Returning to the fold 2
18th Jan 2009
Hello lovely people
I can still go back to the thought of “the rude new lady”, but suddenly it is not that easy. My new thought is about “Lynne with the lovely eyes”, and this thought feels much better.
Every time I now try to think about “the rude lady” I feel a physical reaction in my body that is not pleasant. However, when I think of Lynne with the lovely eyes, I feel a different, far more pleasant physical sensation
We do this every day without even being conscious of our thoughts.
The power of this is that when we become conscious of this process, we can immediately identify a thought that does not resonate with our selves. We can then stop and examine that thought, and replace it with another thought that does resonate with our selves.
Of course with the awareness of the power of our thoughts comes awareness of our selves.
We have all at some stage been involved in an argument where we said things in the heat of the moment and really felt good about winning the argument by being the most hurtful party, only to cringe the next day when we remember what we had said.
Have you ever been involved in some activities with people that at the time felt very good (often under the influence of alcohol and with youthful exuberance), like mercilessly teasing or even bullying other people? And the next day you are so embarrassed about your behaviour that you do not even want to associate with your friends, because they remind you of your moments of weakness.
When we become aware of our thoughts and how positive thoughts resonate with us while negative thoughts trigger feelings of discomfort, it becomes easier to immediately replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts.
Over time it becomes easier to ensure the most recent thought is one that resonates with us and reflects our true loving selves.
While we are in the habit of resonating negative thoughts without an awareness of the impact on our bodies, we feel that replacing those thoughts with positive thoughts is a bit of a strain. However, over a period of time, thinking the positive thoughts becomes practice, and we then try to avoid the negative thoughts.
This is like learning to play the piano. When you focus on the white keys, you manage to play reasonably well. However, when you really make an effort to use the black keys as well, suddenly there is a different, richer, more complete sound that you can control at will. When you reach this level of mastery, playing on the white keys only sounds hollow.
It is possible for us to master our thoughts. The negative thoughts will leave kicking and screaming, but they will leave, if that is what we want for ourselves.
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Elsabe
