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