{"id":7220,"date":"2013-11-23T20:44:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T01:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theglobalconversation.com\/blog\/?p=7220"},"modified":"2013-11-23T20:44:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T01:44:51","slug":"upon-second-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theglobalconversation.com\/blog\/?p=7220","title":{"rendered":"Upon second thought"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thoughts are creative.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes this mean all of our thoughts? Every single thing we think, every minute, all day long?<\/p>\n

No. And it is important to understand this.\u00a0 Otherwise we\u2019ll wind up making our-selves crazy, trying to monitor every single thought that runs through our mind.<\/p>\n

And that is an interesting phrase: \u201cruns through.\u201d\u00a0 If a thought \u201cruns through\u201d your Mind, it does just that.\u00a0 It runs through.<\/p>\n

MOST thoughts DO that. They run through our mind like water through a sieve.\u00a0 Such thoughts have very little creative power.\u00a0 They\u2019re moving through our Mind too quickly to build up enough energy to impact physicality.<\/p>\n

It is only those thoughts that stick in our Mind that have power.\u00a0 What gives our thoughts power is the repeated thinking of them.<\/p>\n

This places energy upon energy, building it up until it really MATTERS.\u00a0 That is: energy becomes physical matter.<\/p>\n

SO!!!… if you notice that an idea is running through your Mind that you don\u2019t like\u2026. DON\u2019T GIVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT. I mean that literally!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s your second thought that gives it power. (To say nothing of your third, fourth, and fifth thought.)\u00a0 If you repeatedly think something, you can be sure that you are magnifying its power.<\/p>\n

This is the same thing as a thought being held in Mind not only ONCE\u2026 but by A LOT OF PEOPLE at the SAME TIME. This, too, magnifies the power of thought.<\/p>\n

That is why collective prayer works.\u201d\u00a0 Neale Donald Walsch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cravings, urges, compulsions, and obsessions are nothing more than our minds giving second, third, fourth, fifth etc\u2026 thoughts to an idea that should have just ran through our mind.\u00a0 When we can harness the power of recognizing a thought that no longer represents who we say we are, and make a decision not to pay attention to it, we remove energy from the negative and turn it into a positive.<\/p>\n

And it is what we are Be-ing that is so very important in our existence here.\u00a0 Most of us think we are doing sobriety and that can indicate that sobriety is only a temporary state for us.\u00a0 When we decide it is our state of BEING, it becomes a permanent character attribute, one that we should wear on our sleeves so to speak.<\/p>\n

Creating successful transformations from any patterned behavior requires an initial period of discipline before the newly chosen behavior becomes the norm.\u00a0 We perform regular functions so often, many times we find we do them without even thinking about them.<\/p>\n

This is what I have found to be true of recovery.\u00a0 In the beginning I would entertain thoughts of using.\u00a0 What kept me from acting those out?\u00a0 I was also learning new behavior at the time.\u00a0 The new behavior I was learning was to seek help with my thinking problem.\u00a0 Sharing with other like-minded people, that I was having these thoughts, removed the power from them.<\/p>\n

Over time, many months to over a year, the thoughts of using drugs or alcohol became less and less.\u00a0 To the point where, I can honestly say, I do not think about that anymore — ever.\u00a0 I am keenly aware, however, that the absence of cravings or obsession does not make me somehow \u201cfixed\u201d of my addictive nature.<\/p>\n

You can see why a program of recovery from addictive or compulsive behaviors suggests that a person go to meetings on a daily basis.\u00a0 When we place our-selves in the rooms with other like-minded people, we are not only building energy upon our new sober thinking, but we are using the collective thoughts of the group to strengthen our resolve.<\/p>\n

In order to manifest your hearts desires you must follow some simple steps.<\/p>\n

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  1. You must believe it is possible.<\/li>\n
  2. You must acknowledge you are capable of creating it.<\/li>\n
  3. You must set your thoughts in motion to creating this.<\/li>\n
  4. You must be disciplined in keeping your mind focused on the task.<\/li>\n
  5. Keeping in mind there is no such thing as time; remember to be grateful that what you wish already exists.\u00a0 In the program we call this \u201cacting as if.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Many times we allow our impatience to sidetrack us from our goals.\u00a0 We tire of all the work and no apparent movement towards our respective task.\u00a0 Ultimately, we give up and say things like, \u201coh well, it just wasn\u2019t meant to be.\u201d\u00a0 I call hogwash on the concept of \u201cmeant to be.\u201d\u00a0 If some things are \u201cmeant to be\u201d, then, others would be \u201cnot meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

    If that is the case then we really do not have free will and we are simply the pawn in some sick twisted game being played out by a higher life form.\u00a0 If you believe the latter, you may want to ask yourself; what would the purpose of physicality be for the creator of all of this?<\/p>\n

    I am aware of the challenges of being disciplined in our thoughts.\u00a0 Negativity can creep in and\u00a0 take\u00a0 way our momentum.\u00a0 I find a few things can help to keep us on our path.<\/p>\n