I recently read a few sentences that gave me so much to ponder. The first sentence claimed that we live in a thought world which is part of a thought universe. Then I read that all around us is uncreated matter. And that matter responds to thoughts. I've been on a thought journey. That is, a purposeful attempt at reigning in and training my thoughts, rather than being at the mercy of them. I had a huge aha when I read these ideas. Because not only have I been studying thoughts, but also feelings and emotions.
These ideas that connect thought and the matter that is directed by them are also connected to how we feel and react to the world around us. The Bible says as a man/woman thinks in his/her heart, so is he.
James Allen, who has a book based on the last sentence, and is one of my favorite authors on the subject of thought said, "Tell me what that is upon which you most frequently and intensely think, that to which, in your silent hours, your soul most naturally turns, and I will tell you to what place of pain or peace you are traveling, and whether you are growing into the likeness of the divine or the bestial." The implications are breathtaking when we really think about it. And it applies to anything and everything. Whether our thoughts are about health, money, religion/spirituality....anything, they are creating who we are and what is around us. Our thoughts literally create our lives. Do you think about good things when you have nothing else to do, or are you consumed with doom and gloom and problems?
Our emotions are closely linked to our thoughts. So, when we send out or dwell on lovely, uplifting, positive thoughts and emotions, we get more of it. And when we send out negative, hateful, ugly thoughts, we get more of it. So anything we want to accomplish needs to be created in our thought first. We have to think about what we want, and then start putting our energy into the thoughts and emotions that will take us there. Stephen R Covey says, "Begin with the end in mind" is based on the principle that all things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things."
Are you happy with your life? What do you want?
How about what we speak? Our words go right along with our thoughts and emotions. God spoke the world into existence. See Genesis 1. Satan was overcome in the war in Heaven by words/testimony. See Revelation 12:11. As members of the LDS Church, we are commanded to watch our words and deeds or we will perish. See Mosiah 4:30. I don't know about you, but I would rather my thoughts, words, and emotions lead me to abundance, rather than leading me to perish. What are you thinking?
