Can you think back to when you were a small child, filled with dreams and desires, - and in your mind, all of them were possible?
Then, one day, you shared your dreams with your parents. For example, "When I grow up, I'm going to be really, really rich." And without realizing what they were doing, your parents pulled you out of the world of infinite possibilities and into their reality. Unfortunately, it was a stone-cold reality in which an absence of dreams acted as protection from disappointment.
Most of us had parents who loved us. They passed their limiting beliefs and skewered values onto us because they were unaware of the harm this could do. These ideas could be anything from, "We may be poor but at least we're honest," to, "What makes you think you deserve to be rich?"
As children, we are inclined to speak honestly until we learn that society usually disapproves of this particular trait. Also, without meaning to, our stated goals or ambitions might have hurt our parents. A loving parent wants to provide their child with everything, and to hear what the child has just said often makes the parent feel they are inadequate.
The misunderstanding was unintentional, but the result was the same. You, as a child, were somehow made to feel that having big dreams was wrong.
Young children can be very sensitive when it comes to assessing how their parents feel about things, and you might even have accepted the belief that success is wrong if it means surpassing the achievements of your parents. because it could cause them pain.
If you have accepted a belief like this, you will find yourself unable to succeed in using the Law of Attraction. Your intentions will conflict because on the one hand, you will be using the Law of Thinking to say, "Succeed," and in almost the same breath you will be thinking, "If I succeed, I'll hurt my parents' feelings."
I do not advocate blaming our parents for the beliefs or values they tried to instill in us, because they did the best that they could, within their own system of beliefs. The 'blame game' is dangerous because it turns you into a victim, and makes you powerless to transform your life.
What I do advocate is that you examine the beliefs you unquestioningly accepted as an impressionable child that are now preventing you from achieving success with the Law of Attraction.
Whether or not you accepted these limiting beliefs in some distant past, the fact of the matter is until you uncover them, you are still acting in accordance with them now, right here in this moment.
In the 11 Forgotten Laws, Bob Proctor refers to this as "stinking thinking" and he estimates that 98% of our difficulties in using the Law of Thinking in order to succeed with the Law of Attraction are rooted in a mistimed word from our parents.
Do not cower before the beliefs that have prevented you from manifesting your desires. Youcanchange them, but first you must find out what they are.
