Watch Your Thoughts Please – Dr. Sarah Eaggar, London

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Dear Positive Thinkers in TBP,

 

Love and Love alone.....

 

I came across the below reproduced article in the July issue of IDEAS

EXCHANGE. I liked it and wanted to share it with you all. I hope you

also lilke it.

 

Love and Love alone....

 

P. Gopi Krishna

 

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WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS PLEASE …quot; Dr. Sarah Eaggar, London

 

Perhaps you have heard it said, you may have said it yourself … it is

the thought that counts. But does thought matter and if so, how and

why? Many theories have been elaborated, ranging from regarding

THOUGHT as more a by product of the working brain, much like steam is

the result of oiling water, to THOUGHT being a powerful energy in its

own right.

 

Examples of thought affecting matter in some unexplained way are

numerous. Hypnotists are aware that thought can work in the opposite

direction to a sense input, and can tell a hand it is freezing cold

when it is not. How that thought gets from the brain to the hand is

not known. BELIEF is a very firm thought pattern and enables the

believer to walk on hot coals, for example, and defy normal

physiology. Parapsychology cites many examples of matter bending by

the mind. The evidence for telekinesis in telepathy is anecdotal, but

nonetheless very strong despite the lack of scientific explanation.

In the case of phantom limbs, thoughts can convince an amputee that

his arm us still there even when it is not.

 

On more familiar ground the PLACEBO EFFECT has been well documented.

BELIEVE or THINK that a medicine will cure you and it will - so what

has actually worked,, the medicine or your thoughts? The effect of

thoughts on the body is well known in the area or psychosomatic

diseases. Having angry or stressful thoughts and your stomach lining

goes red and sore and you are on the way to an ulcer. Your blood

pressure is also likely to go up, asthma comes on, diabetes gets out

of control or your skin breaks out in a rash. In fact there is

increasing evidence that the mind is directly implicated in both the

genesis and aggravation of all diseases. Distressing life events are

statistically higher in those people who subsequently develop cancer.

Painful thoughts have a direct effect on the defence system of the

body and make one vulnerable to the attack of the cancer cell.

Thinking gives rise to feelings and these two factors are

inextricably linked in their effects.

 

In the area of relationship, the way we think about someone else

determines the way we treat them …quot; our attitude. We have the

potential for enjoyable, harmonious relationships or complete

disasters, both in a personal and a global sense. It is our thoughts

and, therefore, beliefs that have the most profound effect on

behaviour, and on further examination it becomes clear that the

quality of thought determines the quality of action.

 

Creativity and inventiveness begin as thought in the minds of men and

women. Everything external that we now tend to place higher than

ourselves, from a beautiful art form to a most complex computer all

began with a thought.

 

Perhaps the most significant time we realize how precious thoughts

are, is when they go wrong. When people are psychotic, one of the

most disturbed aspects of this condition is described as THOUGHT

DISORDER. They do not make sense …quot; their thoughts are completely out

of control …quot; the result is devastating madness. On a smaller scale

this lack of thought control could be described as worry, an

unpleasant experience; and certainly negative thinking is that. The

life of a depressive, constantly having negative thoughts about his

own guilt, failure and uselessness leads to a life of complete

misery. In relationships negative thinking is an attitude which leads

to quarrels or even to murder; the combined effect of negative

thoughts and feelings is a force to be reckoned with. This has

particular importance in the world today where such forces on an

international level place our planet in a state of crisis.

 

Perhaps it is worth paying a little more attention to our thoughts.

Then we realize what a powerful motivating force they are; at the

personal level of well-being as well as our interactions with others,

both locally and globally. Give just a minute of strong peaceful

thoughts to our world, every day. It needs it.

 

Negative thoughts and feelings have placed our planet in a state of

crisis. The positive always defeats the negative: Courage overcomes

fear, patience overcomes anger and irritability, and love overcomes

hatred.

 

The power of thoughts is such that your thoughts guide you to your

destiny. If you always think the same you will always get to the same

place. Think in a new way and you will be a new person. Give

happiness to all and you will live in peace. Create peace in your

mind and you will create a world of peace around you.