| You are your thoughts, All that arises, | | | | constantly flow through our minds. |
| arises from our thoughts, We make the world | | | | |
| with our thoughts. - Buddha. | | | | The first step in building a dam to stop this |
| | | | flow of negative thought is be aware of your |
| There is a Hindu story about a man, lost in a | | | | thoughts - you must make a determined effort |
| forest, who, late in the night, comes across | | | | to take notice when you think in the |
| an abandoned house. When he enters the one | | | | negative. To help you become more aware of |
| room building, he is sees a small cot | | | | your negative thinking, for several days - |
| highlighted by the light of the moon. As he | | | | carry a notepad and pencil and jot down all |
| lays down to rest, he notices in the dim | | | | your negative thoughts - find out how many |
| light, a chair in the far corner and on the | | | | times your thought process has to deal with |
| chair - a small coil - a snake. The stranger | | | | negativity during your waking hours - if you |
| stays as quiet and motionless as possible. | | | | are honest in your note-taking, you will |
| Several times he thought the snake was | | | | likely be surprised and alarmed. |
| beginning to slither and hiss - his heart | | | | |
| pumps faster and faster - he has trouble | | | | Once you have taken this first step to be |
| breathing. | | | | aware of your negative thoughts, you can use |
| | | | the art of visualization as the cement to |
| With the dawn, the owner of house returns and | | | | hold the negativity dam together - with |
| finds the stranger dead. | | | | visualization you're setting up a powerful |
| | | | see and think one-two punch for positive |
| He removes the coil of rope from the chair | | | | thinking. |
| and goes about preparing the body for | | | | |
| cremation. | | | | Example - if you're at your computer as you |
| | | | read this, look down at your keyboard. First, |
| That may be an extreme example, but the story | | | | zero in to the delete key. - focus hard - |
| illustrates the power of our thoughts - we | | | | burn the picture of the delete key into you |
| are what we think and many people think the | | | | mind. Think about deleting negative thoughts. |
| worst. Much of the problem is caused by the | | | | |
| blanket of negativity that covers us everyday | | | | Next, focus on the control key on your |
| of our lives - the doom-boom in today's | | | | computer keyboard - control for taking |
| media, pessimistic friends, unenthusiastic | | | | control of your life. |
| colleagues and the worst source of all - | | | | |
| ourselves. | | | | Use the theater of your mind to help you |
| | | | switch from negative to positive. Remember,be |
| A recent study in the United States shows | | | | aware to your thoughts then control them |
| that Americans spend three days out of ten in | | | | though visualization - repetition and |
| a bad mood - all that negativity. The problem | | | | persistence is the key to positive thinking. |
| is we never take the time to be aware of our | | | | |
| thoughts, we allow the river of negativity to | | | | We become what we believe. |