‘Suspension of Disbelief’ a very interesting term, coined
in the early 18th century. It means if a narrator could arouse
sufficient human interest in a concept, then the reader is subconsciously willing
to drop his judgement of logic or plausibility of the narrative.
It is quite interesting how our belief system works.
When an astrologer reads your charts and says, “The next
three and a half years of your life is going to be really tough financially.
Your most prized possessions will leave you as your planetary positions are
extremely compromised.” We get alarmed.
When a philosopher says, “You are only limited by your
thoughts, you can, with just your thoughts, attract towards you, abundance of
wealth, health and happiness.” We simply smile and retort with cynicism, “All
that is good in theory...won’t work in the real world. Get practical!”
I am not stating that the astrologer is wrong and neither,
am I siding with the philosopher. The only concerning fact here is: even though
we know that, it is only our thoughts, that are in our control we find solace
in believing that, which we have absolutely no control over : ‘The compromised
planetary positions.’
This has probably stemmed out of several past experiences,
the most prominent among them being: consistent lack of success despite all the
hard work and dedication. A feeling of: “I have done everything possible and
things are still not working in my favour...must be the planets.”
If you are among those who sails in the boat of a similar
thought process...I request you to see the irrationality in blaming your lack
of achievement on your perception of your past experiences. Clearly neither the
perception nor the planets have come to our rescue.
We will work on those issues in the weeks to come...but
for now, before we begin our journey to harness the limitless power of our
sub-conscious mind, let's break one of the biggest core belief system we have
built up: Disbelief.
The entire concept of ‘harnessing the power of the mind’
is built on a strong foundation of belief system.
Let go of the cynicism...let go of the statement: Let’s
see if this works...not even: This might work...and not even: This is going to
work for me...All I need is an unquestionable belief that: This is working for
me...
An enlightened philosopher once said: you don’t need a anybody
to tell you, that you are limited by something...you already seemed to have
that perception...what you need is somebody to make you believe, that you are
limitless...boundless...and capable of absolutely anything...irrespective of
time...space...distance...and all you need to do is to ‘Suspend your disbelief.’
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