Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realize that each thought creates according to its own nature. Remember that the law works at all times and that you are always demonstrating according to the kind of thoughts you habitually entertain. Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness.
Interpretation
You are in control of your thoughts, and they shape your reality; focus on positive thinking for a healthier and happier life.
This quote emphasizes the power of individual thought and its direct impact on one's reality. It suggests that we have the ability to change our thought patterns and that by doing so, we can cultivate a life filled with health and happiness. The essence is that our habitual thoughts manifest in our lives, thus encouraging us to consciously choose thoughts that uplift and serve our well-being.
In practice
During a motivational speech, you could emphasize the importance of positive thinking by quoting this.
Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.
When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit.
It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self?
From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is the cessation of pain and sorrow.
It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.
Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.
She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.
In a magazine, one can get - from cover to cover - 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.
Look at life through the wrong end of the telescope.
And although she was sometimes dissatisfied with herself, she felt unable to go beyond her own limitations. Books were safer.
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
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