One of the things I talk about when it comes to having a powerful mind is mental flexibility.
Being able to see things differently.
To change your mind.
Even radically.
It might even mean holding two opposing points of view in mind, and seeing partial truths in each of them, and not being overwhelmed; because you are unable to figure out a singular truth.
Take the example of Creation Vs Evolution.
They both have pro’s and con’s to them, but neither (in my mind) is an absolute fact, and by doing so, I open my mind to a 3rd (or 4th) possibility, which is a combination, plus a little bit of something else (yet to be figured out).
I have also never been much of a fan of being given only 2 choices.
Which essentially says if you don’t believe one, then you MUST believe the other.
That is a great recipe for getting hoodwinked, and not seeing the (much) bigger picture.
All that to say, keep an open mind, and feel free to change your mind (even radically), if new, more compelling information becomes available.
Like in the aforementioned case, evolution might apply to a lot of plants and animals, but it does not account or explain the apparent “big leap” in homo sapiens mental capacities about 200,000 years ago.
Apparently, Charles Darwin’s co-author of “On the Origin of Species” (Alfred Wallace), 10-years after its publication, suggested that the theory they had developed could not apply to homo sapiens.
Interesting.
But that is a whole new conversation, for another time.
For now, let’s see what I have flipped the script on.
Radical belief change #1
Let’s start with a personal one.
I used to believe I was “unlucky“.
Then, after some re-education of my mind, and an understanding of the self-fulfilling nature of BELIEFS, I realised my belief was not a FACT, but something I sort of made up, and it was also not chiseled in stone.
With the right work (NLP at the time), I mentally rewrote my belief to “I am Lucky”, and in parallel made some “lifestyle choices” and VOILA, my life become one filled with opportunities, lucky breaks, random things happening in my favour, and a very different experience than before.
I discovered that a belief change can be self-initiated, and then impact your outer world in a positive way.
Check out my FREE online workshop (Overcome Self-Imposed Limitations) to understand it for yourself.
Radical belief change #2
I used to believe that a vegetarian, vegan or plant-based diet is the most healthy, and is the best for the planet.
I even suggested this in my books (one of which I have now unpublished as a result of new information).
I no longer believe a principally plant-based diet is the best diet, for all people, for all the stages of their life.
I also think it is one of the hardest diets to do effectively, in order to get all the micro and macro nutrients you need.
Plus, I think animals raised and living on sustainable and biodiverse farms, are much better for the environment (soil health, waterway health, top soil health, etc.), than a processed soy product, made from a GMO soy farm, sprayed with glyphosate, and using a monocrop mass production methodology.
These days I eat a diet higher in fat (included saturated) and protein (from animal sources), and significantly reduce my carbohydrate intake (especially processed foods and grains).
For a look at a longer document on my Nutritional Guidelines, you can download this 15-page PDF document.
And if you do eat a predominantly plant-based diet please make sure you choose only ORGANIC produce.
To go deeper: Read the book “The Great Plant-Based Con” by Jayne Buxton.
Radical belief change #3
I used to think the “science” was settled on a whole lot of things, and that we (humans) knew a lot about how all things worked.
Only to realise that a lot of scientific studies and research are packed with conflicts of interest, poor methodologies, cognitive bias, and then a whole lot of good old corruption to deliver outcomes that serve the funders of the research.
Many research studies (probably over 50%) are not even “replicable”, which I used to believe was ESSENTIAL before you could name something a FACT.
For example, the food industry, or pharmaceutical industry, might fund 10 different research organisations to do the same study.
If eight (8) of the research organisations got results that were not favourable to the message the funder wanted to present, they would be excluded, as if they never happened.
And only the two (2) favourable research findings would be presented as “Facts” (after passing through an equally suspect ‘peer-review’ process).
This means, these days I don’t automatically trust the scientific studies.
Especially when there are millions, billions or trillions of dollars to be made by the two (2) “positive” research outcomes.
A good example is “Statins”, which from my research, is one of the worst (but most profitable) drugs on the market.
To go deeper (or if you are on, or considering taking statins) read the book “A Statin-Free Life” by Dr Malhotra or “The Great Cholesterol Myth” by Bowden and Sinatra.
Radical belief change #4
I used to believe that physical symptoms, were the result of a physical root cause.
Meaning if I was experiencing a physical symptom, it must be the result of a physical cause.
Be that a bug, a germ, a virus, a bad physical habit, sitting wrongly, lifting wrongly, eating the wrong foods, walking through a polluted creek, or having a physical thing happen weeks or months previously.
These days I still look to probably physical causes (through the lens of Terrain Theory principles), BUT I spend more time looking at non-physical causes.
Especially STRESS.
I also look at unhealed trauma’s; exposure to electromagnetic radiation; emotional overload; toxic relationships, thoughts and emotions; fears; powerlessness; and feelings of apathy (i.e. a lack of meaning).
I am now clear that so many chronic experiences we have (expressing physically as symptoms), have their root causes in our emotions.
To go deeper: Read the book “Mind Your Body” by Nicole Sachs.
Radical belief change #5
From a health perspective, which has been a primary focus of mine, the biggest belief change has been around the competing theories from the 1800’s.
On one hand there was Louis Pasteur and his “Germ Theory“.
And on the other hand there was Antione Bechamp and “Terrain Theory”.
Pulled straight from a search engine, a snapshot of Terrain Theory is “Disease arises when the body’s internal environment becomes imbalanced due to factors such as poor nutrition, chronic stress, inflammation and metabolic dysfunction”.
In my real-world experience, I have found that Terrain Theory is the more probable theory.
It also acknowledges that I PERSONALLY have a high level of autonomy over my health, by the LIFESTYLE CHOICES I make.
It also removes the fear (a major factor which weakens the immune system) of living on a planet where there are lots of unseen things “out to get me”.
Where the solution – to fight back – is to use toxic substances to nuke the 500 trillion micro-organisms in and on my body.
That just sounds like a dumb idea to me, and is not reflective of my lived life experience.
For me, the thing that consistently (more than anything else) causes me to experience physical symptoms is STRESS.
Not bugs.
To go deeper: Read the books “Virus Mania” (by a bunch of doctors) and “Terrain Therapy” by Dr Ulric Williams.
Radical belief change #6
I used to believe, without given it any further thought, the “theory” of Contagion was a fact.
That is, a sick person can make a healthy person sick, by breathing on them, touching them, being near them, or the likes.
Until, that is, I starting reading more deeply into – you guessed it – “Terrain Theory”.
Instead of Contagion Theory being experimentally proven to be an irrefutable fact (i.e. a sick person can make a healthy person sick), the exact opposite occurs.
The numerous studies performed to try and prove the theory of contagion have failed miserably to offer irrefutable evidence.
Researchers were even unable to infect a healthy person with the deadly “Spanish Influenza”.
At the time, Dr Milton Rosenau set up an experiment where sick people (with the Spanish Flu), breathed on, coughed into the face of, and even had mucus from the sick person smeared into the mouth of healthy people and STILL the healthy people did not get sick.
My new belief removes a huge amount of fear of “catching” something from a sick person.
I freely kiss and hug my friends and family when they are “sick” and have yet (in 15 years and counting) gotten sick as a result.
My real-world feedback (and personal experiment) tells me there is more to getting sick in a group setting than a straight-up concept of “passing disease” via touch or the exchange of breath.
To go deeper: Read “Can You Catch A Cold?” by Daniel Roytas or “The Contagion Myth” by Dr Tom Cowan.
Radical belief change #7
I used to believe that by suppressing symptoms I got well (or healthier).
These days I believe the expression of symptoms (runny nose, cough, phlegm, fever, rash, etc.) is my body’s primary means of removing toxins from my body, so I can come back into homeostasis (wellness).
This is a radically different perspective and very liberating.
I no longer “fight” my body.
I attune to my body.
And if my body says I need rest, more fluids, no food, time away from stressors, and to huck up some knarly green stuff, then I am on-board with it all.
I don’t take any (pharmaceutical) cough suppressants, decongestants, or even aspirin equivalents.
Again, this is a philosophy shift, which can lead to experiences of discomfort and inconvenience, as my body makes its inevitable way back to homeostasis; plus it does require me to take more personal responsibility.
But it also gives me back the POWER.
True power.
Which I am a big fan of.
In Summary
Continue to self-educate over your life, and be willing to change your beliefs, if you discover something which makes more sense.
If KNOWLEDGE + EXPERIENCE + CONSCIOUSNESS = WISDOM IN ACTION, then the quality of our “Knowledge” has a huge impact on the quality of our Decisions.
The “science” is hardly fixed on any subject (e.g. medical, archaeology, cosmology, historical chronology, and even physics), so keep an open mind, and don’t follow someone in a white coat who is trying to tell you “the science is settled“.
Our personal evolution involves trimming away the stuff that no longer works or serves us.
As we get older, there are some things which no longer apply, or are no longer relevant for us. Don’t hang onto your past stuff – or beliefs – too tightly.
My Parting Words
Change is good.
It is also necessary as we grow and evolve in our own lives.
And the biggest thing for me, which I have particularly discovered over the last 10 years, is a lot of what we are told by people of authority (and our formal educational institutions) are often assumptions, theories, hypothesis, best-guesses and sometimes just plain wrong.
None of which are hardcore, irrefutable FACTS.
In addition, there are often Conflicts-of-Interest behind a person or organisation wanting me to believe what they say.
It is definitely harder for me to be duped these days, since I ask a bucket load more questions.
I do my own research.
And I also (curiously) question myself.
In addition, there is tapping into our intuition.
Plus, I am also a big fan of REAL-WORLD feedback.
For example, regardless of not knowing the exact primary causes of different climatic experiences on earth over the full history of Earth (and even the more recent history), I do know with 100% certainty we humans are polluting our soil, water and air.
So, I am less interested in seeing more electric cars, and more interested in the local and global management of plastics and non-biodegradable synthetic chemicals (a real-world, seen and observed pollution issue we can all collectively agree on).
This is also why I am so interested in consciousness practices, balancing our nervous systems, sharpening our minds, and the learnable skill of discernment.
So ultimately, we make better CHOICES.
Better Choices = An Awesome Lived Destiny.
Have a super fabulous day and give yourself permission to ask tough questions if you are not sure of what you are being told.
Take care.
Carl
“One of the greatest tools we have in our possession is our 5-senses, interpreting “real-world” feedback. Use those tools regularly and wisely.” Carl Massy
(Author of 18 Ways We Make Life WAY Harder Than It Needs To Be)
PS: Have you read or listened to this book yet? 18 Ways We Make Life WAY Harder Than It Needs To Be
