Have you read, As a Man Thinketh by James Allen?
GM
I'm starting to realise how important beliefs are.
They are the scaffolding around our whole reality & we can consciously build on the existing structures or tear them down. We have the freedom to choose our beliefs, to make or break agreements.
I'm starting to believe that our mind consciousness has much less control over our thoughts, actions & emotions as we'd like to believe. Our mind consciousness seems to be a construct of our physicality, our body. We are just a passenger who's been tricked into believing that we're in control.
Our beliefs are fully in the domain of our mind consciousness though. If we shift our beliefs into alignment with our higher consciousness, we can experience a lot of joy & much less suffering. It's much easier to shift our beliefs than exercise will over our body.
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- it's definitely worth a listen.
Discussion
I haven't - what's his premise?
“A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.”
https://ia802708.us.archive.org/31/items/AsAManThinketh_419/as-a-man-thinketh.pdf