The Power of Thought
abracad, · Categories: self help, spiritualityThoughts are powerful things. Every one of man's achievements, from the greatest to the most insignificant, began with thought. As did every human atrocity.
Thoughts are a mind process. And mind is the interface between our transient earthly existence and our eternal Spiritual essence. Thoughts are like programs run on the biological supercomputer that is our brain. Their inputs come from both the physical and Spiritual realms, with their outputs interpreted by the Spirit within.
Thinking is like the planting of a seed. This seed has an energy that spreads like the ripples from a pebble tossed into a pool, touching all other entities. Not all thoughts blossom into reality, but all have the potential to. Their fruition (or otherwise) depends upon the strength of the initial thought, and the degree to which it is received and acted upon by those agencies necessary for its realization. Like magnets, thoughts tend to attract their content to the thinker.
Thought is therefore a double-edged sword for humanity.
By thinking, planning, holding and building a dream in ever-greater detail we are laying the foundations for that dream to become a part of our physical reality. This is the essence of the recent self-help blockbuster movie and book The Secret. If you want something enough, contemplate it enough, and believe in it enough, it will come true. The most successful thoughts are not mere academic musings, but are experienced with all the emotion as if they were already real, as taught in Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich (read online - free).
But by the same principles so our fears and anxieties also tend to happen, and the more we dwell upon them, the more likely they are to become true. This is why we really do need to get our worries under control. If a situation concerns us, we need to analyze our concerns, identify what we can best do about them, and do those things. Having done this, in the knowledge we have done our best and can do no more, we must simply let go of the anxiety. We must not allow it to take root.Â
The key is to master your thoughts, rather than allow them to master you. We all know how difficult it can be to try to hold our attention on one thing for longer than a few seconds; the mind continually wanders elsewhere. But with discipline, perseverance, and a little meditation, our ability to do so can become stronger. Begin by setting some time, just a few minutes a couple of times a day, when you will think of some dearly-held dream. Make the schedule easy-to-follow, so you don't get sidetracked. You will soon witness the process becoming easier, even enjoyable. And remain ever vigilant for those destructive worries.
Thoughts are powerful things. Use them with care.
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