The most understated, underestimated power, is the power of your thoughts and beliefs. Unbeknownst to most people, your thoughts in every moment, are creating your experiences and deciding your future. Your dominant thoughts and beliefs, impact every area of your life – mental, emotional and physical health, your finances, your relationships and your success. Thus, it would serve you well to choose your thoughts and beliefs wisely, because your life depends on it.
Thoughts become things
Experts estimate that the mind thinks between 60,000 – 80,000 thoughts a day. That's an average of 2500 – 3,300 thoughts per hour. For most people, 80% of thoughts are negative and 95% are repetitive thoughts.
Given that thinking is our most frequent activity each day, it is ironic that most people are not even conscious of the thoughts they are thinking throughout each day, let alone the fact that they hold tremendous power to shape their destiny.
Few people understand the potency of thoughts and beliefs. They are one of the most intense vibrations and forms of energy in this universe. It is important to know that every thought is just an impulse of energy. However, when you repeatedly focus on the same thought, with sufficient intent, emotion and belief, its energy is intensified and that thought materializes into matter. That thought becomes as real as the things which you can see and hold in your hands.
This materialization is evident, when your dreams are realised in the career you now enjoy, the house you now live in and in the life partner you chose.
Whenever you are thinking about the past, present or future, you are in the process of creating your life.
Thoughts become beliefs
Your dominant thoughts repeated often enough, become your beliefs. Most of your thoughts were unconsciously downloaded from your parents, your education, your culture, religion and the media.
By now, you would have accumulated countless beliefs which you have accepted as true, without questioning their veracity. If you questioned some of these beliefs, you will be surprised that many of them hold no truth whatsoever, or their validity stands on shaky ground. Putting your faith in erroneous beliefs, limits your vision of what is possible.
Examples of such beliefs are:
“Not everyone is lucky.”
“Nothing comes easy.”
“It is unsafe to fly.”
“The world is full of crooks.”
“It’s too late for me.”
Life mirrors your beliefs
Once you believe something to be true, you will keep looking for evidence in life to prove your beliefs to be true. Eventually your thoughts develop into a belief system which become entrenched in your subconscious mind. Your belief system decides what is right or wrong, what is good or bad. Your belief system includes your perceptions, interpretations, your preferences, your prejudices and judgements of yourself, people, life and the world. It is important to note that your beliefs become the filters through which you view everything. How you see life, becomes your personal reality, unique to yourself. Your deep-seated beliefs shape your personality and character and influence all your life decisions and actions. Ultimately, every aspect of your life is a reflection of your innermost beliefs.
For example, if you believe money is the most important thing in life, then all your actions and decisions will be guided by that belief only. If you think relationships are the most important thing in life, then you will try to save relationships at any cost in all your decisions.
If you believe in scarcity, it will perpetuate fear, unnecessary hoarding and refusing to share with others. This limiting belief will prevent you from believing in abundance and experiencing it.
Eventually, you will realize that the real cause of all problems, is not life itself. The world is neither good or bad, nor defective, unless you think so. How you see the world, is how you will experience it.
Change your beliefs and you can change your life
If you wish to improve your life in any way, you need to review your belief system first. You need to know which beliefs are creating problems in your life. Are you experiencing problems with money, relationships, or in your career? Is there a pattern of failure in certain areas of your life? Examine the way you are looking at yourself, people and life. You should be very honest with yourself while analysing your beliefs.
Things to notice
Most thoughts are memories of the past or fear of the future.
95% of thoughts replay past hurts, regrets, sadness, resentments and failures.
80% of thoughts are negative and make you feel sad, depressed, angry and powerless. Such thoughts are self-destructive and block your success.
The Law of Attraction
This cosmic law manages the vibrations of the universe, including your personal vibration.
Its only function is to respond to the vibrations of your thoughts and emotions, by bringing you people, events and things that match your vibration. If your personal vibration is sad, hurt and depressed, this Law will respond by bringing you more reasons to be sad, hurt and depressed.
The longer you focus on a thought, the stronger the vibration and the sooner it will appear in your life.
This Law works whether you are thinking about something you want or something you don’t want.
This Law is always operating, whether you realize it or not.
The window of opportunity
In every moment, you can consciously delete useless, repetitive, negative thoughts or save thoughts and beliefs which will empower you to create your desired life.
Whatever your situation, the practice of gratitude invariably shows you the right perspective. It reminds you of what you already have, which brings relief and comfort. Looking for things to appreciate all day long, will bring you to the present moment, when you can create new results.
Silence in meditation, is the most effective way to silence the 80,000 thoughts running freely through your mind each day, often creating undesirable results.
The 13th century Sufi poet and philosopher, Rumi Jalaladin, rightly advised, “Protect yourself from your own thoughts.” He was succinct on the value of silence,
“Silence is the language of God.
Everything else is poor translation.”
What will you do now?
Now that you know how powerful your thoughts and beliefs are, what will you do with this information? When you realize you can step away from being powerless into the mind of a powerful creator, will you step up and act? Will you take up the offer to be the author, director/producer of your own life?
Much love,
Shahreen Kamaluddin
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