Beelzebubba is half-devil, half-ignoramus and the conjurer of limiting beliefs. He is part devil because he robs you of your God-given potential and he is part ignoramus because only ignorant people desire to oppress others. Beelzebubba exists within your head and mine and he says really mean things meant to keep us from trying to reach our potential.
Most of us created Beelzebubba when we were young and got in trouble for something we didn’t mean to do or know was wrong. His voice emerged from the chorus of negative feedback we received and we welcomed him into lives thinking he would save us from future shame. Instead, he has robbed us of our power using our fear of shame as a weapon of mass destruction.
Negative self-talk has kept millions upon millions upon millions upon millions of dreams from manifesting; Beelzebubba is way more powerful than failure because he quashes dreams before they start. He whispers his fear-based messages into our consciousness to the point where we don’t even notice anymore.
Today we going to talk about is how to eradicate Beelzebub from your life because we need your dreams, your voice, and your courage out in the world.
Method 1: Go general with your dreams. You have unlimited potential and capacity to create what you want in life. Rather than setting sights on something very specific, stay with the intent of what you desire. For example, my college roommate Jill, who wanted to be a mother more than anything in the world, couldn’t have children of her own. Rather than giving up on the idea of a family, she and her husband adopted two beautiful girls. When you get really specific about what you want, room is created for Beelzebubba and his mocking, perfectionist voice to start pointing out what is wrong. He especially loves moments when things don’t go according to plan and embraces them with great gusto. 1000 things maybe going right but that singular thing going wrong becomes the doorway for Beelzebubba’s entrance and the negative self-talk to start. When this happens, back up from the one thing going wrong and look around for different ways to be successful. Once you find it, don’t look back. Do not nurture him; he will only grow.
Method 2: Find contradicting evidence to the limiting idea. Beelzebubba wants you to be the victim in your life and relationships. He will figure out thousands of ways to manipulate reality to make you feel powerless and to make situations and setbacks seem more powerful than they are. Find contradicting evidence to your limiting belief. The best way I know how to do this is by finding other people who have done what you’re trying to do successfully. Let’s look at Oprah because her story is pretty well known. She was born po’ not even rich enough to be “poor” according to her. She bounced around as a young person, did some stupid stuff, but she kept focused on her short-term and long-term goals. Far from an overnight success, she paid some serious dues including being forced to go on-air bald when the Baltimore news station’s suggested hairdresser, who didn’t know a thing about black hair, burned her hair off while giving her a perm. Chances are someone is living a dream that would appeal to you. How can you live your dream too?
Method 3: Become your own supportive voice. When a baby learns to walk no one says, “wow, my precious baby, you’ve tried to walk over 100 times. I can see it is not going to work for you. Perhaps you should give up and stick to crawling for the rest of your life.” Instead, every parent and grandparent roots for the baby comforts it when it falls, and helps it along. However, as we get older and Beelzebubba takes over, we say things to ourselves like, “Wow, I really blew that new thing I’m trying to do. I don’t think I should go for that anymore.” Instead of comforting ourselves we blast every bit of our shaky confidence to smithereens. Needless to say, this doesn’t work out well for us and many dreams die in those moments. Next time you try something new and it doesn’t go well think about what you would say to a friend who was in the same boat. I bet you would be supportive, kind, and non-judgemental.
Method 4: Create an alter ego. Beyonce is an extraordinarily confident performer but she has not always been that way. When she first started her solo career she had such bad stage fright she developed an alter ego to go out on stage named Sasha Fierce; Sasha was impervious to Beelzebubba’s criticism. Now, after thousands of performances, Beyonce takes the stage using her own name because she no longer needs Sasha to access to her own power. Try this out for yourself because it’s pure genius. Feel the power emanate from your core, embrace the fullness of your capacity and see yourself living to your full potential. Once you are juiced up beyond measure, give that all-powerful, all-amazing person a name and practice becoming that person – because that person is you too…
Method 5: Develop a mantra. When I was pregnant with my first child, Haley, my body didn’t know what to do and I landed in the hospital for a very, very long time. Beelzebubba loves hospitals because there are many fearful, idol, unfocused minds to tamper with. To keep my hormonal self from losing my shit, I kept repeating the phrase “I’m okay; the baby’s okay. I’m okay; the baby’s okay.” over and over for hours at a time. It effectively shut out Beelzebubba because it was true in that moment and it provided a point of focus for my mind. A mind without a focus is a playground for Beelzebubba; if you won’t control your thoughts, he will. A mantra gives the mind a place to focus and keep control.
As you lead yourself through 2017 it is important to acknowledge that your thoughts are your responsibility to manage. If you don’t consciously work to align your thoughts with your goals then you have effectively handed the reins to Beelzebubba. Keep the reins in your hands instead.
It does God, society, and those around you no good for you to stay focused on your shortcomings, imperfections, fears, anxieties, unrealized dreams, problems, etc… You were made to be powerful beyond measure. Embrace it.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”
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