Research studies estimate that the average person has 6,000 thoughts a day. Most of them are habitual or repetitive thoughts, largely unconscious, ingraining patterns of thought and behaviour that may or may not be helpful.
Our thoughts are powerful. When we are thinking about something we are giving our energy and attention to it and that has consequences.
As Henry Ford said: “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.”
Humans are creator beings. We create with our thoughts. There is not a single thing in our lives that did not start with a thought. That initial thought is like a spark. In the right conditions and with the right attention, that spark can evolve into a roaring fire – or, expire completely.
Our thoughts are as powerful as that. We can let them pass by like clouds in the sky and expire – or we can feed them and nurture them with our time and energy.
That is why paying attention to our thoughts is revolutionary in terms of our productivity. Whether we are conscious of what we are thinking or not, we are continuously creating. When we become more aware of our thoughts, we can consciously decide whether to invest our energy and attention in those particular thoughts or to give our energy and attention to something else entirely.
When we align our thoughts with our actions, we bring increased energy to what we are doing, and improve our chances of success in whatever endeavour we undertake.
When we are thinking about something, we are giving our energy and attention to that thing. A thought is like a seed floating through the air. We get to choose whether it lands on barren or fertile soil. When we give our energy and attention to a thought, it is equivalent to watering and tending to the seed. We are helping that thought to become stronger.
A thought initially exists only at the level of the mind. With practice, we can choose to starve the thought or feed it. Should we feed it, the THOUGHT evolves into a THOUGHT FORM, meaning it anchors itself in the body by attaching to an emotional response.
Take the example of stress. Now when we have a stressful thought, we feel stress in our body; our heart rate goes up, we feel muscular tension in our body, our breath becomes more shallow etc.
If we continue to feed the Thought Form, it will evolve into a Life Form. The more we indulge in stressful thoughts and the more we feel stress in our body, the more our body becomes habituated to stress and starts to feel stressed even when there is no external trigger. We start be anticipate things that will cause us stress and feel more and more inclined to talk about our problems or challenges so that we persist in unhelpful, negative conversations that mean that we re-experience our stress. What was a Thought and a Thought Form now has a life of its own. The THOUGHT FORM has become a LIFE FORM and is dictating how we show up, for example we wake up stressed in the night or feel stressed even when there is no particular trigger.
If we feed the thought even more, the Life Form becomes stronger and starts to control our behaviour. We lose all ability to manage our stress levels. Our stress response will shift into compulsive behaviour, such that stress or the anticipation of stress starts to dictate how we live our lives. In extreme circumstances, stress is a constant companion and we lose all control over it. Our lives are now lived in service to our stress levels.
Where attention goes, energy flows.
Is your attention focussed on what you want to create?
Or is your attention feeding your fears, doubts and insecurities? Or perhaps it’s diluted by distractions, delay or dissuasion?
Every moment of our lives, we have a choice about what we invest our energy and attention in.
We get to consciously choose the thoughts that we nurture and the thoughts that fall on barren soil.
When we bring the full power of our mind into alignment with our goals, we unleash our productivity and unlock our true potential.
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