Jake Burhans explains that thoughts become beliefs only when you repeatedly entertain them with emotion. By questioning every belief and keeping only those that serve who you're becoming, you can consciously shape your identity and personal growth.
Question every belief, keep only what serves who you're becoming. I tell this story all the time, but the most, you know, mind-boggling thing I ever realized was from Michael Singer. It was from The Untethered Soul, the book The Untethered Soul, and it was that I am not my thoughts or emotions. I'm the awareness observing them. So this is an incredibly empowering thing because on this journey to becoming the person that you want to be, you can choose which thoughts you want to entertain, which ones support who you're becoming, what emotions support who you're becoming. Same thing with beliefs. Beliefs are just thoughts repeated over and over with emotion until you, you like enough times until you believe it. That's all a belief is, right? It's a thought that you keep entertaining and putting awareness on and putting energy on. So question all of your beliefs that come in and question your thoughts and question your emotions and keep and hold on to only the ones that serve you.
