted. When you change your perception of the underlying reference, you begin to form new beliefs that cast doubt on the original perception. |
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The fifth and last step is to make a decision that these new beliefs are valid. The ability to decide is a quality that too few people possess. |
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For example, let us look at a novice trader who believes that all it takes to make millions is $5000 in trading capital, a $3000 computer, and a $4000 trading program. The trader can change this belief (assuming that he wants to) by determining what references he is using to sustain that belief. Say that our trader has two points of reference: reading about several traders who turned $10,000 into $1 million, and looking over various ads in the trading magazines. By placing himself into a peak physiological state |
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