Never form attachments to your beliefs that are unbreakable in the face of a higher, more sensible truth … (Read on a social networking site – don't know who to credit)

The theme that I've been requested to write about this time is BELIEVE. I've spent a lot of time thinking about what to write for this article. At first I thought it was going to be about "believing" in a higher power – or maybe "believing in yourself" and then I went down the path of thinking about beliefs and how they shape us and our world.

What we believe truly does shape us and our collective reality – how we are organized in our families, communities, countries and continents even is based upon systems of belief. There are all kinds of belief systems out there and lots and lots of conflicts can be created because of differing sets of belief. I believe that we are being called at this time in our evolution as a species and as a planet to begin to reflect upon all of our previously held beliefs and to really examine their origins and even more importantly whether these beliefs still hold true for us in our present circumstances.

I'll give you a little example – as I was writing this last year, we are preparing for the holidays and "traditionally" we have always celebrated Christmas with a Christmas Tree (and all the fixins) in our family. Over the last few years though as I have grown more and more conscious of my environment and the impact that my choices have on the planet, and since I've grown ever so much more open to communicating with the nature spirits including the tree people, I have been really not feeling good about the idea of ​​supporting the practice of cutting down trees to decorate for a few days and then throw out. Where did this idea come from to begin with? Why do we perpetuate it? Surely we can come up with a better idea that's less damaging and disrespectful of the "living lungs" that provide oxygen for all of us to breathe.

So I took the time to really look at my beliefs about the importance of honoring our tradition while at the same time honoring my growing desire to walk softly upon the Mother and leave no footprints. What I ended up doing today was finding a LOVELY little tree – it stands as high as my nose – in it's pot! We can bring him in for 7 days – then he must go back outside again and wait until the springtime to be planted.

All too often we become so entrenched with our belief system that we become trapped in a way of being that no longer serves but we can't seem to find the way to get out. Sometimes it can be downright scary what people believe – and the decisions that they make, based on those beliefs can be incredibly damaging to themselves, to others and to our world. I have another example about beliefs and ways that we can possibly consider to loosen up the hold that they might have on us – maybe just enough to make room for a different perspective that might really transform the way we navigate our world. Today I got a postcard from a local church – it said "God's Plan of Salvation" on the top. Then it was followed by four bullet points – the first of which was "All of us have sinned."

Now sinned is a pretty charged word for a lot of people so as I contemplated this little card I thought about how the whole thing could be reframed to get across an important message without all the "charge" and the guilt. So here's what I came up with for the four points on the card:

Card Words:

1. All of Us have sinned.

2. Sin must be paid for.

3. Jesus Christ paid for Our sins.

4. What must you and I do?

ReFramed Words:

1. We all have made at least one mistake on our journey

2. We all have the opportunity to learn and choose differently.

3. Jesus Christ was a great teacher.

4. We can learn from many great teachers & become teachers too!

I, of course, am seeing from my own "lens of perception" but I do feel a whole lot more expansive and open to receiving and contemplating the ideas that are trying to be shared with the reframed words then I did with the original wording. Remember that all beliefs started somewhere, with someone, who had a particular experience. Remember too that WE get to create our reality and that creation starts with what we believe. Take some time to re-evaluate your beliefs – all of them – hold them up to the light of your present reality and see which ones may need to be either reframed or released all together. It's OK to change what you believe – we do it all the time unconsciously – imagine what could happen if you chose to shine the light of your consciousness into that endlessly creative mind of yours to figure out what you really want to believe and make it a reality!

So what are you thinking right now? what are you aware of right now? Just think for a moment! Ok so you might be consciously thinking what shall I have for lunch? I need to lose weight so I am going to eat healthily, great right!

Yes it sounds pretty logical to me, I guess it does to you too. Do you want to see the bigger picture? Great then lets go!

Do you know it is the perception of many that the conscious mind controls only approximately 10% of our thinking and behaviour. I presume that sounds odd, you could say we are thinking all the time consciously, so what controls the other 90% of our thinking and behaviour. The other 90% is presumably controlled by our subconscious mind, which is the part of our mind we are not generally very aware of. The subconscious mind controls our breathing and bodily processes automatically, it also stores our memories and beliefs

Our memories and beliefs are accumulated throughout our lives and are a direct result of our experiences. In a large majority of people most of these memories and beliefs are less than positive or negative. These negative memories and beliefs play silently in the background of our subconscious minds day and night like a replaying record, most of the time we are not even aware of them and they are commonly known as limiting beliefs.

Going back to our question of what shall I have for lunch? You think consciously I need to lose weight so I am going to eat healthy. At the same time a person who is overweight could have a subconscious mind that has memories playing silently saying ‘yeah’ right you will never lose weight, you like chocolate too much, you have been overweight all your life, your mother always said you would be an overweight adult and look you are! These negative memories and limiting beliefs are thought to be replaying 90% of the time and the good intention of eating healthily playing consciously only 10% of the time, so which belief system is most likely to win the game!

Yes – 90% has a massive advantage over 10% would you agree? This is a good example of how most of us are living our lives by default despite our best efforts to think positively. So how do we get rid of or reduce these limiting beliefs and replace them with more positive ones?

There are many ways to eradicate and clear limiting beliefs, some methods work better for some people than others. One method I am passionate about is an Hawaiian cleaning method known as ho oponopono. Morrnah Simenoa (now deceased) founded the technique, Dr Hew Len and Mabel Katz have carried her work forward and developed the technique. Ho oponopono is very simple to use, it comprises of repeating the following four phrases:

*I love you

*I’m sorry

*Please forgive me

*Thank you

These phrases are very high vibrational phrases that have the potential to gradually clear limiting beliefs because they are based on repentance, love, gratitude and transmutation. Dr Hew Len and Mabel Katz have done a lot of recent work on applying ho oponoponoto to achieve fantastic results. They say once we identify our limiting beliefs, if we can take responsibility for creating them and say the above phrases the theory is the subconscious mind will gradually clear the problematic memories and leave a void to be replaced by more empowering beliefs.

So how do we know we have a specific limiting belief? The trick is take notice of how you feel, take notice of what and who you have in life in comparison to what and who you want in your life.

For example:

Do you want a salary of £30,000 a year and only earn £10,000?

Do you weigh 72kg and want to weigh 60kg?

Do you want a relationship and find yourself constantly alone?

Do you want to own a house and find yourself renting one?

If these situations resonate with you in some way, you most probably have limiting beliefs in these areas.

So if we do the ho oponopono process as outlined above how do we know when it is working?

Look at the examples above again:

If we suddenly get the chance of a promotion, new job or higher salary and/or we suddenly start losing weight effortlessly and/or we find ourselves dating and enjoying forming new relationships and/or we start to find ourselves having more potential to afford to buy a house. We can say things are shifting and starting to work, some people might find a shift in one particular area and not much in another for a while, we are all different and take our own time to change.

Please take some time to think about the information in this article, say the four ho oponopono phrases, how does it feel? Some people find them difficult and experience negative feelings toward them. Keep persevering it will pass, these phrases really can have a massively positive impact on your life.

If you would like more information on ho oponopono and how to apply it, there is website link below which will enable you to access a very valuable resource to reformat your subconscious mind naturally and effortlessly to be more positive and experience more positive life changes.

Please do take a look

I do hope you have found this article useful, please take this opportunity to improve you life beyond belief

Best wishes

Jane

The human quest for individuality has been the motivating force behind mankind’s rise to new heights; furthermore, the struggle to differentiate oneself from others, in the pursuit of greatness, has led to racism: the discrimination against a person or group based on race, religion, or creed to limit their advancement. This act of tearing down a group of people based on insecurities is as fundamentally flawed as using affirmative action to redress those wrongs.

Those with racist beliefs might hate certain groups according to their religion, spoken language, or place of birth. As in the case of one soldier for the United States Army who used the Qur’an, Islam’s holy book, for target practice in Iraq during May of 2008. This offense, called an oversight by the shooter was meant to be harmless, even though, the bullet-riddled Qur’an was marked with a target and had an expletive strew across one of its pages. This form of racism, although passive by nature, is no less harmful than that of institutional racism, which suppresses certain groups through propaganda, denying benefits based on a belief system or racial differences.

What may seem to be a significant racial difference, such as, the coarseness of hair, facial structure, or the color of skin is not an overly distinguishing factor according to the scientific community. In fact, the genetic differences that make our appearance unique are less significant than those that make us similar. In the Book, In My Father’s House: Africa in the philosophy of Culture by Kwame Anthony Appiah the author writes, “There are few genetic characteristics to be found in the population of England that are not found in similar proportions in Zaire or in China…” Not only does this statement recognize our common tread, but also it reveals a world Bob Marley envisioned when he sang, “One love, one heart. Let’s get together and feel all right.”

Despite our similarities, racism prevails. In 1961, President Kennedy introduced affirmative action as a plan meant to right the wrongs that persisted in spite of civil rights laws; however, it was not implemented until after President Johnson’s 1965 commencement address at Howard University.

Affirmative action, which focuses primarily on employment and educational programs, ensure minorities enjoy benefits like school admission, financial aid, scholarship options, salary advancement, and the opportunity to grow within a company, which in the past had been predominantly reserved for Caucasians. From its inception, affirmative action was envisioned as a temporary panacea meant to create an equal opportunity for all Americans.

The opponents of affirmative action say it devalues personal accomplishment because candidates are chosen based on the social group they are apart of as opposed to their qualifications. In addition, supporters of affirmative action are not fighting to end racial discrimination, they are demanding racial discrimination be legalized and enforced. Apparently, they want to ignore equality by proclaiming skin color should be the primary consideration.

As a result, the Caucasian male is more likely to be denied employment or educational benefits because of his grandfather’s actions, regardless of whether his grandfather practiced such beliefs. Times have changed, for it is no longer the oppressor but the once oppressed that demand racial quotas.

Fortunately for Americans, we live in a country protected by the First Amendment right, which protects the freedom of expression for all Americans. The basis behind the right is not only accepting what you agree with, but also that which you disagree with too. No doctrine, no matter how morally contemptible, can be forbidden by law; however, two wrongs do not make a right. Therefore, affirmative action should have no place in our society as a means to combat racism. Edwin A. Locke said it best, “You cannot cure racism with more racism.”

Equality is equal for everyone until next time…

Max had dreamed of going to college ever since his father told him, "Everyone in our family goes to college." Max related well to people. They trusted him. He had a head for business. His manner inspired confidence. Max wanted to major in business. But, in order to be admitted to business college, he needed to pass a statistics class.

Max began to have problems in math in first grade. His parents sat up with him night after night as he struggled with his homework. One day when Max was in third grade he screamed and tore up his math homework, refusing to go to school until he knew all the multiplication facts. His father yelled. His mother cried.

In sixth grade Max couldn't make sense of factor trees. He couldn't figure out how to solve equations. His parents found a tutor who came to the house twice a week. Max did a little better the second semester. He got a C, although the F he received the first semester embarrassed him so much he never told any of his friends.

By sixth grade, Max "knew for certain" he was a math dummy. He dreaded math class. Every time the teacher called on him, his heart raced. He couldn't think. He stalled for time. He blinked back the tears. He told himself it would be over soon.

Then algebra class! The teacher expected him to have all the math facts memorized. She expected him to understand factor trees. She expected him to solve equations. Max hated school.

"Terrorized" by math all through school, Max believed he would never be successful in any math class. Therefore, he "just knew" he couldn't pass the statistics class and Max "just knew" that he would never be admitted to the business program that was his dream.

In this area of ​​his academic life, Max had lost sight of his power to achieve. He had relinquished his creative spark and had replaced it with despair and expectations of failure. He had believed in math failure for so long that it had become his reality.

An Effective Educational Perspective

When Max and I began working together, I explained to him that he was intelligent but that somewhere along the way he began to believe in limitations and had stopped trusting his natural intellect and gifts. He had come to believe that he couldn't learn. I encouraged him to trust in his great talents and to let me create for him a program of study and learning that maximized his brain's ability to understand and remember information. He had the natural gifts to succeed, and with the right kind of practice and encouragement, he could be a star at math!

When Max achieved an A in the statistics class and was accepted to the business program, his comment to me was, "Math has long been a sore spot for me academically and I think finally changed the tides!" Several months after starting his business classes, I heard from him that he was getting the highest grades in his class!

Unfortunately, Max suffered with self-doubts all through school. He lived with the "knowledge" that he was a math dummy. His doubts about his intelligence seeped into other aspects of his life. He didn't always trust his own judgment. He relied more on the opinions of others than he did on his own beliefs and desires. If Max had received more guidance in developing a self-empowering perspective earlier in life, he would have had more faith in his ability to succeed and would have more academic successes to look back on.

Facilitating Academic Success

Parents and educational professionals can open the door to a student's belief in self-empowerment. Empowered students believe in their ability to succeed. They understand the degree of control they have in their educational experience. They see themselves as the most important factor in their own success. They know they are destined to achieve their dreams.

Not until students believe in success will success be an achievable reality. As a student mobilizes his or her belief system to make academic success a habit of belief, emotional barriers and learned helplessness melt away. Students find joy in academics. They learn to approach challenging tasks with a renewed sense of belief and confidence that ignites the energy they need to be academic stars.

One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to view him or her as a strong student. Find every opportunity to notice your child's academic strengths. As your happy thoughts, pleased gazes and complimentary words reflect back to your child the qualities he or she wishes to develop, they will begin to flower.

Talk with your child about his innate intelligence and skills. Express your belief in his abilities and his let him know you are confident he can learn anything and everything he wants to learn! Let him know how proud you are of him and his unique talents. Help him get in touch with his gifts and be clear with him that he can become skillful in any and every area he chooses.

Direct attention toward a child's academic problem only long enough to find a solution. Then turn your undivided attention to that solution. See each student as a successful and confident star. Holding the view of students as powerful achievers is the key to their self-transformation.

Resist the urge to notice problems and deficiencies because your child will be encouraged to "know" that he or she is "stupid." Help your child believe in success and you will keep your child on the path toward self-esteem and achievement in all endeavors.

It's not hard to surmise that young children typically develop their belief systems during their formative years. It's a developmental stage that represents the closest form of learning to the 'imprint' learning we see in less intelligent animals. For example, a newborn fowl will believe that the first living thing it sees is its parent.

In terms of survival (the will to live), it makes sense that young children would be highly susceptible to learning the lessons of life from the parent (how to avoid danger, etc.).

Unfortunately, this 'formative years learning' extends beyond the scope of simply learning how to survive, how to behave based on cultural standards, and parental expectations. I say this because it's also a stage in the development of children (up to age eight) that includes the formulation of a belief system.

While we tend to excuse an orientation to religion as a part of this early learning process in children, how should we characterize the learning of hate? Should we simply characterize it as' carrying on family tradition and values? Typically, hate isn't learned, it's taught. Rather than 'formative years learning', I would rather characterize this force-fed learning as 'childhood brainwashing'. Let's not be so forgiving.

Apparently, as a society, we're not yet ready to acknowledge the fact that learning during those formative years of childhood becomes as deeply ingrained as what we see in adults who have been brainwashed.

We observe this behavior, but fail to connect the dots.

Typically, a young child exposed to racism in the home becomes a life-long racist; the child exposed to misogyny in the home becomes a life-long misogynist; and a child exposed to violence in the home in the form of corporal punishment adopts a life-long belief that it is acceptable for adults to hit children.

Consequently, those who adopt these now antiquated notions, are often accused of being a bigot … closed-minded and intractable. The accusation of bigotry is harsh. Especially if we consider the possibility that the 'bigots' on hand are merely victims of the manner in which their parents taught them. And, can we say that these bigots have been brainwashed in the home during their formative years?

We need to understand that hate, racism, intolerance, discrimination, as well as the crimes that breed from such states of mind, will continue so long as parent's expose their children to these kinds of beliefs and attitudes.

Central to The Law of Attraction is belief, the notion of attracting things (or ‘manifesting miracles’) by desiring them in a lucid and concentrated manner. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to suggest that The Law of Attraction is, at heart, all about belief.

But if manifestation were just a matter of genuine faith, there would be verifiable accounts of meetings with Christ, Ganesh or any number of deities or avatars on pretty much a daily basis.

So if simply believing, no matter how fervently or sincerely, isn’t sufficient, then it must be down to the kind of belief we express.

Dr Eric Amidi, quantum physicist (a member of the team who discovered the ‘Top Quark’ in 1995) and author of ‘The Secret Behind The Secret’, is convinced that there are two varieties of belief. There is conscious believing and unconscious believing.

The Middle Self. Conscious believing emerges from the conscious mind. The conscious mind is also known as the Middle Self in Dr Amidi’s Trinity System. The Middle Self is convinced by quantifiable logic and empirical facts. According to the Trinity System, this kind of belief is incapable of manifesting or attracting.

The Lower Self. Unconscious believing emerges from the unconscious mind. The unconscious mind is also known as the Lower Self in the Trinity System. The Lower Self is immune to logic and responds entirely to emotions, to feelings and intuitions. It is the Lower Self that is responsible for generating the belief that can lead to the manifesting of miracles.

The Higher Self. According to Dr Amidi, the Higher Self can perceive and shape the future. It can perceive an infinity of paths ahead of us. It selects the best path according to our desire, the path that offers the simplest and most direct route to manifestation.

The Lower and Higher Selves are the critical components of this Trinity System, because it is the Lower Self that appeals to the Higher Self to manifest its desires and wishes. The Middle Self is something of an obstacle, but once overcome, even in a small way (for example, something small and simple is manifested as a result of employing Law of Attraction techniques), its influence is felt less and less.

To further investigate Dr Amidi’s theories and explore how they can dramatically enhance the effects of Law of Attraction techniques, read his best-selling The Secret Behind the Secret

If you're a PUA or 'pick up artist' you may be dealing with a lot of anxiety when it comes to approaching women in bars, venues or nightclubs.

Is the solution to your anxiety just in doing even MORE approaches?

That would 'SEEM' to be the answer or the right thing to do. It seems logical that you have to 'keep approaching' women.

But wait a minute, why is it that a 'natural' can approach the same women who consistently reject you and get attraction without using any conscious 'game' at all?

For one, the natural didn't have any anxiety. He automatically knows that he is 'worthy' of women. He is their equal and opposite.

He is confident. He has no fear. Those women aren't on a pedestal to him and he can 'take' em or leave 'em'.

Most of what I teach is evolved beyond 'the game'. It's for PUA's who have been in the trenches, failed a lot and realized the whole thing is ridiculous: you shouldn't have to do all that WORK and go through all of that pain in order to get dates.

Unfortunately the belief system of 'the game' can really mess up a man's mind and keep him stuck for years. Many have told me they were worse off once they started 'the game' and making everything a conscious game of manipulation.

Most of my students are more mainstream guys because a lot of what I teach is the LAST thing that PUA's want to hear (that their entire belief system is fake, unnatural and a founded on a fantasy).

But if you are a PUA who is ready to evolve to a more natural, powerful, authentic version of yourself and getting rid of 'game' to see even more success with attraction and singles dating, then consider looking into my materials.

I teach about natural empowerment so that you don't need any 'game' and I also teach you how to dissipate all of your physiological fear with women so that you CAN just approach, talk about the basics and go for a simple, direct number close.

This isn't something you can do learning from mPUA's who still have approach anxiety themselves. How can you ever cure YOUR anxiety if what they are doing hasn't cured theirs?

What I teach is beyond 'inner and outer game' and is about empowerment.

So let me give you some advice right now whether you're a PUA, recovering PUA or just a guy who has anxiety and is struggling with meeting women.

1. You are worthy of beautiful women.
2. Meeting women is a natural thing.
3. You are powerful.

OK but don't those 'beliefs' seem like a lie? In fact, don't they create even more ANXIETY around women (and I'll tell you why)?

If all you experience is continual rejection, hard work and that you AREN'T worthy by these hot club girls, it's hard to believe. Why?

Partly because you are looking in the wrong places and the social influence of consumer fantasy in clubs is so strong but mostly because of your beliefs. It comes down to your belief system and your beliefs SPECIFICALLY which have to do with sexuality.

It's about what your body and energy believes = sexuality and that predicts what you'll attract.

If you believe in the 'game' map of sexuality, you are already limited to that belief system and it's values. In that belief system you are NOT worthy of women because you are playing a social GAME in which these women have higher SOCIAL (we didn't say sexual) value than you.

It is not a sexual game and it is not a NATUARL game. It is not real. The 'map' of the 'game' leads and directs all of your actions based on your beliefs. That's why it's so difficult and takes years to get good at it (like taking the long way around).

You believe the fantasy of sexploitation = the path to the real thing while failing to realize that none of it represents the physical path of attraction or mutual seduction. So you just find it difficult to really CONNECT with women and they're still on this pedestal where your energy already tells them you're not worthy.

The belief of sexploitation = sex is like having a wrong or mislabeled map … it just doesn't work no matter how much you do. You follow the map but it's values ​​are not the same as the physical map of attraction or seduction.

So you keep being lost, believing in the map even though it's not getting you where you want to go. Thus the anxiety. Maybe you ought to stop following the wrong map!

You keep approaching women yet what happens? They continue being an out of touch FANTASY and you rarely get 'physical' with them. Why? Because 'the game' is a social fantasy with fantasy, non-physical values ​​of sexploitation. It's about money and business that the clubs and vendors are profiting off of.

The MAP you have is defining what you think, do and attract but it's actually a map for something else (the fantasy).

But you continue believing it's all 'real' because you're physically 'there' in the middle of the fantasy like being in a Las Vegas strip club. Even if it looks like sex, it just isn't … it's not the path to attraction or getting close to women.

Realize that 'the game' is self-perpetuating and is shielded within itself. PUA 'bootcamps' reinforce the values ​​and beliefs of that system which are social values ​​and non-sexual. The entire belief system is unnatural and that's why it's so difficult.

Spending time with online PUA forums will KEEP you stuck and trapped within that limited and non-sexual frame of reality.

Because you aren't worthy, meeting women IS unnatural and you just AREN'T powerful, you continually have anxiety and fail with women no matter how much approaching you do.

But if you have a different belief system and don't believe in 'the game' of social dynamics and manipulation, you can go in the same environment like a natural and have far more consistent results. You just have to have a more accurate MAP of sexuality (one in which you CAN believe the self-affirmations).

It all comes down to your MAP or belief system of sexuality. It is what you are 'following' and since it (the game) rarely leads to physical relationships with women because it is fantasy and social based, you continue to do all the things that repel them without knowing it, no MATTER how hard you ' re working.

No amount of PUA training within the framework of 'the game' will consistently work because it's based on disempowerment and social manipulation of what is a natural process. True you can warp and influence the social dynamics to your favor (like buying bottle service in the VIP) but that still doesn't mean things will get 'physical' and can actually be even worse because women use you for money.

So it's the entire 'map' of the 'game' and that belief of sexuality that is keeping PUA's from real success with attraction, fearlessness and meeting women.

When you have a natural map or 'blueprint' of sexuality and attraction, you fully believe in those 3 affirmations and the power of nature and physical attraction is on your side. Also understand there ARE other belief systems than just believing in 'the game' (take naturals for example).

It's not even 'you' that's the problem, it's your beliefs … you could have just had the wrong 'map' all the time.

So instead of approaching 1,000's of women hardly getting anywhere, why don't you consider working smarter instead of harder?

Naturals communicate differently and we connect with women without fear or anxiety thus the possibilities of a physical relationship open up much faster than running a monkey's game.

It's how naturals and others like me can go in a place and outperform PUA's with meeting women, never have anxiety and we get interest and attraction from women WITHOUT GAME. So, keep believing in the made-up 'game' if you want but you're limited to it's confines and rules, none of which are sexual by natural definition.

If you value the fantasy, keep playing the game because that is what you'll get more of. It's kind of the harsh reality and the carrot is kept out in front of you like a mule. If you value real relationships with women and want to cure your anxiety and get attraction from women, I encourage you to seek more information.

Are you sick of the games, running in circles and ready for empowerment and evolution with attraction?

On December 18th, I had the privilege of attending the birth of my sixth grandchild and helping to care for him for the first few days of his life. I think there are few things more soul-filling than to have a new baby sleep on your shoulder; to lightly touch his velvety skin with your cheek and smell that fleeting new baby smell.

As I held that beautiful baby in my arms, I thought of the six babies that I had given birth to; three of whom are parents themselves now. People talk about the miracle of birth and I agree; but to me, growth is just as great a miracle. To think that a newborn, helpless babe can grow up to one day create a child of their own is truly stunning!

But birth and physical growth is a natural event. We did not have anything to do with our birth and until we are old enough to start making choices that could interfere with the process, we do not have much control over our physical growth either.

However, we have 100% total control over our personal growth. This is the time of year when people make, and usually break, New Years Resolutions. You know the ones I am talking about. This is the year that I lose weight, get out of debt, start that business, take that holiday, etc. However, statistics show that 90% of New Years Resolutions are broken before February 1st.

Why is that? There are lots of reasons given but through my own experiences and the many years of research I have done on this subject, I think it boils down to one answer. The goal is outside of the persons belief system about themselves.

We each have a belief system about who and what we are, and we have to be true to it – even if it is negative and harmful (which it usually is). Our belief systems were installed, usually by our families, and were well established before we even went to school.

As a stress relief coach, I have found that the majority of negative belief systems involve having no value as yourself – only in what you do, being responsible to meet other peoples needs and being a failure, not deserving of good things.

This conditioning is subconscious (below the conscious mind level), so we are not aware that it is there. However, until you change that conditioning and remove these negative emotional blocks, you will never be able to grow.

The exciting news is that you can change your belief systems. You can break the negative emotional blocks that are keeping you from being, doing or having what you want in your life. The most powerful tool I have found to accomplish this, is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).

I was a motivational course junkie for over 30 years. I took dozens of self improvement courses. I was taught by some of the motivational giants: Bob Proctor, Brian Tracey, Steven Covey. I did the Firewalk with Tony Robbins! I had all the knowledge about how to improve my life but nothing changed. Why? Because I had negative emotional blocks inside, that I did not even know were there, that I had to be true to. They would not allow me to apply the information, so that I could make the desired transformation.

Through EFT, I learned about these limiting belief systems. More important, I learned how to break them. Most important of all, I did break them! I am finally free to be who I was always meant to be! I cannot begin to tell you what a difference that has made in the way I feel about myself and in my life.

So, if you are sick and tired of the same old, same old, there is a way out. You can start again. Not only can you start growing again, you can actually experience a rebirth – only this time, you will control the process. Are you ready?

Most people believe that everyone to some extent has a belief system that is in part made up of their social conditioning. For instance as one person puts it; if you are free from social conditioning then why would you wear cloths? Why would you send your kids to school? Why would you get married?

Why would you do anything that other people are doing? Is social conditioning a bad thing? Is religion a bad thing? Do you really have free well; are you exercising your free will to its full extent? Not long ago when I heard these questions asked towards my self, I had to laugh a little bit and I replied;

Funny you should mention the clothes thing? Well I am typing here naked and I wear clothes to keep warm and/or clean that makes sense. And I wear clothes when I am out so that I am not arrested because society has made it illegal due to their laws, which some of those customs make sense sometimes for cleanliness of our civilization and other times they are a burden.

Laws should not be made because some group decided that a naked human body was nasty, dirty or immoral. Most of the laws regarding the wearing of close our religious based, let’s face it. Of course, it makes sense to wear clothes some times, the laws make it necessary all the time.

Society should audit its laws now and again. But alas the Global Warming Alarmists tell us we will all be nudists in a few years due to the heat, so lose some weight so everyone will still respect you and you can feel secure in your self-esteem.

Re: education, well I quit college for entrepreneurship. Too much schooling will make one too brainwashed and linear in thought; too little education will cause hardship living amongst the masses. Knowledge is power, but make sure what you are learning is the straight skinny.

Regarding marriage; Humans choose mates out of need for companionship, it is hard wired. That is a choice many people make, research also shows it helps the immune system and happiness, even longevity. Good reasons all.

Social Conditioning is not always bad, but it can be bad. For instance over political correctness, over zealous religion, attack on the individual (mob mentality) or ridicule or belittling to exert control. In many cultures you do not have a choice in religion you must follow the religion of the country you were born into and if you try to change they might chop off your head. So there is freedom of religion and free choice and a free execution.

These are all interesting things to consider. I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.

Introduction

The relevance of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional integration process emanates in part from the view that there is a trade-off between regional integration and integration with the global economic system. Whilst integration with the global economy could provide the impetus for economic growth, regional integration could provide the required protection from the ills of globalization. This argument is based upon the belief system that regionalism could be used as an instrument to create a new equilibrium that balances the protection of the vulnerable and the interests of the particular population living in that environment against the integrative, technological dynamics associated with globalization.

In this regard the SADC can typically be classified as a vulnerable region as it is dealing with a marriage of third and first world realities characterized by the existence of cultural colonialism accompanied with perceptions of higher and lower cultures, severely distorted levels of inequality, destructive development policies, extreme poverty and demands for immediate relief for the sake of survival.

The Problem Statement

If Southern Africa intends to succeed, a new look is required of the region's social capital capabilities using fresh and creative business strategies, which will build on mutual foundations of trust. This implies amongst others a need to develop strong partnerships between all the stakeholder groups that can be unified into a strong wish power supported by a congruent business approach.

The Proposed Business Network Solution

The new business development strategy in Southern Africa should emphasize the endogenous business sector, of which the informal small business sector is the most important factor. It is estimated that the majority of Southern Africa's working population operates in the informal economic sector without legislation, insurance, employee protection or rules. It is therefore important to integrate the informal small businesses into the formal economic sector as it may serve as the springboard to effective enterprise development in the SADC.

The second step is to ensure that all small businesses are well embedded in open business network relationships in order to enable them to search and obtain resources that they do not possess. By doing this an opportunity-driven approach is adopted that may lead to competitive advantages for businesses for it creates the opportunity to take advantage of the knowledge and problem-solving abilities of all actors belonging to their supply and demand networks directly or indirectly. However, to ensure sustainable business development an epistemic small business community is regarded as a pre-requisite. It requires that the small business community network should share a set of normative and principle-belief system, which provide a value-based rationale for the business and social actions of all the actors. Business framework conditions should also be crafted that could provide a raison d'etre and an agreement of the common purpose that the small business environment pursues.

The outcome of the network implementation process is that every business in essence becomes a networked organization or an extended enterprise positioned to compete in the global market. It is envisaged that the implementation of the network approach should be accompanied by some social interventions, as small business owners in the SADC do not operate in a normal market economy. One option for example is to enter into sub-contracting relationships with large companies to produce sub-components of final products.