The Breathing Prosperity blog

When you first begin learning about the Law of Attraction and the principles surrounding it, the very exciting prospect of being able to create your life any way you want it is usually where the motivation comes from.

As a little time goes by, perhaps you begin hitting a wall or noticing situations or places where you don’t always get ‘what you want’, and you feel some frustration. You begin to learn that you have hidden limiting beliefs that are keeping you within certain patterns. There are many effective ways to go about exploring and changing your limiting beliefs (quite a few of which you will see in our article archives).

One way in which we limit ourselves without realizing it is by fighting what is, or what has been. If you ever catch yourself saying ‘If only ‘x’ hadn’t happened, then my life would be so much different,’ or ‘If so-and-so would just wake up and appreciate me then life would be so great,’ then you are fighting instead of allowing.

Going against the stream of well-being, as Abraham-Hicks tells us, is fighting an uphill battle. Resentment, holding grudges, or being upset about a circumstance rather than concentrating on what we really want for ourselves (not others), causes us to be stuck and impedes our progress. It’s not the Law of Attraction that isn’t working - it’s us who are holding ourselves in a pattern of resentment.

While on the ultimate plane I believe we can affect reality completely, at this level we must work within the existing framework of our lives. We have a lot more power and freedom than we sometimes grant ourselves, and it is by letting go of limiting beliefs that we can be free to create in the moment, as we are meant to. For example, if you have identified yourself as a female who was abused when you were a child, you can release this identity while still being that person. Does that make sense? You are a woman. Period. The fact that you are abused does not go away if you cease resenting it. It simply loses its’ power over you, and is not part of your identity TODAY. Today, you can look forward and make conscious choices about your life and create the dreams you hold dear, without holding on to a limiting past resentment, however deep it may be.

The irony is that the things you are resenting are holding you back - YOU are the only one suffering by not letting go of grudges. As someone wise once said, resenting someone else is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die. The same applies when we resent or hate situations - jobs, relationships, circumstances - the poison is yours; you are swallowing it. 

With all the LOA information available these days and most of saying the same things, it’s easy to think that limiting beliefs are generic and easily dealt with. This misperception is what keeps many people stuck and frustrated. As you will discover and as this article illustrates, your own limiting beliefs are very personal to you. The more specific to your life you get when exploring your subconscious beliefs and triggers, ther more effective you will be. For some further resources, try the following:

EFT is a powerful releasing method that doesn’t even require knowledge of the beliefs so much as the reactions you have when affected by them. Our associate Rick Wilkes is a pro, and his website is full of good information. You can find him at Thriving Now.

As many of you know, I am a big fan of Bob Doyle and his Wealth Beyond Reason program, as it contains so many valuable resources, including ebooks, guided and brainwave meditations, interviews with many and varied experts, and much more. Visit his site at Wealth Beyond Reason.

Enjoy and prosper!