April 17, 2006
The Power of Belief
What you believe to be, is. As simple as that and as complex, for once you understand that statement, freedom is yours.
A belief is mental acceptance of something as being true. That acceptance can be based on trust for an authority, on reason, or on prejudice. A belief can also be a thing that has been programmed or conditioned by outside agencies so that the acceptance is not supported by reason but acted on nevertheless as though the thing were totally reliable.
Belief is a powerful force. There are occurrences, nicely documented by Deirdre Davis Brigham in her excellent work, ‘Imagery for Getting Well,’ (W.W. Norton & Co. 1994,) that substantiate the idea that believing in a thing often brings it about.
She notes that in cases of multiple personality it is not uncommon for one personality to have diabetes, and a second or third personality, of the same person, who displays a normal production of insulin and blood sugar showing no signs of the disease at all. Another case noted is that of personality number one who had a case of the flu with all its attending symptoms, difficulty in breathing, congested chest, running nose, and laryngitis. When personality number two came out all the symptoms disappeared in just about six seconds. No congestion, no running nose, no symptoms of the flu. Same body, two different beliefs.