The Power of Thought and Transformation

The power of thought is not yet fully understood. It is not just thinking that something will happen that makes it happen, it is also feeling in our hearts and down to our bones that something is true that makes it happen. If we say we are worthy of making a great salary, but do not feel that way down to our core, it is the same as not believing we can make a great salary. The good thing about thought is that we can train ourselves to believe whatever we want. We were trained to believe that we have inadequacies which we did not believe before we entered into this lifetime, and therefore, we can train ourselves to believe the opposite of those thought patterns. Just because we can change our thought patterns does not mean it is easy. It took us our entire lifetime to believe what we do about ourselves now. It could take that amount of time to heal our thoughts about ourselves.

There are many people who have publicly praised the power of thought and how it changed their lives. These people have used methods of visualization, affirmations and other tools to transform themselves and their lives into something more preferable.

In order to change ones mind, we must first recognize what destructive thought patterns we believe. Upon identification of these patterns, we can then work on changing those patterns. For example: We may think that we are fat and tell ourselves that we are thin. For me, this is not where my negative pattern is rooted. My negative pattern is in my lack of self-love. Telling myself "I am thin" will not work because this is only a symptom. By telling myself that I love myself unconditionally, this will allow me to accept my body as it is and not obsess over my weight.

I saw myself as unworthy of love, and therefore attributed it to my weight, not my heart. I may eventually lose the excess weight that I have, however, I will no longer obsess over it. I am for the first time in my life accepting myself as I am, and loving what I see. Now when I look at myself in the mirror, I see a sexy goddess, not an unlovable fatso. I now like the extra flesh on my bones, I look a bit like a Rubens nude.

The transformation of thought about myself has not made me look any differently than I did before I had the change of thought. However, I now see myself in such a positive light that I now feel ten times sexier and more lovable than before. It is I who previously made the harsh judgments about myself. If you feel great about yourself, people will see you as the self image you project. Whatever you feel about yourself is projected in your energy, nothing else.

Questions

1. Can you think of any tragedies that happened in your childhood or adult life? How did this affect you? How did you cope with the tragedy? Search your feelings, do you still feel emotionally scarred?

2. Do you somehow feel responsible for this tragedy? Do you have any regrets regarding this tragedy? Do you harbor any judgments regarding this tragedy? If so, please write in as much detail as you can the events and your feelings toward all involved with this/these event/s.

3. Can you see any patterns between these harsh judgments and the way you see yourself today? Do you feel unappreciated, stupid, restricted, fat, lazy, crazy, or do you have any other feelings that you are somehow not a wonderful blessed lovable person?

4. Can you find a link between thoughts and feelings in childhood where you were hurt and your thoughts about yourself today? If so, how do these feelings affect your adult life?

5. Can you see a pattern or patterns between your impressions as a child and your thoughts and actions as an adult?

6. Can you see how these thoughts are ingrained in you after years of self unacceptance? Do you see how these thoughts manifest in your body, love life, paycheck and your health.

Exercise to try at home:

Take a suitable affirmation from today’s workshop and either write it down 10 times per day, or face yourself in the mirror and tell yourself the affirmation for a few minutes per day, face-to-face. If you have a hard time doing this, search your feelings and figure out why you are having a problem. If you hear or tell yourself something enough times, you will eventually believe it in your heart.

Suggested Reading:

Your Special Function: According to A Course in Miracles by Jon Snodgrass, Ph.D

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