| The law of attraction is often guided by the beliefs | | | | defend it. You have thousands of beliefs, and some |
| of your ego. Everything you learned from | | | | of them contradict others, which explains your |
| experiences with your parents, peers, teachers, | | | | confusion and mixed feelings about something. It |
| doctors and so forth are a continuing determinant of | | | | divides your efforts and effectiveness and in the |
| your behavior. The best way to define ego, is "What | | | | extreme will immobilize you. You have accepted |
| you think you are." | | | | deeply ingrained beliefs which control your life. |
| You created your ego to protect you from | | | | Your ego's sole function is to help you by guiding |
| experiencing unpleasant circumstances. Of far greater | | | | you, to prove that you are right, and that what you |
| importance to your belief system is not whether you | | | | believe is really true. It has such power to create |
| have big feet, but how the world treats people with | | | | experiences to provide proof that what you believe |
| big feet. The beliefs you have about people with big | | | | is true. Think about the belief that an abused child |
| feet and how having big feet affects your life are | | | | has of not being enough. His life experiences will |
| the deep-seated beliefs that your ego remembers | | | | prove to him that he is not good enough. Or the child |
| and plays that tape every time something comes up | | | | who is taught that she is shy. Her ego will provide |
| about the size of feet--yours or anyone else's. | | | | the instant reaction to "prove" to her that she is |
| This system of beliefs is what we call your ego. You | | | | unable to speak fluently to visitors or classmates. |
| ego is not the reality of what you are, but | | | | Your ego is not the bad guy, it is simply a collection |
| everything you have come to believe is true about | | | | of your beliefs. It is a guidance system. It will provide |
| you. | | | | an instant reaction to everything that happens. |
| - What you believe is not TRUTH. If it were, it would | | | | Though it has unlimited power over your reactions, |
| remain constant and would be the same for | | | | its options are limited and locked into only what fits |
| everyone. | | | | with your deep-seated beliefs. You will never be |
| - You made it up, and it changes every moment of | | | | without an ego, you can never transcend it, only |
| every day, so it is an illusion | | | | transform it. |
| - Because you made it, you LOVE it, and must | | | | As you change what you believe to be true, your |
| defend it at all costs | | | | ego will provide new guidance for new instant |
| Think about a new idea you have and want to share. | | | | reactions and thus new experiences to support your |
| Notice how hurt you become if the world scoffs at | | | | new beliefs. The Law of Attraction manifests the |
| your idea. You thought it up, and it may or may not | | | | things that you believe to be true. By changing your |
| be true, but you think it is and so you have to | | | | beliefs, you can change your reality. |