Thoughts

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Does the actual thought content make a difference?

Louise Hay, and many after her, postulated that thought content was

vital to well being. Hence " I love myself more and more each day "

was beneficial to health and " I'm a sack of ..... " caused illness.

This appealed to my logic at the time I read " You can Heal Your Life " .

Now the authors of a new website, who I hasten to add are not named,

claim exactly the opposite, i.e. that the actual content of the

thought doesn't matter. They claim that the thought " I'm no good "

and the thought " I'm great " are equally limiting, and that any

thought rigidly held and constantly repeated causes the immune system

to be restricted and leads to ill health.

They claim that the mind is like a trap, collecting thoughts and

storing them where, irrespective of content, they do harm. The

alternative is apparently to allow all thoughts, irrespective of

their content, to come and go, unhindered. No attempt is made to

change them.

This is not dissimilar to meditation technique, come to think of it,

where the owner of the thoughts is relegated (elevated?)to the

position of observer rather than regulator of his own thoughts.

What do you think?

Arjuna