February 1st, 2011
Why we Lie to Oursevels
Most people have no idea they are doing it. But latest research shows that a very LARGE percentage of what we say, think and believe ……..IS ‘A LIE’!
It seems that our minds can be changed at the drop of a hat, just by some clever or even random, re associations.
Once an alternate belief or idea is implanted, our brain goes to work fixing the discrepancies between what we used to think\and what we do now.
Either erasing our memory altogether. So we deny we ever believed anything else, or spinning us a story that patches the old beliefs with the new.
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e.g BELIEFE:- Stealing is bad. NEW INFO – We decide to steal some stationary from work. BRAIN PATCH – ‘Oh everyone steels stuff from work, its not really stealing’
e.g BELIEFE:- This wine taste horrible. NEW INFO – You are told by someone in authority it is very very expensive and its unique tang is from the alps water used. BRAIN FIX – ‘oh yes I see now, very unique – Actually I quite like it!!! DOH!!
e.g BELIEFE:- Your best friends boyfriend is lovely. NEW INFO – They leave your best friend. BRAIN FIX:- ‘You know I always suspected he was a pig’
And the scary thing is WE ALL DO IT ALL THE TIME about every part of our life!!!
So what do WE REALLY believe ? And do you really believe it ?
Well the GREAT news is, this brain plasticity means we can CHANGE!
Those things that seem fixed in your life that you don’t like, CAN CHANGE EASILY when you open your mind a little and let in other POSSIBILIIES.
And once a few of those pillars of old beliefs erode, you often find its not long before other walls fall and you are set free again.
So take a really really really good look at your beliefs and opinions.
Which ones are holding you back so much your brain has to make EXCUSES for them ??
READ THE LATEST RESEARCH http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/10/how-and-why-we-lie-to-ourselves.php
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