Look­ing over the thou­sands of responses to my recent poll, I was so glad to see a large num­ber of respon­dents pick­ing the last option — that their belief sys­tems are pos­i­tive in every sin­gle way.

But if you were one of the peo­ple who picked that option, I must ask you a question:

Do you truly KNOW that all your beliefs sys­tems are com­pletely positive?

There’s an impor­tant rea­son I’m ask­ing this. Many peo­ple tend to mis­take true know­ing with mere knowl­edge of the right answer, and this can be a poten­tially dam­ag­ing fal­lacy if left unchecked.

Let me explain. Hav­ing the knowl­edge that you should pos­sess com­pletely pos­i­tive belief sys­tems, and reaf­firm­ing this knowl­edge with a pos­i­tive affir­ma­tion is an impor­tant first step.

But with­out the next step, it remains incomplete.

And this next step is know­ing. Know­ing from the deep­est depths of your spir­i­tual and emo­tional self, that you have devel­oped per­fectly pos­i­tive belief sys­tems in every aspect of your life.

And this, I dare say, is a feat that less than 1% of the world’s pop­u­la­tion can admit to hav­ing accomplished.

So can you now see the dif­fer­ence between knowl­edge and  knowing?

• Knowl­edge is an intel­lec­tual process that comes from acquir­ing information
• Know­ing is a spiritual/emotional process that comes from true experience

And so the burn­ing ques­tion here is, how do you reach the higher level of know­ing?

The answer can be found in the incred­i­ble story of Liz Mur­ray, a young home­less woman who over­came all odds and earned her­self a spot in Har­vard. Please watch this video before you con­tinue reading:

Were you able to find the answer? Here it is…

Since she was a child, Liz had been uncon­sciously mod­el­ing the behav­iour and beliefs of her par­ents. This is why by the time she ended up home­less, she was weighed down by mul­ti­ple neg­a­tive beliefs like inse­cu­rity, inad­e­quacy and unworthiness–beliefs that kept her tied to her predicament.

But then, after the pass­ing of her mother, some­thing in Liz changed.

Instead of see­ing her­self as inad­e­quate, she began to con­sider her­self just as wor­thy and capa­ble of the suc­cess­ful peo­ple around her. This small yet crit­i­cal per­cep­tion shift empow­ered Liz to con­sciously align her­self with the beliefs and actions of the per­son she aspired to be, which in this case was a Har­vard student.

It should be clear to you by now. The key to know­ing that you have replaced neg­a­tive beliefs with pos­i­tive beliefs in every aspect of your life is con­scious mod­el­ing — the act of actively emu­lat­ing and iden­ti­fy­ing with your cho­sen role mod­els, so that you may claim their suc­cess as your own.

Believe me — if Liz can do it, you can.

I’ll get back to you with more on con­scious mod­el­ing soon.