Kirk Nugent

You Will See It When You Believe It.

In the movie, ‘What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole’ a scientist stated that the brain process 400 billion bits of information per second, (Good God from Zion, that’s a lot!) but we are only aware of 2,000 bits. So the brain has to decide what is important, and allow that information to be filtered to the conscious mind. It also has to decide what is not really relevant and send that information to the sub-conscious mind.

How is the brain able to make such a distinction? Well, we tell it what’s important by our words and our beliefs. Here’s an interesting example, let’s assume that a woman grew up in an environment where her father was abusive to her mom. He was constantly unfaithful and made no attempts to hide his infidelity. Let’s further assume that this little girl would over hear her mom complaining to other women that men are basically no good and the other women would always validate her mom’s point. This young girl starts dating only to find that her boyfriend has been unfaithful, so she subconsciously develops a belief system that ALL men are dogs.

It is the brains job to make sure that you are living in integrity with your beliefs, so it immediately goes to work to filter out any information that contradicts your belief. (That’s why it is futile to argue with someone regarding religion or politics…these beliefs are usually deeply rooted.) Now getting back to our example, whenever a ‘good’ man enters the picture, the brain places him in that pile of nearly 400 billion bits of information selected as ‘unimportant’ and the brother immediately gets filtered out.
(I’m damn near invisible to some women )

If this ‘good’ man is allowed to get through to the conscious mind, then the statement of ALL men are dogs would be a lie. The brain is concerned with us living in integrity or in other words living ‘OUR TRUTH’ The minute one of these ‘dogs’ enters the picture he gets the full attention and focus, because his presence serves to reinforce the walls of that particular belief system.

So let’s connect the dots with the previous blog…one flawed philosophical statement that goes unexamined can have our past kicking our ass for decades. The key to spiritual growth is to be willing to dissect our beliefs, cut them open, examine them and be willing to see them from different angles? Discard your robes of pre-conceived notions and allow yourself to observe the world with the eyes of a child.

But be very careful with regards to the beliefs that were handed to you. Whenever I’m on stage, my audience ALWAYS assumes that I’m a Christian. I’ve never referred to myself as a ‘Christian’ if asked I will state that I am a spiritual person. If pressed, I will further elaborate that love is my religion and humanity is my purpose. I believe, ‘to each his own’ and my life isn’t at the point where I can stand in moral judgment of anyone. (In fact, it will never be.) However, in this society we’ve been trained to assume that if someone behaves in a ‘spiritual’ manner then they must be a Christian. No one has ever assumed that I’m a Buddhist, or a Muslim or a Rastafarian. (All spiritual people in their own sense of the word)

So ask yourself, “Is this belief serving me?” Can I actually achieve my goal of longevity by believing that Cancer ‘runs’ in my family? Is it possible to me to find a mate who loves me unconditionally by believing that women are very fickle and they only stay around when the finances are flowing? Whenever you find yourself making BROAD
negative statements such as ALL men are…ALL women are… White people are… Blacks are…
(These statements are MAJOR RED FLAGS on the field of spiritual growth.) Realize that you’re once again constructing a prison around your mind.

I guarantee you, that if you take the time to examine the basis of your beliefs, and only accept the ones that serve your purpose, you will no longer be a prisoner of your past.
If you change what you believe, you will change what you see. All together now, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

Again: “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
It took me almost three decades to learn this lesson; hopefully it will be of some help to you.

As always…this is given with much love.

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