<a href="http://clearyourbeliefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boat-on-spectacular-sunset.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-956" src="http://clearyourbeliefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boat-on-spectacular-sunset-250x300.jpg" alt="boat on spectacular sunset" width="195" height="234" /></a><strong>After studying more than twenty different belief-change methodologies, I identified 7 crucial elements required for permanent belief change</strong>.

I tested each methodology personally, and also with clients.  I found that if all 7 elements are present, a belief can be completely and permanently eliminated from the psyche.  If any of the 7 elements are missing, results will be incomplete, temporary, or ineffective.

Most of the techniques I studied turned out to be only partially effective, because they were missing one or more of the seven required elements.

When the belief-change process is partial, or incomplete, clients offer comments such as:
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	<li><em style="line-height: 1.5;">“I felt a little better.”</em></li>
	<li><em>“I got something out of the process, but it didn’t rock my world.”</em></li>
	<li><em>“The process seemed to work for a while, then it faded.”</em></li>
	<li><em>“The belief was gone right after the process ended, but it returned two days later.”</em></li>
	<li><em>“The world looked different that day, and I felt great.  The next day I was right back where I had been before.”</em></li>
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I began seeking a more permanent solution – a way to completely eliminate negative and limiting beliefs – so the old beliefs wouldn’t return like a rash that never quite disappears... <!--more-->With most of these methods, the belief continued to operate in the background, and the individual's responses, reactions and behavior were mostly the same as they had been before.  Even if the belief disappeared from awareness, it seemed to creep back into consciousness in a few hours, days, or weeks.

<strong>I tested these techniques, along with many others:</strong>
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	<li><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Affirmations</span></li>
	<li>EFT (Tapping)</li>
	<li>Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)</li>
	<li>Access Consciousness</li>
	<li>“The Work” of Byron Katie</li>
	<li>The Lefkoe Method</li>
	<li>The Avatar Materials</li>
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I analyzed the psychological, mental, and emotional components of each method. I sought to understand each of their advantages and disadvantages.  This is what I discovered:
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	<li>Most techniques work at the <em>conscious level of the mind. </em>It is helpful to recognize that you have a belief, and recognize that the belief isn’t actually true.  This is a good and necessary first step.  However, as important as these two conscious steps are, they don’t touch – or clear – the belief from the subconscious mind, which is where it appears to be stored.</li>
	<li>"Core beliefs,” the ones that affect us most deeply, are literally below the level of consciousness, and are not easily accessible by the conscious mind. Many were acquired before we gained the ability to speak, so they are stored non-verbally, and cannot be accessed through language-based instructions.</li>
	<li>Many practices claim that their technique shifts beliefs in the subconscious mind, but the results are fuzzy, inconsistent, or temporary.  Often, results depend on the practitioner, which hints at the possibility that the practitioner has more influence than the technique does. This suggests that the technique isn’t actually clearing the belief completely or permanently. These methods will only be partially effective and temporary.</li>
	<li>Some methods involve muscle testing as a way of determining whether the client has a particular belief, or whether the belief has been cleared.  Muscle testing is highly problematic. It is unreliable, unscientific, and it the skill of the practitioner is paramount.  Most people don't have sufficient training to keep their own projections out of the process.   Muscle testing works for some people, but many others don’t believe in it, or think it’s too woo-woo. This makes the technique ineffective for many people.</li>
	<li>Many methods require the practitioner to do something mysterious to you, or for you. Often, these processes have pseudo-scientific names such as "Quantum Field Cleansing" or "Matrix Manifestation Clearing."  When the practitioner is in charge of your belief clearing, it creates a dependency on the practitioner for future clearings. This is good business, but bad science. Since our beliefs create our reality, any system or process the client <em>believes in</em> will have some positive results – for a while. Most people don’t experience permanent change, however.  (And clients often blame themselves if the process doesn’t work, rather than challenging the methodology’s effectiveness.)</li>
	<li>Some belief-change techniques take the client through long lists of beliefs to test  whether they have them.  We are easily programmed by others, so this method can actually introduce new beliefs into the client’s system, rather than clearing out the ones they have.</li>
	<li>Methods that use “tapping” such as EFT claim to clear issues permanently.  Tapping meridian points on the body certainly seems to shift one's energy in the moment, and this can be very helpful. However, I haven’t seen evidence that the changes caused by tapping are permanent, or result in significant behavior change.  (Although it has been used effectively for clearing past trauma conditions such as PTSD).</li>
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After my study of these various methodologies, I concluded that a new methodology was needed – one based on a scientific understanding of the belief formation process – including neurology, psychology, and physiology, as well as a deep understanding of the structure of consciousness and the mind itself.

I needed to see specific evidence that a belief was permanently removed.  This included: 1) significant and permanent shifts in both awareness and behavior; 2) no back-sliding or repeating of the old patterns; 3) a significant, felt change in the clients’ view of themselves, other people, and the world; and 4) behavioral changes that unfolded naturally and automatically toward actions that would create their desired outcomes.   A successful outcome would produce a change in self-view, others-view, and world view.   The client would feel more confident and empowered.  They would treat themselves and others with more love and respect.  And the individual’s circumstances would change, and new opportunities would appear that hadn’t appeared before.

<strong>I created the <em>BeliefCloset Process </em>to achieve all of these goals, and ten years of research and development have proven my proposition.</strong>  It uses guided imagery to engage all levels of the mind.  Thousands of people have gone through the process, and I have taught the methodology to hundreds of therapists, coaches, and healers around the world who now use it in their practice.

<em>The BeliefCloset Process</em> is not a silver bullet that changes everything magically. It is a tool that can be used to do the inner work required.  It has a profound impact that can be felt viscerally when each belief is dis-created.

<strong>These are the seven elements necessary to delete a belief permanently from the core of the psyche.  The BeliefCloset Process utilizes all of them:</strong>
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	<li>The client recognizes that a belief is involved in the condition, problem, or issue they want to change, and they acknowledge that the belief is just a belief – it is not actually true.</li>
	<li>The client comes to know the belief intimately – as a part of themselves.  They can feel the belief’s impact on their life and on their future possibilities.  They can also feel the  bo</li>
	<li>The client follows the belief down to its root – to its beginnings, in the subconscious mind.  The source could have been indoctrination by others, a self-created conclusion, or a karmic carry-over from the past.</li>
	<li>The client experiences separation from the belief, and recognizes their role in creating it.  This brings the client into their superconscious, or Higher Self, and gives them the power to un-create it.</li>
	<li>The client makes a conscious decision to let the belief go and eliminate it from existence.</li>
	<li>The subconscious, conscious, and super-conscious mind are involved collaboratively in destroying the belief.  Thus, there is no built-in resistance to the act. This is akin to pulling a weed up by its roots so it doesn’t grow back.</li>
	<li>Once the belief is destroyed, the client chooses a new, empowering belief to plant in the space formerly held by the old belief.  This positive belief aligns the client with their highest intentions and their Higher Self.  By destroying the old belief first, this new affirmative belief, or declaration, can then create its intended reality without resistance from old beliefs in the subconscious mind.</li>
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Guided imagery provides a rich tapestry to engage the subconscious mind. Instructions and requests for feedback engages the conscious mind, and the choice to delete the belief involves the super-conscious mind, or Higher Self.

It is crucial that the client make all of their own decisions throughout the process.  This creates safety, and puts the client in charge of the process. This prevents them from becoming subject to the Guide's recommendations or good ideas (which would just be further indoctrination).  By using a rich metaphor and a playful approach to engage the subconscious mind, the technique had proven itself not only effective, but also creative and fun!

<strong>Clear Your Beliefs, a 7-week recorded program, allows individuals to conveniently conduct a major clean-out of their core belief system. </strong> It gently guide users through the seven steps, and allows them to delete their own negative and limiting beliefs – the ones that have interfered with their attainment of success, wealth, health, and loving relationships.  This gives the client control over their own belief structures. It is a true empowerment system.

<em>The BeliefCloset Process</em> is offered as a power tool for therapists, healers, and coaches worldwide.  Information for practitioners is available on <a href="http://www.ClearBeliefs.com">www.ClearBeliefs.com</a>.

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