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Marilyn Jenett
Faith and the Subconscious
Faith is to believe what you do not see and the reward of this faith
is to see what you believe. ~ St.Augustine
Our circumstances in life are the outcropping of thoughts and beliefs
that have been gathered and accepted in our subconscious minds
throughout our lifetime. As long as those same beliefs exist,
circumstances are perpetuated and remain the same. In essence, everyone
already has faith. For instance, someone who has never experienced
abundance and wealth still has faith - their faith is in scarcity and
lack.
Subconscious Resistance
Now, in order to
experience abundance and wealth, one must shift those subconscious
patterns and beliefs to faith in abundance and wealth. You know the
glitch: the subconscious mind does not like change and will resist new
ideas or thoughts that are opposed to what is entrenched. The
subconscious mind keeps our heart beating, our lungs breathing,
controls our autonomic nervous system and retains the perfect memory of
every cell in our body, but it also keeps those negative thought forms
that have been fed into it, deeply ingrained and static.
One cannot just decide consciously to have faith. As I mentioned
previously, the conscious and subconscious minds must agree on an idea
in order for that idea to come to fruition and become your reality. So
if you consciously want something, but your subconscious does not
believe you have it, then you will not have it.
Subconscious Acceptance through Faith and Repetition
There are two ways in which new ideas can be accepted by the subconscious mind - through faith and repetition.
Faith
Let me give you examples of faith as it applies to our study...
In France, there is a legendary fountain at Lourdes, where spontaneous
healings have reportedly occurred. How does this happen? The waters in
the fountain are not causing the healings. When someone steps into the
"holy water," their faith and expectancy produces a reaction in the
subconscious mind, which has the perfect memory of every cell in their
body, and a healing is produced. It is their faith in the healing power
of the waters that really does the healing.
Another example: A parent in a moment of anger might say to a child,
"You're stupid and you'll never amount to anything." The child may live
throughout adulthood according to that belief and never know why he or
she cannot succeed - all because the element of faith was involved. In
this case, it was emotional impact and belief in the parent's authority
that caused the child to accept the statement in faith
subconsciously. Unfortunately, far too many people are
experiencing lives that are the outcropping of such childhood
influences, whether subtle or severe.
Repetition
Subconscious beliefs can
be changed through the repetition of the desired ideas. You are
currently experiencing the effects of thoughts and words that you have
been repeating to yourself and continuously reinforcing. These ideas
keep feeding themselves and your circumstances remain the same. You are
in essence "hypnotized" by these thought forms. It is vitally important
that you learn how to create and instill new information in your mind
to create new circumstances. That's where knowledge comes in - the
knowledge to shift the faith factor in the direction of prosperity and
the feeling that you are indeed the child of a universe that is willing
to provide and fulfill all your needs.
Once the subconscious shift occurs - and it can happen "in the
twinkling of an eye" - your new consciousness is free to grow
and expand into a greater and greater realization of the abundance that
is in the world and your right to receive it. As your faith increases,
so does the size of your prosperity container (consciousness).
Yes, It's There For You, Too!
Most people already know
that wealth and abundance exists. They just don't accept that it exists
for them personally. That's where knowledge and prosperity principles
come in. But in order to expand your consciousness and change your
circumstances, you must be sincerely ready and willing to change. You
must have an open mind and not be stuck in a state of hopelessness and
defeated by what has occurred up until now. You must have even the
slightest feeling that there is something better for you, and if it can
happen for someone else, it can happen for you. If someone can
transition from extreme disadvantage in the ghetto to fantastic wealth
and success, isn't it likely that someone with a better start could
expand their mind to create more? There is a way, and it doesn't matter
who you are or what your life circumstances have been. You CAN overcome
past life conditions and beliefs.
Everyone already has faith. We all have faith that the sun will rise,
don't we? (Well, except for a rare doomsdayer). So, you already have
faith. The important thing is: in WHAT do you have faith? And what can
you do to change the focus of that faith?
You simply learn and apply the techniques that you are learning in this
book to gently shift your subconscious beliefs so that they agree with
your conscious wants and desires.
As within, so without...
--Chapter 7 of Feel Free to Prosper: Two Weeks to Unexpected Income With the Simplest Prosperity Laws Available
~ Marilyn
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