Limiting Beliefs

What is belief?  We're all basically brought up to believe in something.  But are our beliefs even truth?  A lot of us struggle with our beliefs without even really knowing or understanding them.  Our beliefs are what drive us though and it is imperative we understand this as we ascend.

At birth we don't even get to chose our name, so we can forget about choosing our beliefs.  Without even realizing it the majority of our lives are defending our belief system which most of us have adopted since birth.  But have we dared to question our own beliefs?  See most of us do not understand that questioning our own beliefs can help lead us to our own personal salvation.  Our core values have been shaped by our environment and it is time to recognize that our environment does not necessarily have to be connected to who we are.  These are just images we portray on ourselves for some kind of identity.  I'm doing my best not to mention labels to avoid perception of who i am or what I believe in.  Because in life we all have been taught to compare our labels or identity with others for some sense of rightness about who we are.  Naturally we are all different in many ways, but the fact is we are still all one.  If every single one of us is constantly focusing on our identity and our beliefs based on our environmental upbringing than technically we're all like minded thinkers.  So is being different just a matter of environment?  If that's the case our own family couldn't possibly really know who we are, but why do we all compete and judge the same?  Understanding this phenomena is really enlightening.  We have to come to terms with that our beliefs may simply be our environmental upbringing, not something intimate with our personal being.  However, don't get all crazy about this.  This is not earth shattering, but something we ALL must experience.  Yes, some of our beliefs are flat our wrong to others based on their own environmental upbringing.  And sometimes we ourselves will realize that our own personal belief may be wrong to ourselves.  All of this is essential in our growth as humans.  Understanding that we choose to believe in what we believe in is very powerful. 

As most of us start to feel something different happen we may start to question who we are and why we're here, and just start to feel utter confusion.  Understand though that this is part of the process.  Don't get down because old habits or beliefs are starting to become boring and unfulfilled.  We may even start to feel like not doing anything at all.  Again, perfectly natural.  The old ways of the world are ending, so it's important we feel and experience this pain in order to step outside of the realm of limiting beliefs. 

This also brings me to what to believe in...  We may start to feel lost as we start to drop these old beliefs that we may start attaching ourselves to other belief systems or ways of thinking without even realizing that your old behavior is manifesting itself within a new belief or identity.  We must watch out for this and stay aware and focused.  What you need to be aware and focused on is the fact that we keep on attaching ourselves to a belief systems for some sort of acceptance from someone...  Especially with the internet world, we have found it easy to drop old beliefs and change them on the fly because we can easily now find like minded people...  But remember that the act of holding onto any belief is simply looking on the outside for acceptance so we can find out place in the world...  Well, honestly you do not need to look any further.  There is something that you can believe in if you truly want to see change in the world and especially yourself....And that is the belief in self.  Yes, simply believing yourself to hold all the secrets to life, keys to growth, infinite knowledge and power, and abundance of happiness is something that all it takes is a belief in your own personal self.  And where do beliefs start?  Thoughts...  Our dominant thoughts shape our beliefs, which shape our feelings, which manifest physical reality.  Not to get too metaphysical, but test it for yourself.  If you're constantly thinking of the thing, you get the thing.  Good, bad, negative, positive... Does not matter.  Your thoughts will eventually become your reality.  So depending on where you are in your personal evolution could determine the amount of time it takes to achieve your own personal particular goal.  There is no time table to determine someones own path.  Simply because each individual has had completely different experiences than the next...

So, I'm curious to know how others have had their thoughts manifest into their own physical reality.  And what kind of things do you do to change your thinking pattern to change your belief pattern?  I personally have decided that You are what you eat and think.  So I do everything in my power to eat the cleanest foods and only read things that help me constantly think on growth, not things that limit my beliefs.