Positive Thinking

[Jen]

I got this from another forum I frequent and thought it was such a good practice and reminder I want to post it here for you all as well.

If thoughts are energy, what we think affects us and the world around us. Negative thoughts will attract negative results. Positive thoughts will attract positive results. But do we really know what thoughts buzz around in our heads 24/7? Many of us don't.

So, how can you begin training your mind to think more positively?

1. Meditate: Slow your mind down so you can know your thoughts and release them. Meditation is not only a vital tool for a healthy mind but also a healthy body. It lowers blood pressure and actually keeps your mind active and clear. Start simply but consistently. Find the method that suits you and stick with it. Results will come.

2. Begin inserting positive thoughts every day when you wake up and/or before you go to bed. Write down THREE (at least) positive things. It sounds silly but the act of writing is filled with energy and the thought used to write those things is filled with energy. It begins to retrain your brain - Think of things you are happy about, glad to have, appreciate, are grateful for. Being grateful is a way of being positive - Try it for a month and see if things in your life have changed at all. You have nothing to lose by doing this.

3. Do one selfless thing a week to start with. Take a cart back for someone at the grocery store. Smile at a passer by. Open the door for a stranger. Send an anonymous gift to a friend and expect nothing in return. Donate some clothes to a shelter. Compliment somone expecting nothing in return. Offer to do a chore for a housemate. Positive attracts positive energy.

Negative things may still happen but the difference will be - your brain will turn them around. Your brain will find a way to get you out of that negative situation or negative mindset and see what you are grateful for.

You are blessed. Be well.

Begin here:

1. Write THREE things that you are grateful for, or change negatives into positives about yourself or others.

2. Share how you meditate, how you began, your difficulties and your success!

3. Tell us if this law has appeared in your life or other people's lives around you?

4. What have you shared with others and how do you think it came back to you?

Original post by Golden Light
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[WulfcwenStar]

Positive thinking helps with a lot of things from your attitude to life to health.

Three things I am grateful for:
1) I have a loving husband
2) I found my path in life
3) My health is improving

Meditation
How I began well that is hard to say. I suppose I started years ago when someone suggested I sat down and allowed myself to become part of things around me. To meditate as I do now I would say that was few years ago.
How I meditate:
Well first of all I have to find the time anad trust me that is not as easy as you may think. Next I sit quietly and with two crystals (one in each hand) I start to relex my body by breathing in through my nose and out through my mouth.
I then either think about a forest. It is my forest and has grown over time to include a lake, a glade, a temple of trees, a cave, a cliff that over looks the sea and a small dwelling place. Here I meet my Spirit guides some are human and some are animals and some are mythical creatures. I meet the guide I need at the time, sometimes I call to one guide in particular.
Other times I just allow things to pop into my head it can be a person, a symbol, a tree, plant, animal or even a face. I explore this and afterwards ponder on what it means to me.

To begin with I thought you had to 'see 'as you do in dreams but this is not the case you can 'see' by sensing things. Just as you see a persons face when you think about them you don't 'see' that person but you know what they look like you are sensing them in a way.
I find meditaion easier now and even when I am not feeling to bright I can still meditate and know that I will feel more positive about things afterwards.
You could say my greatest success is finding my inner self.

I try to do something each week or day if at all possible that is for someone else. I say 'Good Morning' as I pass people when out walking the dog. One person in particular said nothing every time yet I still smiled and greeted her, now she smiles back and says 'Good morning'.
Giving something to a charity shop or putting it on the freecycle site is always helpful.
Doing something positive for others helps to make you feel happier about life in general.

What have I shared with others.
Lots of things from a meal to helping out in little ways. It comes back to me as a smile or sometimes a simple thank you. But best of all is the happy feeling I get in doing thngs for others.
No matter how I feel or how much I hurt with my arthritis I can still put forward a positve feeling and that comes back back to in abundance.
My husband often feels depressed due to health problems but I get him to smile. He says I a pest as I won't let him wallow but he smiles in the end he simply cannot do anything else.

[Jen]

wulfcwen said:

What have I shared with others.
Lots of things from a meal to helping out in little ways. It comes back to me as a smile or sometimes a simple thank you. But best of all is the happy feeling I get in doing thngs for others.
No matter how I feel or how much I hurt with my arthritis I can still put forward a positve feeling and that comes back back to in abundance.
My husband often feels depressed due to health problems but I get him to smile. He says I a pest as I won't let him wallow but he smiles in the end he simply cannot do anything else.

You are a remarkable woman wulfcwen.
I admire you and am honoured to call you my friend.

[WulfcwenStar]

Aww Thanks Hedge I am honoured to have a friend like you.