What Happens When a Belief is Eliminated?

Because people are not used to permanently eliminating beliefs (processes that are guaranteed to totally and permanently eliminate long-standing beliefs are rare), people aren’t sure what to expect when a belief really is eradicated.

Actually, there can be a wide variety of responses. We have had people tell us that they felt their life was transformed, like an oppressive weight had been lifted from their shoulders. They were clear their life would never be the same.

Other people aren’t even sure the belief is gone. “I’m not sure” is their reaction. This reaction is usually the result of holding the belief: Change is difficult and takes a lot of time. Such people usually have eliminated the belief and have a hard time accepting that they can get rid of a belief in just a few minutes. They believe that what they just did is impossible!

Others experience that the belief is gone at the moment, but fear that it will return at some point in the future. Such people have done processes that purported to permanently eliminate beliefs in the past but the belief always “came back.”

Still other people realize the belief really is gone; it no longer resonates, the words sound meaningless, it is easier to say the belief. But the overall feeling is sort of: “So what? It’s gone. Now what?”

That’s a reasonable response, because most people don’t care about getting rid of beliefs; they want to get rid of the everyday problems that affect them daily. Some of the most common (and the approximate number of beliefs and conditionings that cause each) are:

Procrastination (16), need for the approval of others (10), fear of rejection (9), social anxiety (16), high levels of stress (23), a critical “little voice” in your head (18), perfectionism (14), a lack of confidence (23), and relationship difficulties (10-20).

Each of these everyday problems has a different number of beliefs (and conditionings) and the problem won’t be totally gone until all of the beliefs have been eliminated.

For example, here is a list of the beliefs and conditionings that cause procrastination:

Beliefs

Mistakes and failure are bad.
I’m not good enough.
Change is difficult.

What makes me good enough or important is having people think well of me.
Nothing I do is good enough.
I’m not capable.
I’m not competent.
If I make a mistake I’ll be rejected.
I’m a failure.
I’m stupid.
I’m not worthy.
I’m powerless.
What makes me good enough or important is doing things perfectly.

Conditionings

Fear associated with criticism and judgment.
Fear associated with not meeting expectations.
Fear associated with rejection

Thus, the ultimate test of whether or not a belief has been eradicated is when the problem disappears after you eliminate a bunch of beliefs and conditionings.

One of easiest problems to eliminate (if you know the source) is a phobia, which is caused only one or two beliefs and one or two conditionings. The most complicated problems to eliminate are chronic depression and eating disorders, which can have over 30 beliefs and conditionings, many of which are unique to each person.

By the way, if you discovered this blog recently, please take a look at earlier posts below. You might find a few that you are really interested in. Some recent titles include:

• Get Rid Of Negative “Senses” And “Expectations”
• Get Rid Of The Belief “I Can’t ….”
• Our Perceptions Shape Our Reality
• How To Find The Beliefs That Cause Specific Problems
• Why Does The World Suffer From An Epidemic Of Low Self-Esteem?
• How To Create New Possibilities In Your Life
• Get Into An Altered State Of Consciousness In Minutes
• Can Beliefs Keep You From Becoming Wealthy?
• How Do Beliefs Produce “Driven,” Compulsive Behavior?
• Leave The Past In The Past
• Would You Like To Stop Worrying About What Others Think?
• How To Eliminate Some Of Your Negative Emotions … For Good
• How To Eliminate Upsets And Suffering From Your Life, Parts 1 And 2

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By Morty LefkoePublished On: Tuesday, September 8, 2009Categories: Uncategorized2 CommentsTags: beliefs, change, conditioning, conditionings, Lefkoe Belief Process

SCOTT BROOKS September 12, 2011 at 7:31 am - Reply

Hi and Thank you for your work. I have spent the last 21 years in a “start, spurts and stop” mode of living (self help tapes books and seminars) with great success and great failure and the first 34 years in a fog. Its as if , when walking back in time my core beliefs have been, I have to fight to survive, I have to fight to be heard, i have to fight to be seen Now I did grow up in a housing project ( that confirmed my beliefs,I’m not good enough, I’m not worthy, I’m not important)but prior to that I was always fighting from my earliest memory. I fought at school, i fought at work , I fought in my family with those i was closes to. So fighting made me somebody yet I never really got what I wanted. Along with these beliefs, dishonesty becomes a core character trait to cover up all the feeling of inadequacy and inferiority so when found out the fighting kicks in. So, I suppose I learned very early in life that the way to get attention, to be as the say (need wanted and loved) was to fight, yell and scream.
Bharat Karavadra September 9, 2009 at 12:27 pm - Reply

A limiting belief has gone when you find yourself experiencieng joy in being and or doing something you have done before where there was no or less joy, or you find yourself doing something surprisingly new which you have or or did not do for a long time.

By transmuting (eliminating) beliefs that do not serve you (bring you joy) you make room for yourself to experince something different.

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