What are thoughts? Where do they come from? Have
you ever tried meditating, and waiting for the first thought
to arise? Try it now if you like – relax, with
eyes closed and focused up towards the centre of the forehead.
Breathe slowly and deeply... and just watch your thoughts.
Don’t try to stop them, just observe them. You
may find there’s a gap when you’re not thinking...now
watch and... up one pops! Are you thinking the thoughts?
Or are they thinking you?
It’s quite fascinating how much trash floats around
in our minds! We typically think around 60,000 thoughts
a day. All of these have a radical effect on our state
of being and are also the seed of our actions. But do
we know what we are thinking? Often it’s a mixture
of miscellaneous doubts, worries, fears, and projections.
A lot of ‘what ifs’ that we don’t really
need and which keep us from focusing on what is actually
happening in the moment. A lot of fears that may cause
us to react negatively to something or someone when actually
we don’t need to!
Our actions arise from our thoughts. It’s impossible
to do anything without first having a thought about it!
More than that, our thoughts project out into the universe
and create our reality. So if we are thinking negative
thoughts, that is what we will manifest in our lives.
Argh!! That’s why positive thinking
is important. Positive thoughts create a positive world.
Let me give you an example. You have a fear that your
friend Mary doesn’t really like you. Completely
untrue but this is in your mind. So when you see her,
you are stand-offish. So she becomes reticent with you.
So this feeds your original fear ‘oh she doesn’t
like me’ so you are cooler still, so she becomes chilly,
then you have an argument! This is what is meant by
‘our thoughts create our reality’. Everything
we think has a radical effect on how we relate to those around
us, to situations, and to the world, to a surprising degree.
What to do? Well with the example ‘Mary’
situation above, positive thinking would be to notice the
negative thought about Mary, and either talk to her about
it, or, choose to believe ‘Mary really loves me!’
That thought might lead you to buy a cake and take it to her.
Which might evoke warm thoughts in her... which might cause
you to have an enjoyable friendship! Can you see how
it only took one negative thought to create a friendship disaster?
This is why positive thinking is so utterly vital for creating
a happy life.
In a way we ‘pre-condition’ situations by our
expectation of the outcome. Expect a positive outcome,
and that’s most likely what you will get. Expect
a negative one, and the ever-obliging universe will do it’s
best to give you what you are requesting!
Thinking about you...
Our thoughts about others may have a powerful effect on our
relationships and environment, but it’s our thoughts
about ourselves that are perhaps the most deeply significant.
The subconscious mind is like a computer, attracting to us
the events and experiences that match what we have programmed
into it via our thoughts. Rather like a computer, it
hears only simple commands. ‘I am a failure’
or ‘I am fat’, ‘I’m unworthy’,
‘I don’t deserve happiness’ are all examples
of thoughts or beliefs that will attract negativity to us.
And if you have a habit of repeating these thoughts regularly
you will attract negative events – which of course again
reinforces the programming! How to break the pattern?
Well, awareness of your thoughts and beliefs is a good start.
Try to notice for one day, every negative thought. And
when you catch one, replace it with a positive – ‘I
am a success, I love my body, I am worthy, I am happy’.
The subconscious mind needs simple statements like this, in
the present tense, and as if you already have the desired
attribute now. A thought of ‘I want to be happy’
will create the state of ‘wanting to be happy’
– you will get the longing to be happy not the happiness
itself! The universe is ever accommodating – be
careful of what you ask for because you will get it!
Every thought is quite literally a vibration which goes out
into the world creating considerable ripples and responses.
If we are each pumping out 60,000 thoughts a day, much of
which is negative, think of what that is creating in our world!
Let’s send out positive vibrations by keeping our thoughts
positive, and create a happier, more harmonious, and creative
planet.
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Jeli Lala is a natural intuitive based in Seminyak.
She heals emotional and physical problems with sound, light,
and colour. Contact: 081 239 43354.
Jeli welcomes comments and may be contacted on:
Email: jelila@jelila.com
Website: www.jelila.com or www.imagine-retreats.com
