Changing What You Believe
Topics:
“Changing What You Believe”
“Mass Belief in a Vaccine”
“Engaging and Enacting Your Imagination”
“Energy Vortex in Berlin”
“Hope as the Main Source of Disappointment”
Session 201209261
“Changing What You Believe”
“Mass Belief in a Vaccine”
“Engaging and Enacting Your Imagination”
“Energy Vortex in Berlin”
“Hope as the Main Source of Disappointment”
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 (Private/Phone)
Participants: Mary (Michael) and Rose (Quillan)
ELIAS: Good evening!
ROSE: Good evening, Elias, hello! (Both laugh)
ELIAS: What shall we discuss, my friend?
ROSE: I have a lot on my list. So, first thing, I noticed that in the last two sessions I was very stressed because of several reasons, and one is I was wondering if you… I mean, assumed or presumed—I think it’s the term—that Mary doesn’t disengage, but can I count on you being available like in the way you are, like a little bit like a coach until I’m done, in the meaning I have learned enough or I have even reached my goal?
ELIAS: Yes, you may.
ROSE: Okay. Very good. It takes a lot of stress out. (Both laugh) Good. Then a brief question for Togi, to start with that. And he would like to know, is there any other action necessary except relaxing and trusting to go to the Vermont group session? He would like a yes-or-no answer.
ELIAS: (Pause) A yes-or-no answer?
ROSE: Yes. Is there anything more? Any other action necessary except relaxing and trusting?
ELIAS: Yes.
ROSE: (Laughs) Oh! Okay. (Laughs) One hint? A brief hint?
ELIAS: Those are the most important, but I would also express that it is a matter of his attention.
ROSE: Okay. Good. Thank you.
ELIAS: You are welcome.
[Personal information omitted]
ROSE: Okay, an open-ended question. From your—I mean Elias—your point of view, what would be the most efficient approach for me in [inaudible], considered my type of personality, to accomplish my goal of a walking body?
ELIAS: (Pause) I would express that an effective, or the most efficient, method [inaudible] for you would be to practice changing your perception – not necessarily with the physical manifestation first, but in any expression or in any direction to practice the action of changing your perception through the action of changing what you believe. I would express that that would be the most effective.
Practice that with other expressions first, to allow yourself to present actual evidence to yourself that you can accomplish that and that it is, in your terms, a doable action, that it is possible to do it. Therefore, I would suggest practicing in small expressions first, and to increase that in a somewhat regular manner, that you would be consistently increasing what you choose in relation to what you believe in different subjects, and entertain the expression of changing what you believe, looking for other evidence that can support changing what you believe—for this a very important point in relation to what you believe.
You believe what you believe, for you generate, or you offer to yourself, evidence to support what you believe. When you CHANGE what you believe, you offer yourself different evidence that influences you to question what you believe.
Now, this can be done in many, many, many different capacities, and actually is done more frequently than you may even realize, or than you necessarily define it in relation to what you believe. For as an example, you may generate a perception about yourself in relation to some type of assessment that you express about yourself: that you are an individual that expresses considerable patience, or that you are an individual that is easily irritated, or that you are an individual that is very organized. In that, in many of these expressions or assessments that you generate in relation to yourself, many of them you define as what you perceive about yourself or what you think about yourself, or what you feel it about yourself. This can be applied to feelings also, that you feel a particular feeling in a particular situation.
Now, in all of these examples, your assessment of those expressions is that you merely feel it or you think it or it is your perception, but there is also a factor of believing. You believe it, and therefore you express it.
In this, the manner in which you practice with changing what you believe, you choose a subject that is very familiar to you and that you express in a particular manner. In many situations you may find it easy to perhaps begin with opinions, for you believe your opinions. In this, at times changing what you believe may be as simple as merely offering or presenting to yourself a suggestion of a different expression. This occurs very frequently in relation to individuals’ opinions. They may express an opinion, and they may be presented with an idea in relation to that opinion that they had not considered previously. And when they are presented with a different idea, it instigates them to question that opinion. They question the absoluteness of it, or they question the rightness of it. But what you are also doing simultaneously is questioning what you believe in relation to that opinion or that action.
You can express this initially in very simple actions. Choose an action that you can actually define that you express believing some aspects about it; such as, if it is cold and you wear a sweater or a coat you will be warm. You believe that the additional layer of clothing will generate more heat or contain within your body consciousness more heat, and therefore you will be warm. You believe it, and therefore it is real, and that is what you create.
Let me express to you the example of how easily this type of expression can change. You can incorporate an interaction with a small one, and you may express that it is cold outside. And you may express to the small one, “Wear a jacket. It is cold outside.” And the small one may dismiss you and rush outside and express to you, “No, it is not. I am not cold.” In this, you may continue to express, “Regardless of whether you are cold or not, it is cold outside. Take your jacket!” And eventually, within a relatively short time framework the small one may change their expression and may express, “Yes, I will wear my jacket, for I am feeling cold.” They are feeling cold, for the suggestion has been offered to them that it is cold. And, in that, they begin to consider the idea that a temperature may be affecting of their body. They believed in moments prior that the temperature was NOT affecting of their body, but a suggestion was offered to them that led them to question what they believe. And therefore, in questioning it they begin to consider a different idea, and the opinion changes relatively quickly.
This can be applied in any situation. You may be surprised at how many expressions you engage within your daily routine that you actually believe and do not question – and therefore, they are.
In that, when you practice playing with this, the practice of changing what you believe in small expressions, and consistently increase the importance of the believing that you are changing, it will become more challenging to change what you believe. But the practice will aid you in the recognition —genuinely, not merely thinking, but in a genuine manner – that whatever you believe can be changed; it can be turned.
ROSE: Mm-hm. Now I have a question, okay?
ELIAS: Yes.
ROSE: With the child, that's a very interesting example, because when you have a baby and it is winter, you clothe the baby with warm clothes so that it won't get cold or die from cold, and you don't let it be naked in the cold winter. But just like the Inuit, they have clothes that protect them from the cold temperatures: Do you think they could walk around naked and not freeze, with all these minus degrees? And the baby—
ELIAS: I would express that for many small ones, and even babies, infants, I would express that temporarily, yes; for long periods of time, no. But I would express that for temporary periods of time, much longer than yourself, yes, they could. I would express that a small one or a baby would be much more likely to endure very cold temperatures for a much longer time framework, and not be uncomfortable, than you would endure.
ROSE: Mm. But eventually they would die?
ELIAS: Eventually, dependent upon the situation, eventually the temperature itself would be affecting, yes.
ROSE: Yeah. Because I am looking for if there is a limit. I get the principle, with the more elderly and small ones, but... Okay. Let's continue, because it ties into my other questions. When you... you gave me this example in my… I've done a lot of homework! (Laughs)
ELIAS: Excellent!
ROSE: Yes. You gave me this example and you said, "But you do not even entertain the idea that believing is an aspect of it." So, that raised my question: How do you genuinely believe outside the box, so to speak, things you do not have evidence for, or things that most other people would probably say you are airy-fairy believing that. I mean... without evidence, like you have this idea... Movies sometimes show us things, and sometimes I wonder if it is a reflection or if it goes too far out and we lose the idea of okay, that is possible, and here we are, we meet the limits. And I know you say always you are unbounded, but it’s confusing. I don't know where, if there are limits or not. So, now how do you—
ELIAS: I am understanding.
ROSE: Okay.
ELIAS: I AM understanding. And my response to that is that yes, there are limits and no, there are not limits. Literally no, there are not limits, but also realistically yes, there ARE limits in relation to your beliefs. Yes, there ARE limits in relation to perception. You DO limit yourselves in relation to perception. And in that, yes, I would express that literally you CAN move in different influences of ANY belief and therefore accomplish what seems to be impossible or non-accomplishable, but it is also a matter of considering the factors of your beliefs—and a very considerable factor is what you believe, and that is very strong.
Let me express to you in this manner: In relation to beliefs AND believing, let us incorporate the example of medications and disease, and let us use an example that may be closer to your own experience. Let us incorporate the example of the dis-ease of polio.
This is a dis-ease that for thousands of years within your history plagued your species and was a very common expression. And at different points within your history, it was expressed in what you identify as epidemic proportions, a dis-ease that was highly contagious and that was transmitted from individual to individual and ran rampant through your civilizations, which was expressed so strongly that there was significant motivation to discover some type of expression to combat this disease.
Now; I will express to you, even to this present time framework no actual cure has been discovered for this particular difficulties-ease. But in that tremendous motivation to discover some combatant for this disease, there was a tremendous push, and individuals created vaccines—not a cure, but a preventative.
Now; in that, one individual generated an idea of the vaccine and created the suggestion that the vaccine would prevent individuals from contracting the dis-ease. There was such mass interest in the subject, and such mass willingness to participate with the suggestion, that the individuals generated the experiment and the participants accepted the suggestion and created the evidence that the vaccine was successful. VERY, VERY quickly that suggestion became a mass belief. In that, hundreds of thousands and millions of individuals were inoculated to prevent.
Now; in your present time framework, the dis-ease continues to exist, BUT in many countries of your world it is expressed that the dis-ease has been eradicated, that it has been eliminated—so much so, to the point that even individuals that are NOT vaccinated will not contract the disease. They will not create it, for the believing that it has been eradicated is so strong that that evidence has been accepted and it is trusted. And therefore, it is not created in certain areas to which it is been expressed that it is eradicated. The mass belief is so strong that even small ones – and remember, this is a dis-ease that, in your terms, small ones were the main target of; it was much more prevalent of a disease in small ones than in adults--now; this belief and believing, the energy of it, is so strong that small ones now that have never objectively been informed about the dis-ease of polio, that do not even recognize the word, that have no objective knowledge of this dis-ease and no experience in relation to it, the energy of that belief and that believing is so strong that small ones without information do not create the dis-ease. This is how strong what you believe influences what you do and what you create.
Now, in that, you asked in relation to limitations, and what you believe can be a very strong limitation. If you believe that you drink contaminated water and you will become ill, you will create that, and it is not merely a matter of THINKING that will change it. For the most part, when you hold an expression that you believe, that you trust, for the most part to change it, it almost requires offering yourself some type of evidence that challenges what you trust, that challenges what you believe. It is not necessary that it is extreme evidence, but it is almost necessary to provide yourself with SOME type of evidence to change what you believe. Now that, yes, would be considered a limitation.
ROSE: Okay.
ELIAS: For at times it may be difficult to present yourself with evidence to challenge what you believe. Therefore, that can be a limitation or an obstacle.
ROSE: Right. That would have been my next question. But what if you have no possibility to present yourself one evidence, and in combination with that, when the mass belief is so strong in energy that it influences you without you even objectively being aware of it, in the example of the small ones, how do you ward off this energy of the mass belief?
As an adult you can consciously ward it off, but if it is in energy so strong, and maybe you are not fully aware of it because you are still in this state in between where you are confused and not clear, can you speak about that, please?
ELIAS: Yes. And I would express that yes, once again, that would be a limitation. Your awareness would most definitely be a consideration in relation to a limitation. For the less aware you are, the more likely you will continue to automatically move in conjunction with a mass expression; likely you will continue to allow that to influence you. But you are correct, even if you ARE aware, it can be challenging. But I will express: This is the aspect in which the concept of no absolutes comes into place.
ROSE: Okay.
ELIAS: For in this, there is NO expression within your world, within your reality, that cannot be challenged, regardless of what it is. Regardless of HOW absolute it may seem, there is no subject that in some capacities is not being challenged in some fashion. It may require investigating and searching to discover where it is being challenged, but it exists.
And in that, it is a matter of how important the subject is. That is also a significant factor. If the subject that you are engaging is important enough, you will challenge yourself to discover evidences that challenge what you believe. And in that, it is a matter of what you are willing to engage.
This is the reason that it is significant to be aware of what is important to you and in what measure, for it may seem that a particular subject is very important to you—and it may be important, but it may not be VERY important, for there may be limits to what you are willing to engage in relation to that subject. Therefore, when you ask “What are the limits?”, literally it is what you place upon yourself as limits: what you are willing to engage and what you are not, what you are willing to explore and what you are not.
ROSE: Okay. Elias, when you want to invent something, or when you want to do something which you haven’t heard has been done before but you imagine it could be done, would it be helpful to just go with your imagination? Like you cannot imagine something that is impossible?
ELIAS: Very much so. Yes.
ROSE: Okay.
ELIAS: I am very encouraging in that direction also. For this is what individuals DO when they invent new expressions that have never been seen before or never engaged before.
ROSE: Yeah. I have—
ELIAS: And what [Inaudible], it is a matter of engaging your imagination and allowing yourself to move in that direction.
ROSE: Okay.
ELIAS: To not merely think it, but to engage it, to experience it. I would express to you that it is quite likely – and in actuality I can express to you [that] beyond likely, it is definite – that prior to the individuals that actually moved in the direction of inventing harnessing electricity to create manifestations such as lightings, prior to that there were many, many, many individuals that entertained the ideas and the imagination, and entertained various types of directions in thought but did not engage them, and therefore did not create the inventions. There is a difference between engaging your imagination and enacting your imagination.
ROSE: Mm-hm.
ELIAS: Allowing yourself to USE your imagination is different than merely ENTERTAINING your imagination.
ROSE: Mm. I was thinking of Tesla at the moment. I would think he was one of those individuals who did both.
ELIAS: Yes.
ROSE: Okay. Okay.
Some brief questions at the moment: I have to do homework in between, to deepen this subject. (Both laugh) So, okay, Elias—
ELIAS: Excellent! I am encouraging to be thinking and pondering and USING your imagination. (Laughs)
ROSE: Thank you.
ELIAS: This is excellent!
ROSE: Thank you. (Both laugh) Okay.
I would like to know a few brief questions. Is there an energy vortex close to where I live, something like Arizona is a huge energy vortex? A spot where it is easier to connect to other dimensions and it’s easier to pierce through the veils? Is there something in my physical location close to where I live?
ELIAS: Relatively speaking, I would express that there is a significant energy coordinate point or vortex, so to speak, in the area that you identify as Berlin.
ROSE: Berlin?
ELIAS: Yes.
ROSE: Somewhere specific in Berlin?
ELIAS: I would express yes. Is there not in that area a very large structure, a type of archway?
ROSE: A natural one, or a human-built one?
ELIAS: There is an arch type of structure in that area. And in that location, that arch is almost a marker.
ROSE: But is it something from nature, or is it a manmade thing?
ELIAS: No. No. It is built.
ROSE: It is built. Oh my, how do I find that?
ELIAS: It is, I would express, a significant landmark.
ROSE: Okay. I will investigate.
ELIAS: Very well.
ROSE: Very well. Filou, my cat Filou: Have Filou and I been together before?
ELIAS: Yes.
ROSE: Aha. Okay. Okay. Elias, have you ever answered the question how you became the “all-knowing” Elias?
ELIAS: (Laughs). I HAVE, and the manner in which I have answered it is that I am the same as you, that the only difference between myself and you is that I am not physically focused in your physical reality, and therefore I do incorporate the remembrance, and you do not entirely yet. That would be the ONLY difference.
ROSE: Okay. Okay.
ELIAS: And I would also express to you that I am not ALL knowing. (Both laugh)
ROSE: Okay. Then another brief question: Is there an area in the world where the softs are dominant?
ELIAS: (Pause) No.
ROSE: No. Okay.
Then, a little surprise for my friend Aleksandar, who is very troubled currently because in his country it’s very difficult. And he said if he had a session he would ask why prices of food are double in Serbia in comparison to six months ago. What are these special police forces in Belgrade every single day in buses? What was that, that we will all die from starvation this winter, according to our elected politicians in Serbia? He is very troubled and he is often very desperate, like thinking something like, "Oh my, Elias, come to Serbia. It's easy to talk from America about the Shift, but come to my troubled country and do what you do here. And what would you say when you were here?" And can you give him some encouraging words, personally and in general for people in similar situations like Aleksandar?
ELIAS: I would express, first of all, there are many, many areas in your world, in your reality, that experience catastrophes and hardship, in your terms. And in that, I do not minimize the challenge. I acknowledge that it can be very challenging, just as you and I in previous conversations discussed situations in which individuals are abused or oppressed, and the difficulty in those situations. And when an individual is experiencing that, it can be very difficult to move their attention in different directions, for it is very immediate, and I do not discount that.
I would express that regardless of the situation, the principles are the same. In this, regardless of whether it is a country or one individual, your reality is created outside of you by what you project. I am very much understanding that this is a very difficult concept for many individuals to understand, and even more difficult to accept – and beyond accepting, even more difficult to actually implement with themselves in their situations. But it is the reality, that your perception creates your reality.
Shall they all starve this winter? No. Shall some starve this winter? Shall some create that? Yes. Some will, some will not. Some will survive, some will choose to disengage. Is the situation difficult? Yes, and I acknowledge that.
And I would express a very strong similarity between your situation and his situation, for it is a matter of a very similar energy in relation to the evidence that you see outside of yourself and how much you accept that and believe it; and when you believe it, how that creates significant limitations. If the suggestion is being expressed that there is no food and that you will starve and you accept that suggestion, that is what you will create, for you believe it.
Is that necessarily true? No. Is it absolute that it will occur? No. But is it challenging? Yes. For the evidence supports the belief and what is being perpetuated, and the more individuals concentrate upon the devastation and the depression, the more it will be created and the more it will be perpetuated, and the more individuals will lose hope. And I would express to you, my dear friend, that THAT is one expression that is very encouraging, for hope is the expression of wanting outside sources to change to fit what YOU want. Therefore, hope is a main source of disappointment.
I would express that this is not unusual, and it is not a matter of “Elias or any other essence, fix this,” or "Give me the jewels to fix this.” You already possess them. It is a matter of whether you succumb to the outside influences, the outside sources and you believe them, or you believe you and you begin to initiate that. You act upon your own power. You begin to empower yourself, regardless of what is occurring outside of you. Regardless of what other individuals are doing or choosing, you begin to empower yourself and generate choices for you. You begin to actually genuinely perceive yourself as primary, the most important, and therefore, act upon that and begin to generate the actions of creating for yourself rather than being the victim of what is occurring outside of yourself.
[The timer for the end of the session rings]
It all begins with self. You literally create your reality from the inside projecting outward, in any and every situation.
I express tremendous compassion for these situations, but I also express tremendous encouragement. For in most time frameworks and situations with humans, as a species, you motivate yourselves to change when you present yourselves with intolerable situations. When the situation becomes intolerable to you, you are motivated to change it. Therefore, I would express the encouraging factor in this situation is that it is almost intolerable. Therefore, to be encouraged, it is very likely that they will begin to change it very soon – but it begins with the individual. If he waits or continues to wait for other individuals to change the situation, I would express it is very likely that he will sorely be disappointed.
ROSE: Thank you.
ELIAS: You are very welcome, my dear friend. And my lovingness and encouragement and supportiveness extends to him, even if he does not feel it. (Laughs)
ROSE: Okay. I will surprise him. (Both laugh)
ELIAS: Very well.
ROSE: Very well.
ELIAS: I shall greatly be anticipating our next meeting, my dear friend, and all of your new revelations and what you generate in relation to your homework.
ROSE: (Laughs) Thank you. (Both laugh)
ELIAS: For I incorporate no doubt that you will be genuinely pondering. (Both laugh)
ROSE: Yes.
ELIAS: And genuinely exploring. (Laughs)
ROSE: Yes. Okay!
ELIAS: Very well, my dear friend. In tremendous encouragement to you and in genuine, sincere lovingness, as always. Au revoir.
ROSE: Au revoir.
(Elias departs after 1 hour 2 minutes)
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