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Like I mentioned before, I was addicted to tea and coffee. Since I had not written for a little while I am filling you in on what I was up to during that time. I was experimenting on how to instill new beliefs. I had learned that there were many ways of doing this. Although every single one required some discipline.

The hardest thing for me was giving up tea/coffee. But this time I wanted to try to cope with this without using any discipline. I wanted to change my beliefs about tea, coffee or just caffeine. Problem was that I saw no need for a change. I read several articles on caffeine and found conflicting views. Some said it was a drug and we should avoid it while others seem to see no reason for giving up caffeine as it had many benefits as long as it was in moderation.

I have never been about moderation. Either I do it or I don’t. And I did not want to give it up tea slowly. For example, instead of drinking 6-7 cups a day, lower it to 4-5 and then 2-3 and so on.

So, I just started intending loudly, when I was by myself of course . A lot of people intend using phrases such as “I intend to…” Just remember to use positive phrases only. But I have found I connect more if I say “I want to…” As long as I say it with conviction and not as a dying wish.

So, I started repeating loudly “I want to drink herbal teas only!”, “I want to enjoy the flavours of herbal teas only!” and so on.

I did that on one evening and I got so motivated from that point on that I did not have to intend again. Now and then I would repeat my intention quietly to myself but nothing compared to what I did initially. I suppose I intended with a great force and energy.

It’s one thing to know how to instill new beliefs and quite another to actually do it. Let’s see if I can do it. I have tried to do many things in life using self-discipline and will power but that’s because I actually believed that I had to use discipline in order to achieve those goals.

What if I had believed that it was very easy to achieve those goals, would that have been any different? That’s what I am going to find out.

Hardest thing for me right now is to give up tea and/or coffee. I drink 6-7 large cups of tea or coffee daily. I love it. I actually enjoy drinking tea and/or coffee. Such is my culture. Whenever I go to anyone’s house, I am given tea along with some snacks. So, giving it up is not only hard but the cultural pressure makes it harder. If I refuse to have tea at someone’s house, I might offend them. So, there are a lot of obstacles in giving up especially tea.

So, what better thing to give up than caffeine? I can not even stay one day without tea/coffee.

Following are some of the ways I have found to instill new beliefs.

Auto suggestion is the most powerful tool we have. Keeping that in mind, we can intend to act in accordance with our new belief throughout the day.
We can visualize ourselves acting with new belief.
Read the benefits of new belief.
We can make a cd or record our voice affirming the new belief onto a mp3 player and listen to it throughout the day.
Type it and then make printouts and put them all around the house.
Look straight in the eyes in the mirror and affirm our new beliefs with full conviction. Keep repeating them until we start to believe it. It could be the first time or it could take up to 50 times before that conviction kicks in.
By doing just the few things mentioned above long enough, we’ll see the new belief taking a firm hold in our lives.

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. It has been an exciting few months. In the beginning I couldn’t post anything because of some problems at my hosting company. Even after everything was fixed and up to speed, I didn’t post anything because I had lost the momentum and was involved in a lot of other things on the side.

I will write about my past few months shortly…