The Power of Thought

The Power of Thought
By Philippe L. De Coster, B.Th., D.D.
The universe has always fascinated the human race. For thousands of years man
has tried to find answers to these four questions: Who are we? Where do we
come from? Why are we here? Where are we going?. Man has looked to the sky
and to the mysterious universe to seek the truth. Through religion and science
man has been on the hunt for the answers to these and many other questions.
The hunt for answers brought them to invent religion and philosophies imposing
them even by force and hardship to the rest of humanity, as the Islamic State is
doing today, with the idea of implanting the Sharia worldwide.
The way of holding with intensity to a thought be it mental argument as for
healing or looking for material supply, recognizing that we ourselves have
power by such firmness of thought to bring what we desire into manifestation, is
one way of obtaining results, but it is a hard way. We do thus give out what is
within the mind, and it is helpful so far as it goes, meaning our persistence to
bring to a good end. Therefore, we need to rise above the state of tension, to the
living trust of the outcome of good. There is such a thing as an indolent shifting
of our responsibilities, and that is laziness, and which never brings anything into
manifestation. However, there is also a state of trustful passivity, which we must
enter into to achieve the highest work.

From the smallest thing of our everyday life to the rolling away of the largest
stone of difficulty from our path, positive thinking will come to deliver us. But
its working depends on our trusting that our aspirations will be achieved, or
more correctly “are achieving”.

Thought power is the key to creating your reality. Everything you perceive in
the physical world has its origin in the invisible, inner world of your thoughts
and beliefs which you created in your mind even from birth. To become the
master of your destiny, you must learn to control the nature of your dominant,
habitual worldly thoughts. By doing so, you will be able to attract into your life
that which you intend to have and experience as you come to know the Truth
that your thoughts create your reality.
For every outside effect there is an inner cause from your own thoughts and
creation. Every effect you see in your outside or physical world has a specific
cause which has its origin in your inner or mental world of yours. This is the
essence of thought power. Put another way, the conditions and circumstances of
your life are as a result of your collective thoughts and beliefs. James Allen said
it absolutely correct when he said "circumstances do not make a man, they
reveal him". Every aspect of your life, from your beliefs to the state of your
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finances, your health and your relationships, are accurately revealing your
thoughts and your beliefs.
It is an inside working: Most people have it back to front, believing that they
feel or think a certain way because of their circumstances, not knowing the truth
that it is their own thought power that is creating those very circumstances,
whether wanted or unwanted. By internalizing and applying this very truth, that
your thoughts create your reality, you will grant yourself the power to create the
changes you want to see manifest in your life. Reality creation is an inside
working.
Your Thought Power is Limitless: There is a single, intelligent Consciousness
that pervades the entire Universe, which is all powerful, all knowing, all
creative and present everywhere at the same time may be called the Universal
Mind or Collective Consciousness1. Your mind is part of this One Universal
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Carl Gustav Jung saw the human psyche as made up of layers or strata. First is the
conscious mind. The ego is the term given to the organisation of the conscious mind, being
composed of conscious perceptions, memories, thoughts, and feelings. Those mental contents
that the ego does not recognise fall into the Personal Unconscious. The Personal Unconscious
is made up of suppressed and forgotten memories, traumas, etc. All psychic contents which
are either too weak to reach consciousness, or which are actively suppressed by the ego,
because the latter is threatened by them.
Thus far Jung is in agreement with his old teacher Freud, in supposing the existence of the
Unconscious mind, which includes all that is not immediately accessible to everyday waking
consciousness (i.e. the Conscious mind or Ego). Conscious and Unconscious are thus the
two opposed parts of the psyche.
Jung's great contribution however was to divide the Unconscious itself into two very unequal
levels: the more superficial Personal, and the deeper Collective, Unconscious.
Everyone has their own Personal Unconscious. The Collective Unconscious in contrast is
universal. It cannot be built up like one's personal unconscious is; rather, it predates the
individual. It is the repository of all the religious, spiritual, and mythological symbols and
experiences. Its primary structures - the deep structures of the psyche, in other words - Jung
called "Archetypes"; a later-Hellenistic Platonic and Augustinian Christian term that referred
to the spiritual forms which are the pre-existent prototypes of the things of the material
world. Interpreting this idea psychologically, Jung stated that these archetypes were the
conceptual matrixes or patterns behind all our religious and mythological concepts, and
indeed, our thinking processes in general.
Actually, Jung's choice of the term "archetype" is in some senses misleading. For in the late
Platonic tradition, the archetypes constitute a totally spiritual reality; the original perfect

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Mind or Collective Consciousness and since your thoughts are a product of
your mind, it follows that your thought power too is limitless. Once you truly
understand that your mind is one with the Single Source of All Power (the
Universal Mind or Collective Consciousness) and that this power is within your
brain, you will have found the only true source of infinite power for which
nothing is impossible and impossible is nothing. Know that thought power
comes from within. Accessing the source of All Power starts by looking
inwards, in your own world of thought.

spiritual reality or realities which generates the imperfect physical realities; the "thoughts in
the mind of God" of Stoicism and Platonic Christianity.
But Jung interprets his archetypes in a biological sense. He says (no doubt due to the
Darwinian influence of his age) that they are "inherited", and that they "have existed since
remotest times". Yet even "remotest times" can still be located temporally. Such times may
have occurred an enormously long time ago, but they are still temporal. Plato and his
successors would never speak of the Ideas or Archetypes or Spiritual Prototypes coming into
being in some primordial past; for they saw these as spiritual realities, and therefore eternal;
beyond time altogether.
For Jung then, the Collective Unconscious is not, as many of his popularizes claim, a kind
of "Universal Mind" or metaphysical reality, like the Platonic World of Forms, but rather
an ultimately biological reality. The Spiritual concepts of Platonism are not seen as
metaphysical, but biological, or rather, psycho-biological. The Jungian schema can thus
be represented as follows:
Now, it cannot be denied that there is a subphysical (the biological subconscious) as well as
a supraphysical (the psychic unconscious). Yet care must be taken not to confuse the two.
And it seems to me logical to assume that the motifs Jung was concerned with - the
psycho-spiritual forces of transformation - pertain to the supraphysical rather than the
subphysical.
Certainly, later in life Jung downplayed the "biological" aspect of his psychology, and even
discarded it altogether, preferring to see the archetypes in a more Platonic sense of
preexistent spiritual entities. And in his voluminous alchemical writings he was more
concerned with the dynamics of the psyche, and its transformation, than with explaining
how the psyche or the archetypes came about in the first place. So it would be unfair to
judge Jung on these grounds. Jung himself obviously did not consider abstract theories
concerning the metaphysical or cosmological origin of the archetypes as important a
practical here-and-now understanding of how the psyche worked, and how spiritual
transformation and the growth to greater wholeness occur.

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Your thoughts are very much alive! The greatest thinkers and teachers that have
walked on our planet Earth have told us that everything is energy. This has now
been undeniably confirmed by modern science. Your thoughts too are energy.
William Walker Atkinson 2told us that "where mind is static energy, thought is
dynamic energy - two phases of the same thing" and Charles Haanel3 went on to
say that "thought power is the vibratory force formed by converting static mind
into dynamic mind". Your thoughts are alive. Each time you entertain a specific
thought, you emit a very specific, corresponding frequency or energy vibration.
You may ask yourself on what frequency you are on! The basic premise of the
Law of Attraction4 is that like energy attracts like energy. You attract to
yourself those things and circumstances that are in vibrational harmony with
your dominant frequency, which is itself determined by your dominant mental
attitude, habitual thoughts and beliefs. Mike Dooley, one of the presenters of
the movie The Secret5, fittingly suggests that if you want to know what a
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William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney,
merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the
New Thought movement. He is also thought to be the author of the pseudonymous works
attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka. He is the author of an estimated
100 books, all written in the last 30 years of his life. He was also mentioned in past editions
of “Who's Who in America, Religious Leaders of America,” and several similar
publications. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900.

Charles Francis Haanel (May 22, 1866 – November 27, 1949) was a noted American New
Thought author, philosopher and a businessman. He is best known for his contributions to the
New Thought Movement through his book The Master Key System.
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The law that all conditions and circumstances in affairs and body are attracted to us to
accord with the thoughts we hold steadily in consciousness. In other words, the Law of
Attraction simply says that you attract into your life whatever you think about. Your
dominant thoughts will find a way to manifest. But the Law of Attraction gives rise to some
tough questions that don’t seem to have good answers. I would say, however, that these
problems aren’t caused by the Law of Attraction itself but rather by the Law of Attraction as
applied to objective reality.
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The Secret is a best-selling 2006 self-help book written by Rhonda Byrne, based on the
earlier film of the same name. It is based on the law of attraction and claims that positive
thinking can create life-changing results such as increased happiness, health, and wealth. The
book has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 46
languages. It has attracted a great deal of controversy and been parodied in several TV
programs.

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thought looks like, just look around you. Keep in mind these three words
"thoughts are things".
True, not all thoughts are created equal. The attractive power of any particular
thought is determined by how often you have that thought and by the strength of
the feelings or emotions associated with it. The more energy you give to a
particular thought, the greater its power to attract its corresponding circumstance
into your physical world through the Law of Attraction. Your one-off, passing
thoughts do not have the same creative power as your habitual thoughts and
beliefs. Remember, that it is of little use to entertain positive thoughts for just a
short burst of time each day if you then proceed to think negative or unwanted
thoughts for the rest of the day. A negative thought cancels the benefit of a
positive thought and vice versa. Since your reality is the sum total of all your
thoughts there are many factors influencing your life. This makes it difficult to
directly join the dots between the cause (thought) and the effect (circumstance)
but the causation is always there.

Use Thought Power to Change Your Life
It is your subconscious mind that is the storehouse of your deep-seated beliefs
and programmes. To change your circumstances and attract to yourself that
which you choose, you must learn to programme and re-programme your
subconscious mind. The most effective and practical way to do so, is to learn the
simple process of denial and affirmation, which are part creative visualization.
It is the technique underlying reality creation, making use of thought power to
consciously imagine, create and attract that which you choose. Your imagination
is the engine of your thoughts. It converts your thought power into mental
images, which are in turn manifested in the physical realm.

Become aware of your thoughts but not obsessed
It is important that you learn to be aware of your habitual thoughts and to
appropriately adjust them so as to maintain an overall positive mental attitude.
However, be careful not to become obsessed with every thought that enters your
mind as this would be equally counter-productive, if not more so, than not being
aware of them at all. Remember that to obsess over your negative, unwanted
thoughts, is to give them power and as the saying goes, what you resist persists.
So instead of resisting any of your negative thoughts, simply learn to effortlessly
cancel them by replacing them as they arise.

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Instantly replace unwanted thoughts
To instantly neutralize the power of a negative thought, calmly and deliberately
replace it with its opposite, positive equivalent denial and affirmation
technique). For instance, if you think to yourself "I am not good enough, I will
never succeed", mentally replace that thought with "I am good enough and
success comes to me easily". You can also use the "cancel, cancel" technique
made famous by the Silva Method. Each time you catch yourself thinking an
unwanted thought, mentally tell yourself and the Universe "cancel, cancel" and
immediately follow it up with a positive statement.

Discipline your dominant thoughts and your random thoughts
It is roughly estimated that the average person has between 12,000 and 70,000
thoughts a day. This is evidence enough to suggest that your goal should not be
to control every thought. It is your dominant thoughts and beliefs that you must
learn to bring under your conscious control as they are what largely determine
your mental attitude. As you do, you will find your random thoughts themselves
becoming more positive and more deliberate.
The following words of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha perfectly capture the
essence of thought power:
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is
everything. What we think we become."
In a nutshell, your life is the perfect mirror of your thoughts, beliefs and
dominant mental attitude. Whether you realise it or not you are already creating
your reality through your thought power. Every effect you see in your outside
world has its original cause within you - no exceptions. To gain access to the
greatest creative power at your disposal, you must learn to control the nature of
your habitual thoughts and to align yourself with the One Source of All Power
of which you are a part. Your thoughts create your reality - know, internalize
and apply this Truth and you will see your life transform in supernatural ways.

The Power of thought is incredible
We have to be aware of our thoughts - they are powerful cosmic waves in the
universal sea of energy we live in. The most potent form of energy is thought
because thought-waves are cosmic waves penetrating all time and space.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

Mahatma Gandhi said:
A man is but the product of his thoughts - what he thinks, he becomes.
Our thoughts are very powerful and science is doing exciting experiments with
the power of thought. Neurosky and others are doing intensive research into the
field of mind and the power of thought. They are developing even more
sophisticated devices capable of applying human thoughts.
Since the power of thought is a very potent form of energy that penetrates all
time and space we need to be aware of what we think. Fortunate for the human
race we are able to control our thoughts. We can use our mind and practice the
process of thinking. We can make ourselves think thoughts of what we want to
be or have.
In 1903 Wallace D Wattles6 wrote his book The Science of Getting Rich and a
central part of the book is about thinking regardless of circumstance.
To think what you want to think is to think truth regardless of
appearances. To think according to appearances is easy. To think truth
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Wallace D. Wattles: Born in the mid 1800s during the War between the States, Wallace D.
Wattles experienced a life of failure after failure, until — in his latter years, after tireless
study and experimentation — he formulated and put into practice the principles laid out in
The Science of Getting Rich. His daughter Florence notes that in those last years, "he wrote
almost constantly. It was then that he formed his mental picture. He saw himself as a
successful writer, a personality of power, an advancing man, and he began to work toward the
realization of this vision. He lived every page ... His life was truly the powerful life."
Although Mr. Wattles died relatively young, and although his work was largely forgotten for
years, those who have studied and applied these principles throughout the 20th century have
experienced remarkable results: They have gotten rich! (And when you read or listen to Mr.
Wattles' most excellent work, you'll see that ALL the success and personal development
literature of the last 90+ years owes a great debt to The Science of Getting Rich.) Wallace D.
Wattles also wrote The Science of Being Well; a novel, Hellfire Harrison; The Science of
Being Great, a mail-order course expanding on the principles of his three "Science" books;
and many, many magazine articles.

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regardless of appearances is laborious and requires the expenditure of
more power than any other work you have to perform.
We can choose to think as an optimist and have a positive view on life. We can
choose steps of positive thinking or we can choose to think as a pessimist. It is
entirely up to each and one of us.

What is capability? What can you do? What is can?
You say, "I wish I could do that. But I can't." Sometimes the thing you desire
seems most evasive and elusive to you. You may seem to think that you need
money or something else that is external to you for you to be able to achieve
your desire. And because this external thing is away from you and you don't
have it, you think that you are doomed because even that seems elusive. So you
are stuck in a vicious circle. You accept that, you fear it.
But before you accept something that has absolutely no value to you, take
another look. Fear is a thing we are conditioned to accept without question, yet it
has absolutely no value. Next time you accept fear, ask yourself what value it
really has for you. Escape is not a value. There is nowhere to run. Eventually,
you will be found and you will have to face yourself. Running away from a
problem is an idea that stems from the illusion that there is a you with a
problem, and a you that can escape the you with the problem. Insane? Yep! The
first step to getting out of a problem is knowing and accepting that you are the
problem, and then you become the solution. Nothing outside changes, but as you
change, a new outside replaces the old. The law of attraction and the law of
cause and effect work this way.
Everyone has things that they can do now that they could not do before. You can
now walk while as a child you could not. The ground never changed, but you
did. You can now read while you once could not. The English language never
changed, but you did. At one time, Bill Gates7 could not write software, now he
can. The world did not change, Bill did.
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Entrepreneur Bill Gates founded the world's largest software business, Microsoft, with Paul
Allen, and subsequently became one of the richest men in the world. Born on October 28,
1955, in Seattle, Washington, famed entrepreneur Bill Gates began to show an interest in
computer programming at age 13. Through technological innovation, keen business strategy
and aggressive business tactics, he and partner Paul Allen built the world's largest software
business, Microsoft. In the process, Gates became one of the richest men in the world. In
February 2014, Gates announced that he was stepping down as Microsoft's chairman.

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ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE as long as you believe and truly
engage yourself with your thoughts, mind and being.
We all have the capability to think in a positive matter if we really want to, but
way too often we resort to negative thinking and ideas that we are not able to do
this or that. Unfortunately many people grow up hearing that they can't do a
certain task or that they can't pursue a certain profession. They are put down by
people close to them saying things: "who do you think you are trying to
accomplish that".
This type of "mind limiting talk" will unfortunately end up being part of you.
We are formed by statements and sayings from our parents, kids in school,
friends, society etc. And for most people it creates a limiting belief system
which enters into our mind and being. It might be a belief that we are no good in
math or that we are a person nobody likes or that we can't succeed in the
business world or that we can't succeed in sports or that we can't succeed in
relationships and so on.
The way you perceive and interpret yourself is a result of the belief system you
adopted while growing up.
Back in 1960 Maxwell Maltz8 wrote the book “Psycho-Cybernetics” where he
talks about the self-image we form growing up:
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Dr. Maxwell Maltz created his self-improvement phenomenon: Psycho-Cybernetics at age
61, as the climax to an already varied, colourful and exceptionally successful career. For
many years, Dr. Maltz had a flourishing practice as a reconstructive and cosmetic facial
surgeon, lectured internationally on his medical specialty, and pursued a dual career as a
prolific author. He was inspired to move from treating "outer scars" to "inner scars" after
observing that so many patients' unhappiness and insecurities were not cured, as they and he
had believed would occur when he gave them the perfect new faces they desired. Dr. Maltz
first wrote of this discovery in his book "New Faces, New Futures." In this groundbreaking
book, Dr. Maltz suggested that many people "see themselves" inaccurately, their perceptions
distorted by unchallenged and often erroneous beliefs imbedded in the subconscious mind.
After a decade of counselling hundreds of patients, extensive research of everything from
German missile guidance technology (then more advanced than our own) to hypnosis, and
testing his evolving "success conditioning techniques" on athletes an salespeople, he
published his findings, in 1960, in the original Psycho-Cybernetics book. It was an instant
bestseller and made Dr. Maltz one of the most in-demand motivational speakers throughout
the 1960's and the early 1970's. Dr. Maltz went on to amass a wealth of "case history"
material, seminars, workshops, radio broadcasts, over a dozen books all applying 'Psycho-

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“We all carry with us a mental blueprint or picture of ourselves. It has
been built up from our own beliefs about ourselves. But most of these
beliefs about ourselves have unconsciously been formed from our past
experience, our successes and failures, our humiliations, our triumphs, and
the way other people have related to us, especially in early childhood.
From all these we mentally construct a "self" (or a picture of a self). Once
an idea or a belief about ourselves goes into this picture it becomes "true"
as far as we personally are concerned. We do not question its validity, but
proceed to act upon it just as if it were true.”
Maltz goes on to say that all our actions, feelings, behaviour - even our abilities
- are always consistent with this self-image. Hence it becomes very important to
change your self-image if that image is one of a limiting character of some sort.
You can change your self-image with the power of thought using affirmations
and subliminal messages. Our built in beliefs are powerful. They are powerful
in the sense that they dictate our ability to reach our goals, but in fact they are
nothing more than specific neural patterns in your brain - they are thoughts that
are so ingrained they have become automatic. They are not there because they
are "the truth", they have simply been handed down from generation to
generation. They are there because someone put them there.
This is not a about faith or religion - it is about your beliefs- your habits of
thought, opinion and attitude about the world around you, and especially your
beliefs about you, about your life and your prospects for financial fulfillment.

By the time you are seventeen years old, you have heard "No, you can't" an
average of 150.000 times. You've heard "Yes, you can" about 5,000 times. That
is thirty no’s for every yes. That makes a POWERFUL belief of "I can't".

Cybernetics' to different purposes, from business success to sex life improvement. He also
authored and had published: The Magic Powers of the Self-Image, Five Minutes to
Happiness, Live and Be Free through Psycho-Cybernetics and three novels. Maxwell Maltz
passed away at age 76, but his legacy has lived on: in fact, his works have grown in
popularity, purely through work-of-mouth. Dr. Maltz's wife and business partner of many
years, Anne Maltz, began working with Dan Kennedy in 1988 to further advance Dr. Maltz's
life works via a publishing renaissance and a new, comprehensive, "ultimate" home study
course.

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These beliefs are thousands of times stronger than desires. So if you desire
something like a new house or getting a new job it will not happen if your
beliefs are "I can't". The beliefs win every time.
Why?
John Assaraf9 explains it like this:
It is your habit of thought ( your beliefs), not your desires that run your
actions. This is one of the greatest discoveries of the past decade of
neurological research: 95-97 percent of all your behaviors are automatic.
This is why we set goals, but don't reach them. Setting them is a function
of the conscious mind. Reaching them is a function of the non-conscious
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The Brain and neuron-networks
In the movie “What The Bleep Do We Know!?”, Dr. Joe Dispenza10 talks about
how our brain works. He talks about the tiny nerve cells in the brain called
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John Assaraf is a serial entrepreneur, brain researcher, and CEO of Praxis. Now, a brainresearch company that creates some of the most powerful evidence-based brain retraining
tools and programs in the world. A relentless explorer of consciousness and human behaviour,
John’s passion is discovering and teaching people how to release the mental blockages that
hold them back from achieving their fullest potential. Thousands of companies, entrepreneurs
and individuals worldwide are currently using Praxis. Now programs to develop unstoppable
confidence, certainty and the personal power needed for achieving their goals and vision. In
the last 25 years, John has grown five multi-million dollar companies in real estate, Internet
software, brain research and life and business coaching and consulting. He’s the author of two
New York Times best-selling books, Having It All and The Answer. John has appeared on
almost every major TV program such Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360 and The Ellen
Degeneres Show, and was featured in the blockbuster movie and book “The Secret” and in the
special documentary “Quest for Success” with the Dali Lama and Sir Richard Branson.
Today, John researches, writes and lectures extensively around the world on the neuroscience
of success and achieving maximum performance.
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Neuroscientist, chiropractor and author Dr. Joe Dispenza empowers people to change from
the inside out. Featured in the award-winning film What the Bleep Do We Know!?, Dr.
Dispenza combines the fields of quantum physics, neuroscience, brain chemistry, biology and
genetics to teach you how to rewire your brain for health and happiness. He has lectured in
more than 24 different countries on six continents, educating people about the functions of the
human brain. He has taught thousands how to reprogram their thinking through scientifically
proven neurophysiological principles.

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neurons and how they have tiny branches reaching out to other neurons forming
neuron-networks. Each place where they connect is integrated into a thought or
a memory. He goes on to say that the brain does not know the difference
between what it sees in its environment and what it remembers because the same
neuro networks are firing - triggered.
This mean that we can break a habit or make a habit simply by repeating
something over and over again in our mind or by actually doing it. If we want to
break a habit it the neuron network will break up when we stop doing it over a
certain time. If we want to learn something new and create a new habit it will
cause the creation of a new network reinforcing the habit.
The first time you tried to ride a bike you probably failed to make it. Why?
because the neuron network was being established. You were creating it and be
trying over and over again the connections in the network gets stronger and
stronger and all of a sudden you ride the bike without thinking about it. You do
it automatically. You have created a habit.
Learn about making or braking habits, neuron networks, the power of thought:
"You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit"
(Aristotle)
By understanding how we can make and break habit you can start to break out
of old and erroneous thoughts. The power of thought when used to improve your
self-image is extra-ordinary.
If you don't break out of your current belief system it will stick with you for the
rest of your life. You need to find a way to change it. AND you CAN.
You CAN change your self-image through the power of thought and positive
affirmations like Louis L. Hay did. You CAN change that way you look at
yourself through seeking new truths and hence you will be able to accomplish
anything you put your mind to. We all have a tremendous power inside, we just
need to realize it. The true POWER IS WITHIN - The Power of Thought.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal;
nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

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YOU CAN BE OR HAVE WHATEVER YOU WANT IN LIFE
We have all heard incredible stories about people doing the unthinkable. A
homeless person with no money becoming a multimillionaire - like Bill
Bartmann11 who went from being homeless, broke, an alcoholic and paralyzed at
the age of 17 to become the 25th richest person in the USA.
Or
Someone becoming a legend and a historical person against "all odds" - like
Mahatma Gandhi who freed India from The British Empire.
Or
People recovering miraculously from a terrible disease or accident - like
Norman Cousins who was diagnosed with a disease with little chance of
surviving, but went on to live many years longer than his doctors predicted.
And, many similar stories.

WHAT DO THESE
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They believe in themselves and they take action. They realize they have a giant
inside, an incredible force that we all have - power of thought. The only
difference is that these people have awoken this giant within - this force inside.
They have realized the power of thought. They have conditioned themselves to
act, behave and think in a certain way and when they see the results it reinforces
their belief in themselves and they accomplish more and more and more. They
have changed their way of thinking and they are taking action. You can also
awaken this giant inside - just like Anthony Robbins talks about.
In this interview with John Reese & Frank Kern12 - Anthony Robbins13 talks
about the holy grail of taking action: certainty ( app. 13:45 into the video). It is
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William R. (Bill) Bartmann is a consumer advocate and the founder and CEO of CFS2, Inc,
a consumer financial recover company based in Tulsa, OK. Previously he was the founder and
CEO of Commercial Financial Services Inc, a consumer financial recovery firm, based in
Tulsa, OK that operated from 1986 to 1999.
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In this interview two very successful students are meeting, Frank Kern and John Reese.
Both of them are self-made multi millionaires who made their fortunes by selling products on

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a great video explaining why some people are successful in life and why others
are not. It has to do with our beliefs systems, about what potential we think we
have, about taking action based on our potential and then getting the results
which will reinforce our belief system.
Successful people use their mind and their thoughts to achieve their goals - they
are taking specific action based on successful thinking. Successful people have a
construct state of mind - a success attitude. They tell themselves : I CAN.
Success comes to those who become SUCCESS CONSCIOUS
“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you
can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe hundred
percent”.
(Arnold Schwarzenegger)
If you can envision it in your mind you can do it. AND you need to take some
ACTION to do it.
Mind work is not an easy ride - it requires practice - just like exercising a
muscle. You need to practice how to be positive - how to believe in yourself how to believe that you can do anything you put your mind to. The power of
thought will help you when you apply it in a positive way. But how will you
apply the Power of Thought?
By surrounding yourself with supporting people and by using affirmations.
When you really want to achieve something it is important to be around friends
the Internet. What’s particularly interesting about both of them is that neither had any “real”
education. Neither one finished college and they both went from being broke to becoming
wealthy. And they still continue to thrive in today’s economy. So the purpose of this
interview is to uncover the traits that successful people have in common. Specifically, the
traits that cause them to take massive action and follow through. As you’ll see, the solution is
really quite simple and available to us all.
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Anthony Robbins was born on February 29, 1960 in Glendora, California, USA as Anthony
J. Mahavorick. He is an actor, known for Shallow Hal (2001), The Singularity Is Near (2010)
and TED: The Future We Will Create (2007). He has been married to Sage Bonnie Humphrey
since October 14, 2001. They have one child. He was previously married to Rebecca. Born:
Anthony J. Mahavorick February 29, 1960 in Glendora, California, USA.

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and people who support you. This will inspire you - spur you on and when at
times the goal seem far away your supporting friends and people can get you
back on track. This will be like an affirmation - a statement that you can do the
unthinkable - that you are capable of anything you set your mind to.

Affirmation and subliminal messages
In order to change a limiting belief system about yourself you can start applying
affirmations. Write down affirmations on a piece of paper and say them to
yourself in your mind every night before you go to sleep.

I am strong
I am smart
I am confident
I am successful
I am rich
I am a good person
I can achieve anything I want
and so on...

What the mind can conceive - you can achieve
This is why a person with a vivid mind - a mind applying creative visualization
can achieve incredible result. Use the power of thought and creative
visualization to manifest dreams and create change.
When we forget to use visualization and imagination, it is like not using our
minds. Jose Silva14 The mind cannot tell the difference between an experience
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Jose Silva was born in Texas, and was the middle child of three, all of whom were raised
by his grandmother. Never formally schooled, José learned to read and write by watching his
siblings do their homework. As a young man, he learned radio repair through a
correspondence course, which he took and completed in the name of one of his friends. It was
in the military, during WWII, that José had his first introduction to the field of psychology.
He found it fascinating, and continued to learn as much as he could while also performing his
duties as a soldier. It was the combination of training in electronics and his strong interest in
psychology that eventually led to his discoveries in mind training and the Silva Method. Mr.
Silva knew, already, that the brain had within it a significant amount of electrical energy. He
also realized, through his work with electronics, that the best electrical circuit was one that
was least resistant. By applying this knowledge to improving the human mind, he reasoned
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in real life or an experience you create in your mind. By creating and visualizing
different things you would like to happen in your life you are actually making
them happen. This is why many Law of Attraction teachers talk about vision
boards and creative visualization.
By training your mind to see and feel what you want you are actually attracting
it. In addition to the visual exercise there are also other parts you need to
consider when getting the Law of Attraction to work. If you have seen the
movie The Secret15 or read the book you have been told you can attract
anything. You have been told that you can just think of it and visualize it and
you will attract it. This is not the whole process since this is just the first step.
The second step is to be at the same vibrational frequency as the item or thing
you are wanting. This you do with your feelings.
You must "be in love" with what you want so that your whole being is sending
out waves on the same frequency as what you want. Everything is made up of
energy and everything vibrates - you just need to tune yourself into the correct
vibrational frequency of what you want. Just like a radio station can switch to
different programs by switching the frequency. The third step is to expect it.

1. Think of it and visualize it
2. Feel it by sending out the correct vibrational frequency
3. Expect it to come to you
This is the same process Helen Hadsell16, age 83 (in 2009) has been using all her
life to win countless cash Prizes, over 5 trips to Europe, a luxury Home, and

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Author Rhonda Byrne, like each of us, has been on her own journey of discovery. In
The Secret, she explains with simplicity the law that is governing all lives, and offers the
knowledge of how to create – intentionally and effortlessly – a joyful life. A number of
exceptional men and women discovered The Secret, and went on to become known as
the greatest people who ever lived. Among them: Plato, Leonardo, Galileo, Napoleon,
Hugo, Beethoven, Lincoln, Edison, Einstein, and Carnegie, to name but a few. Now for
the first time in history, all the pieces of The Secret come together in a revelation that is
life transforming for all who experience it.

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Helene Hadsell, the woman with the 50-year winning streak. Helene has never lost a single
contest she has entered. Featured in many magazines, Helene wrote “The Name It and Claim
It Game” years back and sold millions of copies, until she decided to retire. Considering the

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Every Contest She Has Entered. Throughout her life she says she has won every
contest she has entered into and she says it is all because of using the Law of
Attraction and the process above.

The Brain and Creative Visualisation - Alpha level
Why is it important to use affirmations just before we go to sleep as mentioned
above? Why can't affirmations be used when we are wide awake?
The answer is that your brain activity slows down when you are going to sleep
and you are entering into the alpha brainwave level. The alpha level is an
important brainwave level for reprogramming your brain. It is much easier to
rewire your brain at the alpha brainwave level than in the fully awake level
(called beta).
Our brain is made up of billions of brain cells. These are called neurons, which
use electricity to communicate with each other. Combination of electrical
activity between neurons in the brain are often called brainwave patterns. These
patterns have a cyclic, wave-like look. When we think we are actually sending
out brainwaves - electric waves - which are registered in the brain. These waves
are emitting tiny electrochemical impulses of varied frequencies. These can be
registered by an Electroencephalography (EEG).
There are four simple periodic rhythms recorded in the EEG and they are: alpha,
beta, delta, and theta. These rhythms are identified by frequency (Hz or
cycles/sec).

Beta: 14 cycles/sec or more - we are awake and alert

current economic scenario and the countless requests from people, she has come back to share
her knowledge with world. Helene Hadsell is a living testament to the mastery of
manifestation, by which one can powerfully transform reality into their own design through
affirmation and personal power. From refrigerators to European vacations, over the years
Helene has won many prizes in a wide variety of contests. The most incredible win, according
to Helene, was the brand new dream home she won at the World Fair. Her name was
randomly selected from 2 million contest entries. She doesn’t believe in luck, chance, or
accidents. What is it about this very normal woman that bridges the gap between the power of
manifestation and reality? Be prepared to discover Helene’s reality-altering abilities and how
you can start winning like a champion too!

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Alpha: 7 - 14 cycles/sec - we are in a state of physical and mental
relaxation. At this level we can re-program ourselves
Theta: 4 -7 cycles/sec - we are in a deep meditative state.
Delta: 1 - 4 cycles/sec - we are asleep.
Over the past 50 years, brain researchers have been studying the effect of brain
waves on behaviour. Jose Silva was the first person to enter into this field and
his studies showed that when your brain is in alpha wave level you are actually
able to reprogram yourself.
Researchers have pin-pointed the Beta brainwave frequencies as the zone to
create a super focus mental state, intellectual endurance, and for creative
visualization.

The Power of Thought and Word transforming lives
One can go through a big change in life. As an example, after having gone
through a few days of grieving someone says:
“I was thinking I had to start all over again. Overall, I was not feeling very
good about it. Thinking on this and seeking psychological guidance led
me to a change of heart. Realizing that, no this is not a step back or even a
do-over, this was a step forward. Even though my circumstance had
changed, it was not necessarily a step back. Once I firmly established this
thought I began to feel empowered.
Is this just a matter of semantics? No, not at all. The first way of thinking
I described definitely had undertones of helplessness. “Whoa me, I have
to start all over!” Instead, I began to feel empowered by knowing that I
was stepping forward with a new beginning. Maybe they were baby steps,
but they still got me moving ahead in a positive direction. The first
description was a form of being in a victim role and the other was a role
of embracing change. Can you feel the difference in energy, or the energy
shift that I made?
It can be easy in times of difficulty or stress to discover that we have
allowed ourselves to wallow in the energy of victimhood. But with
practice we all can learn to shift from the role of victim to one of
empowerment. It does take practice like I said but more than anything it
takes an increase of awareness as to what role we may be in.”
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In the role of being a victim:
1. You may have disassociated from your feelings and have very little
awareness you are here.
2. You are feeling sorry for yourself.
3. You allow others to tell you what is good for you and what you should do.
4. You may compound this feeling by looking for instances to reinforce your
victimhood. “These things keep happening so I must not be meant to be
happy.”
5. Your energy is low and you engage in self-defeating and destructive
behaviours (over eating, drinking, increased TV time, either too much or
too little sleep).
6. You avoid activities and people you enjoy.
7. You have trouble finding positive solutions to even the simplest of issues.
In the role of empowerment:
1. You are in touch with your spiritual guidance and tap into your positive
support system.
2. You begin to feel powerful due to positive actions being taken.
3. You listen to your support but feel strong to actively make your own
choices.
4. You easily begin to see that many positive things are right in front of you.
5. You become excited and energized.
6. You do things to reinforce your positive feelings.
7. You easily are able to find alternative solutions to suit your
circumstances.
The power of thought and word leads to the power of emotion and action. In a
way this reminds me of one of my favourite childhood stories called, “The little
engine that could.” Taking an example from this story my new affirmation will
be from the thought, “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.” To the belief, “I
know I can, I know I can, and I am glad I did!” “I think I can” is an affirmation
towards... but it is not the proper affirmation. The positive affirmation is, “I
know I can.” A strong affirmation de author of this article always uses is: “I am
the Power, I am the Glory, I am another God.” That does not mean I am
religious, it’s an example. Everyone knows by now, I am an atheist.
Thoughts are like a video that plays on the screen of your mind. What you play
there, determines the kind of life you live and the experiences you meet. To
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make changes in your life, you have to play a different video, one that you like
more.

The Power of Thought is Creative
You can train and strengthen this power. You can use it to make changes in your
life, and also to influence other people's minds. If you plant seeds, water them,
and give them fertilizers, they will grow into healthy and strong plants.
Thoughts, like seeds, have a natural tendency to grow and manifest in your life,
if you feed them with attention, interest and enthusiasm. Your thoughts pass
from your conscious mind to your subconscious mind, which in turn, influences
your actions in accordance with these thoughts. Your thoughts also pass to other
minds, and consequently, people who are in a position to help you, might offer
you their help, sometimes, without even knowing why. This might some strange
and unbelievable. You don't have to accept these words, but if you analyze the
kind of thoughts you think, and the kind of life you live, you will discover
interesting things about the mind. The power of your mind is part of the creative
power of the Universal Collective Consciousness, which means that your
thoughts work together with it. You are a manifestation of the Universal mind.
When you repeat the same thought over and again, in one way or another, this
mighty power helps you make your thoughts come true.

An example of how to use the power of your thoughts
1. Visualise a perfect scene of whatever you want to accomplish.
2. Put a lot of detail, colour, sound, scent and life into these mental scenes.
3. Repeat your visualization often, with faith and attention, and your
subconscious will accept these mental scenes as real experiences. The
subconscious mind does not distinguish between real and imaginary
experiences, and accepts both as real. It will start making changes and
attracting opportunities, to make your reality match the images in your
subconscious mind.
Actions, situations, and objects that you visualize frequently, eventually,
manifest on the material plane in a natural way. This manifestation does not
happen overnight. It needs time, and depends on how ambitious and sincere you
are, and how much time and attention you put into this action.
You can use this process to change negative habits and build new, positive
habits or skills. You can also use it for attracting money and possessions, for
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promotion at work, for building a business, improving health and relationships,
changing circumstances, and for practically almost everything.
Give attention to the thoughts you think. Do your best to reject negative
thoughts, and to allow into your mind only thoughts that bring good, happy, and
positive results.

Will-Power and Self-Discipline
Developing will-power and self-discipline can make a great difference in your
life, bringing to the fore, inner strength, which is vital for success and for
personal growth.
The possession of these skills or their lack is a major factor, leading to success
or to failure, to taking action or to being lazy. This applies to major goals, and
also to simple, everyday tasks.
These abilities are vital ingredients of success, both psychological and material.
 How many times you wanted to go for a walk, knowing how wonderful
you feel afterwards, but due to laziness or lack of inner strength, you
stayed at home and watched TV instead?
 How many times have you tried to change your eating habits, stop
smoking, or get up earlier in the morning, but you didn't possess enough
inner strength and persistence?
 Do you start doing things, but quit after a short while?

Will-power is to be defined as follows:
 The ability to control or reject unnecessary or harmful impulses.
 The ability to arrive at a decision and follow it with perseverance, until its
successful accomplishment.
 It is the inner strength that enables you to refuse to indulge in unnecessary
and useless habits.
 It is inner power that enables you to overcome inner and external
resistance and obstacles.
 It is the antidote to laziness and procrastination.
There is a misconception in the public mind regarding these skills. It is
erroneously believed that their development and use require a lot of mental and
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physical strain and effort. This is not true. You can develop them in a gradual,
simple way, by practicing certain exercises, and even enjoy the process.

You also need motivation!
It is the inner power that pushes you toward taking action and toward
achievement. Motivation is powered by desire and ambition, and therefore, if
they are absent, motivation is absent too. Sometimes, you might have the desire
to get something done, or to achieve a certain goal, but if the desire and
ambition are not strong enough, you lack the push, the initiative, and the
willingness to take the necessary action. in these cases, you lack of motivation
and inner drive.
When there is motivation, there is initiative and direction, courage,
energy, and the persistence to follow your goals.
A motivated person takes action and does whatever it needs to achieve his or her
goals.
Motivation becomes strong, when you have a vision, a clear mental image of
what you want to achieve, and also a strong desire to manifest it. In such a
situation, motivation awakens inner strength and power, and pushes you
forward, toward making your vision a reality.
Motivation can be applied to every action and goal. There can be motivation to
study a foreign language, to get good grades at school, bake a cake, write a
poem, take a walk every day, make more money, get a better job, buy a new
house, own a business, or become a writer, a doctor or a lawyer.
Motivation is present, whenever there is a clear vision, precise knowledge of
what you want to do, a strong desire, and faith in your abilities.
Motivation is also one of the most important keys to success. When there is lack
of motivation, you either get no results, or only mediocre ones, whereas, when
there is motivation, you attain greater and better results and achievements.
Compare someone as a student who lacks motivation and who hardly studies, to
a student who is highly motivated, and who devotes many hours to his studies.
Each student will get absolutely different grades.
Lack of motivation means lack of enthusiasm, zest and ambition, whereas the
possession of motivation is a sign of strong desire, energy and enthusiasm, and
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the willingness to do whatever it takes to achieve what one sets out to do. A
motivated person is a happier person, more energetic, and sees the positive end
result in his or her mind.

What can you do to strengthen your motivation?
1. Set a goal. If you have a major goal, it would be a good idea if you split it
into several minor goals, each small goal leading to your major goal.
By dividing your goal into several, smaller goals, you will find it easier to
motivate yourself, since you will not feel overwhelmed by the size of your
goal and the things you have to do. This will also help you feel that the
goal is more feasible, and easier to accomplish.
2. Understand that finishing what you start is important. Hammer into your
mind that whatever you start you have to finish. Develop the habit of
going to the finish line.
3. Socialize with achievers and people with similar interests or goals, since
motivation and positive attitude are contagious. Associate with motivated
people, who share your interests.
4. Never procrastinate anything. Procrastination leads to laziness, and
laziness leads to lack of motivation.
5. Persistence, patience and not giving up, despite failure and difficulties,
keep the flame of motivation burning.
6. Read about the subjects of your interest. This will keep your enthusiasm
and ambition alive.
7. Constantly, affirm to yourself that you can, and will succeed.
8. Look at photos of things you want to get, achieve or do. This will
strengthen your desire and make your subconscious mind work with you
9. Visualise your goals as achieved, adding a feeling of happiness and joy.

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The Power of Concentration
Concentration means inner vigilance and alertness. There are negativity all
around us and within us. Fear, doubt, worry and anxiety are inner errors that are
trying to steal our inner poise and peace of mind. When we learn how to
concentrate, it is very difficult for these forces to enter into us. If doubt enters
into our mind, the power of concentration will tear doubt to pieces. If fear enters
into our mind, the power of concentration will chase away our fear. Right now
we are victims to unlit, obscure, destructive thoughts, but a day will come when,
on the strength of our concentration, disturbing thoughts will lie afraid of us.
Concentration is the mind's dynamic will that operates in us for our acceptance
of light and rejection of darkness, using the words of philosophers. It is like a
psychic warrior in us. What concentration can do in our life is unimaginable. It
can symbolically speaking easily separate heaven from hell, so that we can live
in the constant delight of heaven and not in the perpetual worries, anxieties and
tortures of hell while we are here on earth.
Concentration is the surest way to reach our goal, whether the goal is Godrealisation or merely the fulfilment of human desires. A real aspirant sooner or
later acquires the power of concentration either through constant practice or
through his own life’s aspiration.

Understanding Positive Thinking
Positive thinking actually means approaching life's challenges with a positive
outlook. It does not necessarily mean avoiding or ignoring the bad things;
instead, it involves making the most of potentially bad situations, trying to see
the best in other people, and viewing yourself and your abilities in a positive
light.
Some researchers, including positive psychologist Martin Seligman17, often
frame positive thinking in terms of explanatory style. Your explanatory style is
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Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman is the Director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center and
Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology in the Penn Department of Psychology. He is also
Director of the Penn Master of Applied Positive Psychology program (MAPP). He was
President of the American Psychological Association in 1998, during which one of his
presidential initiatives was the promotion of Positive Psychology as a field of scientific study.
He is a leading authority in the fields of Positive Psychology, resilience, learned helplessness,
depression, optimism and pessimism. He is also a recognized authority on interventions that
prevent depression, and build strengths and well-being. He has written more than 275
scholarly publications and 20 books.

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how you explain why events happened. People with an optimistic explanatory
style tend to give themselves credit when good things happen, but typically
blame outside forces for bad outcomes. They also tend to see negative events as
temporary and atypical.
On the other hand, individuals with a pessimistic explanatory style often blame
themselves when bad things happen, but fail to give themselves adequate credit
for successful outcomes. They also have a tendency to view negative events as
expected and lasting. As you can imagine, blaming yourself for events outside of
your control or viewing these unfortunate events as a persistent part of your life
can have a detrimental impact on your state of mind.
Positive thinkers are more apt to use an optimistic explanatory style, but the way
in which people attribute events can also vary depending upon the exact
situation. For example, a person who is generally a positive thinker might use a
more pessimistic explanatory style in particularly challenging situations, such as
at work or at school.

The Health Benefits of Positive Thinking
In recent years, the so-called "power of positive thinking" has gained a great
deal of attention thanks to self-help books such as The Secret. While these poppsychology books often tout positive thinking as a sort of psychological
panacea, empirical research has found that there are many very real health
benefits linked to positive thinking and optimistic attitudes.
According to the Mayo Clinic, positive thinking is linked to a wide range of
health benefits including:
Longer life span
Less stress
Lower rates of depression
Increased resistance to the common cold
Better stress management and coping skills
Lower risk of cardiovascular disease-related death
Increased physical well-being
Better psychological health
Clearly, there are many benefits of positive thinking, but why exactly does
positive thinking have such a strong impact on physical and mental health. One
theory is that people who think positively tend to be less affected by stress.
Another possibility is that people who think positively tend to live healthier lives
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in general; they may exercise more, follow a more nutritious diet and avoid
unhealthy behaviours.

Positive Thinking Versus Positive Psychology
While the terms positive thinking and positive psychology are sometimes used
interchangeably, it is important to understand that they are not the same thing.
First, positive thinking is about looking at things from a positive point of view.
Positive psychology certainly tends to focus on optimism, but it also notes that
while there are many benefits to thinking positively, there are actually times
when more realistic thinking is more advantageous.
For example, in some situations negative thinking can actually lead to more
accurate decisions and outcomes (Alloy, Abramson, & Chiara, 2000).
Researchers Peterson & Vaidya also found that in some cases, optimistic
thinking can lead to underestimating the actual risks involved in a particular
decision (2003).

Positive Thinking Ten Tips
Even if you are not a natural-born optimist, there are things you can do to learn
how to think positive. One of the first steps is to focus on your own inner
monologue and to pay attention to your self-talk.
Positive thinking can lead to a lot of positive change in your life. Developing an
optimistic outlook can be good for both your physical and mental health. But
sometimes, certain situations arise in life that makes it hard to keep a positive
outlook. Take steps to make positive thinking become more like second nature
and you’ll reap some big benefits. Here are 10 tips to make positive thinking
easy.
1. Spend Time with Positive People.
If you surround yourself with constant complainers, their negativity is
likely to rub off on you. Spend time with positive friends and family
members to increase the likelihood that their positive thinking habits will
become your habits as well. It’s hard to be negative when everyone
around you is so positive.
2. Take Responsibility for Your Behaviour
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When you encounter problems and difficulties in life, don’t play the role
of the victim. Acknowledge your role in the situation and take
responsibility for your behaviour. Accepting responsibility can help you
learn from mistakes and prevent you from blaming others unfairly.
3. Contribute to the Community
One of the best ways to feel good about what you have, is to focus on
what you have to give. Volunteer in some manner and give back to the
community. Helping others can give you a new outlook on the world and
can assist you with positive thinking.
4. Read Positive and Inspirational Material
Spend time each day reading something that encourages positive thinking.
Read an inspirational book, philosophical material, or inspirational quotes
to help you focus on what’s important to you in life. It can be a great way
to start and end your day.
5. Recognize and Replace Negative Thoughts
You won’t be successful at positive thinking if you’re still plagued by
frequent negative thoughts. Learn to recognize and replace thoughts that
are overly negative. Often, thoughts that include words like “always” and
“never” signal that they aren’t true.
If you find yourself thinking something such as, “I always mess
everything up,” replace it with something more realistic such as,
“Sometimes I make mistakes but I learn from them.” There’s no need to
make your thoughts unrealistically positive, but instead, make them more
realistic.
6. Establish and Work Toward Goals
It’s easier to be positive about problems and setbacks when you have
goals that you’re working toward. Goals will give you motivation to
overcome those obstacles when you encounter problems along the way.
Without clear goals, it’s harder to make decisions and gauge your
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7. Consider the Consequences of Negativity
Spend some time thinking about the consequences of negative thinking.
Often, it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. For example, a person
who thinks, “I probably won’t get this job interview,” may put less effort
into the interview. As a result, he may decrease his chances of getting the
job.
Create a list of all the ways negative thinking impacts your life. It likely
influences your behaviour, your relationships, and your feelings. Then,
create a list of the ways in which positive thinking could be beneficial.
8. Offer Compliments to Others
Look for reasons to compliment others. Be genuine in your praise and
compliments, but offer it frequently. This will help you look for the good
in other people.
9. Create a Daily Gratitude List
If you start keeping a daily gratitude list, you’ll start noticing exactly how
much you have to be thankful for. This can help you focus on the positive
in your life instead of thinking about all the bad things that have happened
in the day. Getting in the habit of showing an attitude of gratitude makes
positive thinking more of a habit.
10. Practice Self-Care and Self-Talk
Take good care of yourself and you’ll be more equipped to think
positively. Get plenty of rest and exercise and practice managing your
stress well. Taking care of your physical and mental health will provide
you with more energy to focus on positive thinking.

On Self-Talk
Evolution suggests that, as we are social beings, we may fear silence. This
because in ancient times we would, as do all social animals, call out to each
other making “contact calls” so as to maintain a sense of contact with the rest of
the “herd” or “tribe”.
Silence was then a danger signal; nowadays it can be perceived with feelings of
uneasiness and fear, akin to the movie-maker using silence to build tension. In
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modern times, we may overcome this innate “fear of silence” by humming a
tune, whistling or even listening to music on the radio or having the TV on “in
the background.
If we listen to children as they play, we can often hear them talking out loud as
they indulge in their play. As we grow older, we sometimes use sub-vocal
articulation where we say the words with our lips, but do not speak them. The
next step is to not move the lips at all, but simply to indulge in an internal
monologue with ourselves, as a way to avoid silence.
And how do we speak to ourselves, in the first person or second person? When
we use the first person pronoun “I”, we usually are talking about our personal
feelings. When we use the second person pronoun “You”, we are giving
ourselves a call to action, a command of directive, if you will.
Research suggests that the use of the second person in positive self-talk, as part
of a classical conditioning process, we can use this repetitive confirmation of a
positive behaviour can strongly reinforce positive responses and actions. Use of
the first person, with positive affirmations, directly addresses the emotional self.
There needs to be a balance (as in all things in life) between the two.
Understanding and changing the way you talk to yourself can really get you a
long way further ahead in this world. With a positive mental attitude in life,
you can be healthier and be successful at anything you want to be when
you think positively and engage in second person constructive self talk and first
person affirmations.
When making a good decision you have to think positively prior to being able to
handle the issue effectively. People make decisions all the time and wonder why
in the world they said or did something and it simply does not work out the way
they want.
We hear unfavourable things and our mind and our brains pick them up and
stores them for further use on autopilot (subconsciously). Our subconscious
mind thinks unfavourable thoughts making use of self talk to send them to us.
We do what is being sent whether it is what we really want or not.
In order to make the best decision we need to change the way we think in such a
way as to overpower the unfavourable ideas. Think positive: like I can do this or
I will manage this alone. Keep duplicating these consistently until the
subconscious quits and backs off to let your self talk become more positive.
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If we are thinking and doing negative things in deciding what we will do, we
will never ever get anywhere in this world. Our sense of well being will
decrease pretty quickly since we will not be encouraged to get off our backsides
and have a healthy workout or cook ourselves a healthy meal. Negative thoughts
take control and we blow ourselves out of the water.
Do not let negative thoughts wreck your life – take control and
start creating positive ones in yourself talk and develop more of a healthy
positive mental attitude. Learn self-management and gain confidence that you
will not let negative thoughts have control over you.
There are many ways you can change the way you self talk, there are practice
exercises that create positive thinking. When you sit down and chat with
yourself, for example, you can really get to know who you are and begin to feel
better about yourself image.
Use whatever way you feel comfortable with as a starter to set things in motion.
For instance, one of the first things you may tell yourself in self talk is in
recognising that you have choices.

Better Living through Self-Talk
My choices are fantastic. I have the option to make my life better if I put my
mind to it. These are thoughts you can use in self talk that can lead you into a
conversation to assist you in discovering how to improve your quality of life.
Self-Talk is a healing practice. Self talk to some individuals is inner thoughts
they hear daily. For example, your mind may tell you that you forgot something.
You then use this trigger to figure out what you have actually forgotten. This is a
type of self-talk, yet to truly self-talk, you have to have regular interaction with
yourself.
Self-Talk 1:
Do I have the ability to complete all my responsibilities today? Sure, I do. I can
complete them. What I should do is knock off the huge tasks and then work
through the smaller tasks. By the end of the day, I will have completed my tasks.
I am going to start this minute.

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Self-Talk 2:
I ate and drank too much last night. I feel worthless today. Am I useless? No, I
am not; I simply slipped up and I will strive to prevent this error from happening
again. I have now profited from my mistake.
Self-Talk 3:
Why do I make the same mistake continuously? Brainstorm: Exactly what was
the error? Why is it an error? How is it a mistake? When did I initially make the
error? Who was I around when I made the first error?
As soon as you learn, what the error is you can begin to acknowledge it as an
error. Once you figure out why you made the error, you will begin to accept and
find out ways to stay clear of the same mistake again. Determining the
timeframe that you first made the mistake will likewise help you find the cause.
If you can determine who influenced you, it will help you to get rid of the
quality that causes you stress.
Self-Talk 4:
Individuals don’t like me. Why don’t people like me? Exactly what did I do so
wrong to make people not like me? Brainstorm: What kind of individuals do you
relate to? Do you need these people in your life? Possibly these individuals are
judgmental and simply love to pass out blame to anybody.
Have you asked these individuals why they don’t like you? Maybe they do like
you. Maybe you have an uncomfortable issue that you can sit and self talk
through to discover the source.
Part of the issue perhaps is that you do not like your own inner image. How do
you feel about you? Do you genuinely understand who you are? What is your
attitude about life? What is your mindset about you?
Use self-talk and positive thinking to get to know yourself much better. This will
help you discover responses that have been sitting in front of you all along.
Research each element of your self-talk. When you talk with yourself, pay
attention as you would if you were listening to your finest pal when they talk
with you.

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Healing and Health through Positive Thinking
Make something of yourself and be healthier with positive thinking and selftalk. Repetitively, tell yourself each day that you will begin working out today.
Set your goals now so that you know what you want in the future from your
workout.
Do you wish to drop a size in clothing, lose weight, reinforce your muscles, or
alleviate undesirable stress? You can do these things and more by thinking
positive.
Set an objective and write it down on paper. This is a start of thinking positively.
Composing a list of goals assists in alleviating tension and setting goals will
offer you something positive to work for. Make your greatest goal at the top so
you always remember what it is. As you reach, your goals check them off. This
will help you see your potential and reinforce your progress when you start your
positive thinking.
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Success in having a Positive Mental Attitude and Self-Talk
Recompense yourself as you reach each objective. Buy yourself something new
to wear. Put a note on the fridge when you lose that weight you worked every
day to lose, purchase a new bike when your muscles get stronger and begin
biking; laugh and have a good time. Boast of your success to yourself (and
others if they listen and support you) when you reach each objective.
Do not stop thinking positively once you start to tick off your goals. Make
brand-new ones to go even further to be even more successful. Don’t look back
at where you were, however, always look forward with your positive thinking
and self-talk.
Being positive will help to prevent many diseases and you will seem like a
brand-new individual as you begin to see just how much better you feel simply
by thinking positive.
Enjoy your brand-new wellness and happiness you have achieved for yourself
through self-talk – you’ve come a long ways. Keep pushing yourself to be even
more successful.
Continue your self-talk each day so that you establish a self talking daily
routine. If you cease it will only set you back and you will have to start your self
treatment all over again to attain your goals. You can also rely on support
groups, supportive family members, friends, etc to reach your objectives. Just do
it day-to-day to reach your goals.

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Philippe L. De Coster, B.Th., D.D.

About the Moderator and author of the Science of Thought Group
on Internet
Philippe L. De Coster, B.Th., D.D. joined Sundial House, Tunbridge Wells,
Kent, UK team in 1971: Michael Eastcott and Nancy Magor. He represented
together with Tilla Grenier (Brussels) the two French sections of the
Meditation Group for the New Age, and Creative Meditation Group, also
called the French Section. When Tilla Grenier died the two groups moved to
Ghent, and was assisted by François Geldof for the distribution of the
booklets of both groups. In 1970 De Coster was awarded with a certificate of
Unity School of Christianity, Lee’s Summit, Missouri for his knowledge, the
course being of a metaphysical character covering the fundamental
principles of the teachings of Unity and their applications in redeeming the
mind and healing the body. As the studies were “extra muros” (extension
programme) it lasted almost ten years.

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Sundial House, Nevill Court, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK

Dr. Roberto Assagioli, M.D, founder of Psychosynthesis and the meditation
groups.

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Michal Eastcott and Nancy Magor in their early years (authors)

Tilla Grenier (right, black or blue dress) from Brussels (Belgium)
General meeting at Sundial House. She was my predecessor in the work of the
French Section of the Groups MGNA and GMC.

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Dr. Roberto Assagioli, M.D at the centre, and left Jan van der Linden, in
charge at that time of the two Dutch Meditation Group. Later he was for a
number of years directed of the School for Esoteric Studies, New York, USA
where I was also a student for a few years in the 1970s.

At Sundial House, Wesak Festival probably, in front Michal Eastcott

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At one of the Festivals at Sundial House

At Sundial House
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Dr. Roberto Assagioli, M.D. at Sundial House in conversation

Dr. Roberto Assagioli (1975) was an Italian doctor, and one of the first to
introduce psychoanalysis into Italy. Around 1910 he began to put forward his
own version, somewhat closer to Jung than to Freud, emphasising that dynamic
that dynamic psychology should not only be concerned with depth (the
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unconscious) but also with height (the superconscious).

Several additional diploma’s, certificates and awards followed until 1984
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Contents
The Power of Thought
Use thought power to change your life – Become aware of your
thoughts but not obsessed
Instantly replace unwanted thoughts
Discipline your dominant thoughts and your random thoughts
The power of thought is incredible
What is capability? What can you do? What is can?
The brain and neuron-networks
You can be or have whatever you want in life
What do these incredible people have in common?
Affirmation and subliminal messages
What the mind can conceive – you can achieve
The brain and creative visualisation – Alpha level
The power of thought and word transforming lives
The power of thought is creative
Will-power is to be defined as follows
You also need motivation
What can you do to strengthen your motivation?
The power of concentration - Understanding positive thinking
The health benefits of positive thinking
Positive thinking versus positive psychology – Ten tips
On Self-Talk
Better living through self-talk
Healing and health through positive thinking
Success in having a positive mental attitude and self-talk
About the moderator and author of the Science of Thought Group
Contents
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