Thanks for checking all the definitions. Very interesting. My experience
in working with over 1,000 clients and literally tens of thousands of
beliefs is that there is no difference in the difficulty in eliminating a
belief that is "lightly" held or "solidly" held. If you think something
is "the truth," it will determine your behavior, perception, thinking, and
much of your emotional life. There doesn't appear to be any difference in
short term everyday beliefs and long term deeply held beliefs -- in terms
of their effect on our lives and difficulty in eliminating.
Morty Lefkoe
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Your World, visit http://decisionmaker.com
> From: Richard C. Holloway <olypolys@nwrain.com>
> Belief is a certainty or conviction--an "acceptance of, or confidence in,
> an alleged fact or body of facts as true or right without positive
> knowledge or proof." (Websters's Unabridged). Paul's letter to the
> Hebrews (New Testament) defines faith (a synonym for belief) as "the proof
> of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Webster's provides
> two superlative forms of belief--certainty (unquestioning belief and
> positiveness in one's mind that something is true) and conviction
> (settled, profound, or earnest belief that something is right). Changing
> a belief may be dependent on the strength with which the belief is held.
> snip
> Mental Models, according to the 5th D field book (p. 237), are defined
> as "both the semipermanent tacit 'maps' of the world which people hold
> in their long-term memory, and the short-term perceptions which people
> build up as a part of their everyday reasoning processes. According to
> some cognitive theorists, changes in short-term everyday mental models,
> accumulating over time, will gradually be reflected in changes in
> long-term deep-seated beliefs." (Adam Kahane).
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