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The Power of Negative Thinking
By
Remez Sasson
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For some reason, most people
find it easier to think in a negative way than in a
positive manner. It seems that some effort is needed to
think positive thoughts, whereas negative thoughts come
easily and uninvited. This has much to do with education
and the environment one has been living in.
In order to understand how positive thinking works, and
how to use it efficiently, it is important to understand
the power of negative thinking.
If you have been brought up in a happy and positive
atmosphere, where people value success and
self-improvement, then it will be easier for you to think
positively and expect success. If you have been brought up
under poor or difficult situations, you will probably go
on expecting difficulties and failure.
From an early age people let outside influences shape
their minds. They view everything through their
predominant mental attitude. If their thoughts are
positive, that is fine, but if they are negative, their
lives and circumstances will probably mirror these
thoughts.
If you believe that you are going to fail, you will
unconsciously sabotage every opportunity to succeed. If
you are afraid of meeting new people or having close
relationships, you will do everything to avoid people and
relationships, and then complain that you are lonely and
nobody loves you.
Do you often think about difficulties, failure and
disasters? Do you keep thinking about the negative news
you have seen on the TV or read in the newspapers?
Do you see yourself stuck and unable to improve your life
or your health? Do you frequently think that you do not
deserve happiness or money, or that it is too difficult to
get them? If you do, then you will close your mind, see no
opportunities, and behave and react in such ways, as to
repel people and opportunities. You let the power of
negative thinking rule your life.
The mind does not usually judge or examine thoughts and
opinions before accepting them. If what it hears, sees and
reads is always negative, it accepts this as the standard
way of thinking and behavior.
The media constantly bombards the mind with a lot of
information about disasters, catastrophes, wars and other
negative happenings. This information sinks into the
subconscious mind, and let the power of negative thinking
grow. By occupying the mind with negative thoughts and
expectations one radiate negative energy into the
surrounding world, thus creating and recreating more
negativity, failures and disasters.
The mind can be directed towards positive thinking or
negative thinking. The power of thoughts is a neutral
power. The way one thinks determines whether the results
are positive and beneficial or negative and harmful. It is
the same of energy acting in different ways.
Persistent inner work can change habits of thoughts. You
must be willing to put energy and time to avoid negative
thinking and pursue positive thinking, in order to change
your mental attitude.
Each time you catch yourself thinking a negative thought,
change it into a positive one.
If you catch yourself visualizing failure, switch to
visualizing success.
If you hear yourself repeating negative words, switch to
positive ones.
If you hear yourself saying, “I cannot”, say to
yourself, “I can”.
Do you repeat useless and unnecessary negative words and
phrases in your mind? Change them to positive ones.
Open your mind to positive attitude, happenings and
events. Expect them and think about them, and soon you
life will change for the better.
Decide that from today, from this very moment, you are
leaving negative thinking behind, and starting on the way
towards positive thinking and behavior. It is never too
late. Soon your life will turn into a fascinating,
wonderful journey.
© Copyright Remez Sasson
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