We need to know 'where we are' to get 'where we want to be'...

What are THOUGHTS?

'Nothing is, unless our thinking makes it so'... William Shakespeare

We continue on our Journey of discovering how to get where we want to be... And the next step is - bringing your awareness to where you are (i.e. Here & Now) ... Let's start from the very beginning - our thoughts.

You’ve probably heard many times that Thoughts create Reality. This notion has become sort of epidemic in the recent years after these two shaking our current reality films ‘What The Bleep Do We Know’ and ‘The Secret’ came out with huge volumes of following literature, personal development and self-growth seminars and workshops, Law of Attraction CDs, DVDs and training courses. Of course, there were spiritual leaders and authors before that, like Deepak Chopra, Esther and Jerry Hicks (‘Abraham Teachings’), Eckhart Tolle, Wayne W. Dyer, and many other brilliant teachers. But I believe that these two films became sort of an eye-opening, a ‘reference point’ for many to really start the awakening process about your own ‘Self’.

Let’s just stop for a second, take a deep breath, relax, and... think quietly about the following statement (some people call it ‘meditation’ :) –

Thoughts create Reality. Thoughts are Things. We create our reality.

So... what are thoughts? Basically, as defined by multiple dictionaries – it’s an ACT; a PROCESS; a PRODUCT or a FACULTY of thinking, i.e. intellectual activity ( remember the ‘mind’ part, IQ, in our ‘Holistic model’? – this is why we are beginning to explore this process of manifesting your dreams starting with thoughts). Also, thought - is the content of cognition and the main thing you are thinking about; a consideration, reflection, deliberation, regard, meditation, contemplation, introspection, rumination, cogitation, brainwork, cerebration, view, belief, idea, thinking, concept, opinion, conclusion, assessment, notion, conviction, judgment, conception, conjecture, study, estimation, attention, care, regard, scrutiny, heed, intention, plan, idea, design, aim, purpose, object, notion, expectation, hope, dream, prospect, aspiration, concern, care, anticipation, regard, anxiety, sympathy, compassion, thoughtfulness, solicitude, attentiveness, and other. You can check it yourself through links above.
Isn’t it beautiful that by just creating and using our thoughts we can immediately (without even thinking about it!) access so many other things in our amazing ‘thinking’ realm? :)

Based on the above findings, I will conclude that thoughts are the filters that process information to lay out a solid foundation for what we create in our reality, those multiple blocks we operate with on a daily basis without even paying much attention to the simple What we really think about and How we think about that. Can you see it? What are you thinking about Now? Exactly! You have no idea. And Why you are thinking about it? And can you feel what emotions and sensations those thoughts you are thinking, create in your body? Can you make a connection between the thoughts you’re just thinking and the feelings that you might feel all of a sudden? Perhaps, you have some idea about mind-body connection... but not really sure how it plays out in your own mind and your own body, right? :)

It is believed that thoughts are those ‘things’ that design, build and regulate our perception of the World at large and of every situation in particular; and based on which we make our decisions, set goals, form expectations, perform actions, and finally achieve results. Can we say then that thoughts basically lay out, construct, and manage our lives? Does it begin to look interesting, hah? Great. Perhaps, we can even say that thoughts are those primary things that ‘prepave’ our further experience... Wow! Is this true? But then this notion puts too much responsibility on us, decision makers, of What and How we think about things, right? Right! And a deeper understanding and acceptance of such a view also gives us an incredible knowledge that we CAN change our reality by changing the way we think about it.... Then it just becomes an old therapeutic tool ‘if you can’t change reality, change your perception of it’ – sounds familiar? Do you see where we’re going with this? Good!

I hope now you are more or less convinced or at least aware, that your thoughts create your reality. But if you think that whatever your thoughts are today you’ll manifest the results of it (i.e. create your immediate reality) today, it would probably be a mistaken thinking… Why? Simply put – because it takes time for thoughts to manifest into the physical world. Of course, some of the things that happen today are created by the thoughts you think today, but a huge volume of things that you experience today, are the result of the thoughts you’ve been thinking earlier in the past. Depending on what those things are, some of them take different amount of time to manifest into present reality.

Can you see now why it is critically important to think ‘good, positive, high-vibrational’ thoughts? Because, depending on what thoughts you’re having today, you’re ‘prepaving’ your future results (manifestations)! Once you understand that the present moment is not only created by present thoughts, but also by past thoughts, you will know the reason why you still experience certain things in the present that are not in alignment with your present thoughts. The causes of your present reality may extend far into the past. Thus, here's another important message for you - be at cause, not at the result!

Tips: when you look at what is happening NOW and wonder why it is happening or how did you create it, or is it you who created it in a first place, it will be helpful to be aware that what is happening in your reality today is a cumulative effect of your present and past (that took place months and years ago) thoughts, feelings and actions…

Yeah… Something to think about... - Please do so if you would... Till my posting next week at least :)
Bon voyage! Enjoy your thinking and feel good! :)

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See you next week. Comments are welcomed.
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