We all have to learn not only to cultivate and broadcast positive thoughts but to be able to deal with intrusive thoughts of disturbing or negative kind. These can arise from our own subconscious mind but more often are thoughts that are inadvertently ‘picked up’ on the universal air waves of human thought.
Good thoughts are strong. They have the power to push away bad ones by the sheer strength of a happy, wholesome and vital idea installed as a replacement. Beautiful, positive thoughts and pictures, with the help of our applied imagination, are equal to this task. We can prove this by regular practice.
The garden analogy with the mind seen as fertile soil is apt. We are responsible for cultivating the seed ideas we wish to bloom and must toil as all gardeners, to keep the weeds under control, that is, the undesirable thoughts and ideas.
Wonderful ideas take root in our minds and can be encouraged to grow and flourish to produce positive and welcome results in our lives just as evil thoughts and fears can run rampant when untended and need to be pulled out and deleted from our consciousness.
To accept the premise that positive thoughts are wholesome because they encourage us to feel confident, strong, healthy, loving and happy so that we truly benefit, means that we must also accept that it is our unwholesome thoughts that will result in our unhappiness and depression of spirit.
Although in practice it is far more complex than this and there are other factors that must be taken into consideration, it offers us a fundamental starting point to making a change in our thinking and therefore in our lives. An improvement in the positive nature of our own thoughts will result in changes for the better in our feelings and circumstances. Try it!
Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: A Simple Self-Help Guide”, offers simple and timely solutions.
