The first that I ever heard
of the concept that thought creates came from the book Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, which came into my life 43 ½ years
ago. Over the ensuing decades I have
studied and taught this concept by various names – prosperity thinking,
positive thinking, creative visualization, manifesting, law of attraction – and
with various methodologies for support – affirmations, goal setting, creating
dream boards, etc. The general public
has moved from As A Man Thinketh to The Secret. Regardless of what it is called, or how it is
practiced, the basis is the same… THOUGHT = CREATION/MANIFESTION.
BUT HERE’S THE KICKER: EVERY
thought creates!
Too many times over the years
I have heard variations of:
“I said my affirmations for 20 minutes,”
“I worked on my goals/dream board for 30 minutes,”
“I read 2 chapters in my positive thinking book,” BUT
“I still am not getting what I want”, or, “S*%#% still
happens.”
To which I reply, “Well, DUH…..what
are you doing the other 23 hours 30 minutes of the day?”
There seems to be some “hope/thought”
that only the things one thinks during the 30 minutes of dedicated “work” will
manifest and every other thought has no ramifications. NOT TRUE!
THE “X-FACTOR”: Emotion is the rocket fuel for thought. Every time you add emotion to the equation
you multiply the potentiality for manifestation. The more intense the emotion, the greater the
multiplying factor.
One of the most important
steps in mastering this process is learning the value of “Neutral”. I have used several metaphors to try to help
people understand this process, i.e., “Consider
the thoughts that pass through you mind as you would visitors to your
door. Some you invite in with open arms,
and some you do not let pass the door.” – You don’t become angry at the ones
you do not let in, you simply say “no thanks” and let them be on their way.
During these times of
heightened energies and manifestation, it is my personal belief that there is
NOTHING more important that being mindful of what thoughts you embrace and
energize and what you are in truth creating.
But sometimes it is just near to impossible to jump from negative thoughts
to positive thoughts. This is where
Neutral becomes a higher value. To this
end, I have adopted what I call the Spiritual Hippocratic Oath:
ABOVE ALL ELSE…..DO NO HARM
Remembering that ALL thoughts
create! Make it a priority to see that
you do not entertain or energize anything that you do not want to manifest in
your life. If you find yourself embroiled
in negative thinking of any kind, seek to neutralize those thoughts. That means to take away all the energy
on said thoughts. Remove all
emotions and do not allow yourself to wallow in those thoughts. Just be neutral. In effect, create nothing…in as much as
possible.
Please, please imprint this
upon your brain…
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