Thoughts... make you or break you.

Of all the thoughts you have in your mind, how many of them are yours? How many are someone else's?

You may be surprised at your answer when you really (and honestly) explore this question. Many people are under the illusion that all their thoughts are their own. But I don't think this is the case. Think about it, when you were born you came into the world as an empty slate - and right from the start other people began feeding you their beliefs, thoughts, ideas, goals, agendas, habits and so on.

There is no question that learning from others is necessary.
We need parents, teachers, helpers and so on. It takes a village -right? Yet, at the same time when we're adults, (or sooner) we would be wise to distinguish between what we truly think and believe and what other people have told us to think and believe.

There is a profound difference - and once you know what YOU think and believe - once you know who you truly are - then you find within yourself immense power and endurance to go after what you want in life.

So long as you are bound by fear, worry, self-doubt depression and so on, you are not truly thinking your own thoughts - nor are you swimming in an energy field that is 100% yours.

Children don't come into the world with worries, phobias, anxiety attacks, depression and so on. Most either learn these ways of being - or they are subjected to negative attacks from others. These negative attacks not only enter your mind - but your being as well. Changing your thoughts and mental pictures is an important step in the right direction.

New self-talk and mental pictures, in and of itself, can and does change who you are on the inside - and this leads to changes on the outside. At the same time though learning how to change the energy field that surrounds your body is also very important because there are times when you don't feel right and it has nothing to do with what YOU were thinking.

For example, last summer I entered a bar with a couple friends. As soon as we took a seat I looked at the others and said, "Let's go."

"Why. What's up," came the reply.

"I'll tell you when we get outside," I said. Once outside I explained to my friends that the bar "just didn't feel right" that something bad was going to happen. We went across the parking lot and ate at another restaurant. Just as we were sitting down, several police cars came pulling up to the drinking establishment and officers went running in with their guns drawn.

"How did you know that something was going to happen," one person asked.

"I knew because I felt sick to my stomach as soon as I sat down. Once we're outside and I felt fine." What does that tell you?

Life give's us clues and most people are not as sensitive as I am to the negative - I believe that this is one of the reasons why people are so easily influenced from a positive mental state to one that is not life affirming. Just look at the news, and then follow the stock market the next day!

I know it sounds a bit far fetched, but I believe that your energy field is much bigger than you are. And it sends out a signal to others, before you even utter a word. When you are positive this field is vibrant and large. When you are in a rut your field shrinks considerably - offering you almost no psychic protection from the negative thoughts, emotions and attacks of others.

I know this is a departure from what I usually talk about, but think for a moment... How often are you influenced by the thoughts and actions of others vs acting on your own thoughts and intuitions.

Til next time....