There's been a lot of talk the last 2 weeks about 'believing' or 'belief.  I'm a big tennis fan so I've been watching the U.S. Open in New York for the past several days.  When 17 year old, unseeded Melanie Oudin, from the US beat 4 straight top players she was asked how she did it.  She had she just had to believe and even had "believe" inscribed on her tennis shoes.  By her last match her father and her boyfriend had T-shirts with the word BELIEVE in big letters on the front.

Another player, Dlouhy, was playing in a big men's doubles match against the top-seeded Bryan brothers.  Dlouhy and his partner, Leander Paes won the match in a 3-set tie breaker.  When asked how he did it, he said "I just had belief that it could be done."

If we really believed that we would attract the money, attract the right relationship, attract the right job, all these things would come to us very easily.  Most of us have negative beliefs that are not serving us.

So what is a belief?  It's a thought that we've thought over and over again until it's real to us.  Some people would say that you must change or clear your negative beliefs.  There are several techniques for doing this.  Well, before Divine Openings I tried most of them.  Either they didn't work for me, or it was something you had to do repeatedly every day.  I knew there must be a better way.

Since I've embraced Divine Openings I realized that no clearing needs to be done.  In fact, people who've done energy clearing techniques along with Divine Openings have found that these techniques actually dilute the Divine Openings energy, so not much happens.

Here's what I do:

#1.  When I find myself thinking and feeling a negative or fearful thought or belief, I change my focus.  I either focus on the "feeling" of the exact opposite of that thought or I find any thought that feels better.  You see, you don't have to "try" to change the belief, you just have to feel a little bit better.  Then think of something that makes you feel a little bit better than that!  Really feeling good is your best antidote!  So, go dance in your living room, pet your kitty, call a positive friend, go to a movie, go for a walk, etc.

#2.  You can play the "what if" game.  What if money just comes to me with ease?  What if I could attract thousands of dollars doing what I love?  What if I won the lottery?  What if someone contacted me with the perfect job?  What if I easily met the right person who would make a great partner?  You get the idea.  Make a long list until you feel better on a particular subject.

#3.  After you meditate in the Divine Energy and do your "Raving" (gratitude list) you can visualize what you want in your life for fun.  Don't do it to create, do it because it's fun.  What would your life look like if you had these things you desire?  What would you do each day?  Where would you go or travel to?  Who would you do these things with?  Would you have a job or a life of luxury?  How much money would be in your bank accounts?  Play with this and visualize often.  The point is to get into the feeling place of this.  Practice it, make it yours.  Feel it as real!

Remember, you don't have to "work" to change your beliefs.  We've all heard of the mother who's child was pinned under a car or a fallen tree and without thought she lifted the car or tree (even though it weighed much more that she could actually lift).  She didn't think about whether or not she could do it.  She just did it!  How?  She wanted it so badly, that she did it without contradictory thought or belief.  You see if we just focus on our goals and then go out and play and not give anymore thought to them, they'll just happen.  We get into trouble when after saying what we want or visualizing, we immediately try to figure out how to attract that thing.  The figuring of things out is not our job.  It's our job to feel good and let the Divine do the rest.

That's why the book is called "Things are going great in my Absence.  How to let go and let the Divine do the heavy lifting."  If you haven't tried Divine Openings, which make everything in life easier, click here to buy the book   or better yet, sign up for the online course, which allows you to go much deeper into the process.  The course has audios and videos that connect you to the Divine evergy and it also includes the book.

Enjoy your life and have fun.  Let go of the "trying" to change things or figuring things out.  The Divine knows what you want.   RELAX!  Enjoy life!

Pat Thorpe

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