A LIFE WITH AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO TRULY APPRECIATE AND BE GRATEFUL FOR WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE RECEIVE, WE EXPERIENCE HAPPINESS AND JOY. PEOPLE LIKE TO BE THANKED AND WE ALL BENEFIT WHEN WE SINCERELY COMPLIMENT ONE ANOTHER. TO IGNORE EXCELLENT SERVICE, A GENEROUS GESTURE OR AN ACT OF HELPFULNESS IS THOUGHTLESS, POSSIBLY UNKIND AND BOUND TO CAUSE SOME FORM OF RELATIONSHIP EROSION. LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO OTHERS WILL BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND OF COURSE CAUSE PEOPLE TO WANT TO HELP YOU MORE IN THE FUTURE. TO OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FEELING OF THANKS, APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE IS A MARK OF HEALTHY SELF-ESTEEM AND TRUE HUMILITY CREATES PEACE, CONTENTMENT AND WELL-BEING. TO LIVE IN GRATITUDE HAS MANY BENEFITS. LIKE IT IS ACTUALLY TO LIVE IN ABUNDANCE. WHEN WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE, FEELING THANKFUL NOT ONLY FOR WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED BUT FOR WHAT WE KNOW AND TRUST THAT WE WILL CONSTANTLY BE PROVIDED, WE BEGIN TO MAGNETICALLY ATTRACT ABUNDANCE. OUR NORMAL STATE IS THAT OF ABUNDANCE. IT IS ONLY OUR CONNECTION WITH THE RACE MIND CONSCIOUSNESS OF LACK, AND OUR OWN CONDITIONING, WHICH KEEPS US FROM ACCEPTING THAT WHICH IS TRULY OURS. ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AT THE ROOT OF THE MAJOR PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS IN ANCIENT TIMES, WAS THAT OF ALL-SUFFICIENCY. IT WAS TAUGHT THAT TO UNDERSTAND ONE'S SELF WAS TO UNDERSTAND GOD, THAT BY GOING DEEP WITHIN, ONE COULD TRANSMUTE FEAR INTO LOVE, IGNORANCE INTO WISDOM AND LACK INTO ABUNDANCE. IF WE FOCUS ON WHAT WE DO NOT HAVE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN LACK. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE UNLIMITED ABUNDANCE ALL AROUND US, AND CONSTANTLY FEEL THE RESULTING GRATITUDE, ABUNDANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUR STATE OF AFFAIRS, AND EVEN INCREASE. THERE IS NOTHING LACKING ON THIS PLANET, IT IS THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT HAS GONE AWRY DUE TO OUR ILLUSIONS ABOUT LACK, NOT TO MENTION MAN'S GREED, DUE AGAIN, TO FEAR OF LACK, THAT HAS INDEED KEPT US IN LACK. IF WE FEEL SUBCONSCIOUSLY "UNWORTHY" OF THE RICHES AND WEALTH OF THE UNIVERSE, WE WILL BLOCK THE FLOW OF ABUNDANCE COMING TOWARDS US. MAKING AN EFFORT TO CONSTANTLY BRING OUR CONSCIOUS AWARENESS BACK TO AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE, WILL IN ITSELF SET UP A MAGNETIC ATTRACTION TO ABUNDANCE.
CICERO WRITES "GRATITUDE IS NOT ONLY THE GREATEST OF VIRTUES, BUT THE PARENT OF ALL OTHERS."

THOUGHTS REGARDING OUR OWN WORRIES

WHEN, WE IMAGINE THE WORST HAPPENING, THEN IT IS WORRY AND IT IS DESTRUCTIVE. TRUE, THE THINGS THAT WE WORRY ABOUT SELDOM HAPPEN; BUT WORRY ITSELF DOES US AS MUCH HARM SOMETIMES AS THEY DID. ONE CAN BECOME IMMUNE TO WORRY AS ONE BECOMES IMMUNE TO DISEASE. SO POSITIVE THINKING IS THE GATEWAY TO RIGHT AND PERFECT ACTION. TO WORRY IS TO FORGET THAT THERE IS A DIVINE OR UNIVERSAL PURPOSE IN EVERYTHING. IF WE ARE TRULY WITH THE GUIDANCE OF OUR HIGHER-SELVES, AND LIVE EACH DAY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, WE ARE THEN AWARE THAT WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND THE REST IS UPTO THE UNIVERSAL LIFE FORCE. TO WORRY ABOUT THE PAST IS FUTILE. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT EACH PERSON DOES THE BEST THAT HE CAN IN EACH OF LIFE'S SITUATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM HE HAS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. WE ARE ALL PRODUCTS OF OUR CONDITIONING AND TEND TO REACT ACCORDINGLY. IF WE REGRET A PAST ACTION OF OURS, REALIZE THAT WE REACTED ACCORDING TO OUR RESOURCES; THEN BE THANKFUL FOR THE LESSON AND MOVE ON. AT THE SAMETIME, REALIZE THAT ALL INJUSTICES DONE TO US IN THE PAST WERE DONE BY OTHERS AS A RESULT OF THEIR CONDITIONING. WE CAN ONLY WISH AND HOPE THAT THEY TOO HAVE LEARNED FROM THEIR ACTIONS. TO WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE IS ALSO FUTILE. THERE IS A SAYING THAT:"EXPECT THE BEST IN LIFE, AND WHEN YOU RECEIVE SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDNT EXPECT, KNOW THAT IT IS THE BEST FOR YOU IN YOUR PRESENT SITUATION." EVEN IF WHAT OCCURS SEEMS VERY NEGATIVE AT THE TIME, IT IS ONLY A LESSON. SOMEHOW, WE HELPED CREATE THAT SITUATION, EVEN IF ON A SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL TO LEARN. SO FEEL THE GRATITUDE THAT IT HAS COME TO PASS AND WE ARE FREE; THEN MOVE ON. SURRENDER TO THE HIGHER -SELF AND TRY NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE UNIVERSAL TIMING IN LIFE. KNOW THAT IN YOUR PERFECT FLOW THERE IS A SYNCHRONICITY OF EVENTS. AS LONG AS WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR PART IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, ALL ELSE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.

AFFIRM MANY TIMES THROUGH OUT THE DAY:

I AM NOT AFRAID.
I AM LIVING IN THE PRESENT.
I BELIEVE THAT RIGHT ACTION IS TAKING PLACE IN MY LIFE.
I TRUST THE FUTURE TO BE SUPPLIED WITH ALL THAT I NEED.
I MEET EACH DAY AS IT COMES, KNOWING THAT GOD'S PERFECT LIFE LIVES THROUGH ME.
I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF GOD IN MY LIFE.

THOUGHTS 0F CONTROLLONG OUR ANGER

ANGER IS A DANGEROUS HIDDEN ENEMY OF SOUL. IT STEALS THE WEALTH OF TRANQUILITY OF SOUL. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANGER, THE PERSON LOSES HIS MENTAL EQUILIBRIUM AND SPEAKS INCOHERANTLY. BY DOING THIS, HE LOSES THE QUALITY OF FORGIVENESS OF THE SOUL. IF FORGIVENESS IS THE EMBELLISHMENT OF THE BRAVE, ANGER IS HIS DETRACTOR. ANGER, IN REALITY, IS A TOTALLY UNNECESSARY EMOTION. LIKE MOST INAPPROPRIATE REACTIVE EMOTIONS, IT HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE FEELING OF GUILT FROM HAVING SEPARATED OURSELVES FROM THE UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS. TO ANGER IS TO DESIRE CONTROL, WHICH RESULTS FROM FEELING OUT OF CONTROL, INDEED OUT OF SYNCHRONIZATION WITH OUR DIVINE OR UNIVERSAL LIFE PURPOSE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALLOWED THEIR EGO TO DIRECT THEIR LIFE COURSE, AT THE SAMETIME IGNORING THE INNER GUIDANCE WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE LEAD THEM TO A NATURAL AND HARMONIOUS FLOW. BY ALLOWING THE EGO TO BE EFFECTED BY INAPPROPRIATE DESIRES AND EXPECTATIONS WE SUFFER UNTOLD GRIEF. WHEN OUR EXPECTATIONS GET THE BEST OF US AND WE BECOME ANGRY, BECAUSE SOMEONE DIDN'T LIVE UPTO OUR NEEDS AND DESIRES, WE TEND TO FORGET THAT THOSE WHOM WE HAVE DRAWN INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT ARE ONLY OUR MIRRORS. EVERY THOUGHT THAT WE THINK SETS UP A CAUSE, AND THE EFFECT MAY COME BACK WHEN WE LEAST EXPECT IT. TRULY, EVERY SITUATION IS A MIRROR, A DIRECT REFLECTION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT, CREATED BY US. THOSE WHO HAPPEN TO "PRESS OUR BUTTONS" OR STIMULATE OUR WEAK POINTS, ARE NOT REALLY THE CAUSE OF OUR ANGER. THEY ARE THERE TO LEARN AS WELL. WE DRAW EACH OTHER IN A MUTUAL NEED TO COMPLETE CERTAIN LESSONS. AS CARLAS CASTANEDA, PUT IT VERY WELL IN SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR THE 'PETTY TYRANTS' IN HIS LIFE, BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH THEM THAT WE DISCOVER THE WEAK POINTS OF OUR EGO. BY OBSERVING OUR REACTIONS TO OTHERS, WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT ISSUES OF ATTACHMENT ARE STILL AT WORK WITHIN OUR OWN PSYCHES AND BEGIN TO CHANGE NEGATIVE PATTERNS. ULTIMATELY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MUST NOT FEEL GUILTY FOR EXPERIENCING ANGER. IT HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED INTO US FOR SO MANY GENERATIONS, THAT IT IS DIFFICULT AT FIRST NOT TO BE TRIGGERED WHEN WE ARE "ATTACKED" BY THE ANGER OF OTHERS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE LONG ALLOWED OUR EXPECTATION TO GET THE BEST OF US, AND TEND TO TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY WHEN THINGS DONT GO OUR WAY. THE HURT FEELINGS WHICH RESULT CAUSE US TO LASH OUT IN ANGER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO "REPROGRAM OUR OLD ANGER TAPES", WE MUST ALLOW OURSLEVLES TO RELEASE OUR EMOTIONS, AND NOT HOLD ANGER IN. WE MUST FEEL OUR EMOTIONS FULLY. WHAT WE CAN DO IS TONE DOWN OUR REACTIONS BY EXPRESSING, IN A CALM WAY, HOW SOMEONE'S NEGATIVE STATEMENT MAKES US FEEL. IF THE OTHER PERSON PERSISTS IN A LOUD WAY, IT IS WISE TO LEAVE THEIR VICINITY AND REGAIN YOUR POWER BY NOT REACTING. THE BEST ACTION TO TAKE, IN THE BEGINNING OF ANY EPISODE, IS NOT TO REACT, BUT TO EMANATE LOVE. IT IS DIFFICULT TO FEEL ANGER WHEN YOU ARE SMILING. YOUR SMILE MAY EVEN TRIGGER A 'MIRROR EFFECT IN THE OTHER PERSON. FINALLY, ANGER IS A VERY DISHARMONIOUS ENERGY WHICH CREATES DISEASE IN THE BODY. IT WOULD BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO LEARN TO TRANSFORM THIS ENERGY BY DEALING WITH IT CONSTRUCTIVELY.

OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD OUR OWN SELF

ATTAINING A POSITIVE SELF IMAGE IS NOT EASY, FOR SOCIETY DOES NOT TEND TO PAT US ON THE BACK. TRAGICALLY, OUR OWN FAMILY ALSO FAILS AS WELL. FAULTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED. MISTAKES AND SINS ARE UNDERLINED! CRITICISM AND CONDEMNATION IMMEDIATELY AND INSTINCTIVELY COME TO THE FORE, WHILE HONEST COMPLIMENTS GET SHORT SHRIFT. EVEN EDUCATION HAS FAILED TO DO THE JOB. RELIGION, TOO IS NOT WITHOUT ITS FAULTS ON THIS SCORE. ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW MANY PERSONS HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED FROM CHILDHOOD UPWARD TO BELIEVE ABOUT THEIR OWN TALENTS AND ABILITIES. WE, ALSO ALL THE WHILE, TEND TO BE OUR OWN WORST ENEMIES. WE ARE RETIENT TO ACCEPT COMPLIMENTS. PRAISE TENDS TO EMBARASS US. ACCOLADES ARE APPRECIATED, BUT WE REALLY DONT KNOW HOW TO ACCEPT THEM. SO WE RESIST THE PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD NORMALLY STRENGHTHEN OUR HEALTHY POSITIVE PRIDE. AT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO HAVE A NATURAL, NORMAL INCLINATION TO EXAGGERATE OUR SHORTCOMINGS AS WELL. WITHIN OUR SUBCONSCIOUS, WHICH IS WELL DESCRIBED AS A SUPER COMPUTER, A VAST COLLECTION OF NEGATIVE PROGRAMMING STUNTS OUR BUDDING SELF CONFIDENCE. SO MASSIVE REPROGRAMMING NEED TO TAKE PLACE? WE HAVE NO TROUBLE BELIEVING WE'RE SINNERS. THAT'S EASY. THE MOST DIFFICULT TASK IS TO HELP OURSELVES BELIEVE HOW BEAUTIFUL WE CAN BECOME IF WE WILL ALLOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST TO FILL OUR LIVES! CONSTANT POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT IS AN UNENDING NEED. WE NEED TO TELL OURSELVES DAILY. "I AM GOD'S IDEA - SO I MUST BE OKAY." REMEMBER - ONLY THOSE PERSONS WHO INTUITIVELY EMBRACE A POSITVIE SELF IMAGE AND ASSUME THEY "CAN" ARE POSITIVE THINKERS:
WE CAN LOOK AT OUR LIMITATIONS AND BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN BE CORRECTED OR SUPPLEMENTED.
WE CAN LOOK AT OUR FAULTS AND SHORTCOMINGS AND BELIEVE THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OURSELF.
WE CAN LOOK AT OUR INADEQUATE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING AND BELIEVE THAT WE CAN AQUIRE NEW SKILLS.
WE CAN LOOK AT OUR FEARS AND BUILD PILLARS OF COURAGEOUS FAITH INTO OUR LIFE.
WE CAN SAY, "GOD PLUS ME EQUALS A MAJORITY."

AFFIRM MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

I AM IN THE PROCESS OF CREATIVE CHANGE.
I AM BECOMING BETTER EVERY DAY IN EVERY WAY.
I AM FIRMLY ON THE SUCCESS BEAM.
MY OWN IS COMING TO ME NOW.
FOR ALL THESE, GOD IS GUIDING AND HELPING ME DAILY.

OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD PEOPLE

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SAID 'WHEN YOU ARE GOOD TO OTHERS, YOU ARE BEST TO YOURSELF.' SO THE GOOD WE DO FOR OTHERS COME BACK TO US IN LIKE MEASURE; AND THE EVIL WE DO RETURNS TO US BY THE LAW OF OUR OWN MIND. IF A MAN CHEATS AND DECEIVES ANOTHER, HE IS ACTUALLY CHEATING AND DECEIVING HIMSELF. HIS SENSE OF GUILT AND MOOD OF LOSS INEVITABLY WILL ATTRACT LOSS TO HIM IN SOME WAY, AT SOME TIME. THE WAY WE THINK, FEEL AND ACT TOWARD OTHERS RETURNS AT LAST UPON OUR OWN SELF. "I CAN DO THINGS - THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGHENS US? AND HOW DOES CHRIST STRENGHEN US? DOES HE COME HERE WITH MEAT AND BONES AND HAIR AND BLOOD TO STAND AT OUR SIDE? YES, HE DOES. FOR HIS SPIRIT ENTERS INTO HUMAN BEINGS WHOSE LIVES HE CONTROLS POSITIVELY. SO WHEN WE LISTEN TO THE ADVICE OF SMARTER PEOPLE, CHRIST STRENGHENS US. WHEN WE ACCEPT HELP FROM PEOPLE WHO CAN DO A BETTER JOB THAN WE CAN, THEN CHRIST STRENGHENS US. NOW THESE PEOPLE THROUGH WHOM CHRIST STRENGTHENS US ARE GOOD PEOPLE, SMART PEOPLE, TOUGH PEOPLE IN WHOSE LIVES CHRIST IS LIVING TO BE OUR STRENGH! WITH THIS ATTITUDE WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING HERE IS THAT WE ARE PREVENTING PERSONAL EGO PROBLEMS FROM BLOCKING HEALTHY AND CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOOD PEOPLE WHO COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DISASTROUS FAILURE OR GLORIOUS SUCCESS. WALTER DOYLE STAPLES SAID THAT "TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO IN BOTH YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFFESSIONAL LIFE, YOU NEED THE SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF OTHER PEOPLE - A KEY CORE BELIEF." HAVING SAID THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE DICTATORS WHO TRY TO ENSLAVE US AND MAKE US DO THEIR BIDDING. SO WE MUST BE FIRM, THOUGH KIND BUT REFUSE TO YIELD. WE MUST NOT PERMIT SUCH PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND GAIN THEIR POINT BY TEMPER TANTRUMS, CRYING JAGS, OR SO CALLED HEART ATTACKS. APPEASEMENT NEVER WINS. WE MUST REFUSE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR DELINQUENCY, SELFISHNESS, AND POSSESSIVENESS. WE MUST DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT. WE ARE HERE TO FULFILL OUR IDEAL AND REMAIN TRUE TO THE ETERNAL VERITIES AND SPIRITUAL VALUES OF LIFE WHICH ARE ETERNAL.

THOUGHTS RELATING TO LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP IS THE EFFECTIVE INFLUENCING OF PEOPLE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO, WILLINGLY. IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO MOTIVATE THEMSELVES TO MOVE IN YOUR DESIRED DIRECTION BECAUSE THEY WANT TO. IT IS GETTING PEOPLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY MIGHT NOT DO IF THEY WERE NOT LED. SO AS A POSITIVE THINKER FOR LEADERSHIP WE MUST HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT. WE MUST VALUE OUR INTELLIGENCE AND ABILITY ALONGWITH OUR INSTINCTIVE AND INTUITIVE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE A PROFOUND INNER AWARENESS THAT WE CAN INSTIGATE A CHANGE IN OUR OWN LIFE AND IN THE WORLD AROUND US! THIS AWARENESS IS THE BIRTH OF LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP IS THE MARVELOUS CONSCIOUSNESS THAT SAYS:
I AM THE CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL! I WILL NOT STEP ASIDE FROM THE HELM AND ALLOW OTHERS TO TAKE THE LEADERSHIP ROLE OVER MY BODY, MIND, AND ETERNAL SOUL!
I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY OWN DESTINY.
I AM A PERSON AND I AM FAR MORE THAN A "SUPERCOMPUTER"!
I AM A MORAL CREATURE. I HAVE A WILL. I CAN MAKE JUDGEMENTS. THIS IS WHAT BEING A HUMAN BEING IS ALL ABOUT! AND AS SOON AS I SENSE THAT THIS IS WHAT LEADERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT, THEN I WILL THINK FOR MYSELF!
I CAN SORT OUT THE ALTERNATIVES, I CAN LIST THE OPTIONS, I CAN REVIEW ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES, AND I CAN MAKE THE CHOICE!
I WILL DECIDE WHICH OPTION, ALTERNATIVE, AND POSSIBILITY SHOULD BE MY GOAL.
I WILL CHANGE WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED WITHIN MY MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PROGRAMMING.
I HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS!
I WILL NOT SURRENDER LEADERSHIP TO OTHER FACES OR FORCES.
I WILL NOT ABDICATE MY DECISION-MAKING RESPONSIBILITY TO NEGATIVE THOUGHTS. RATHER-I WILL CHOOSE TO PUT MY OWN POSITIVE THOUGHTS IN COMMAND!
I WILL RISE TO THE TOP! I WILL BE THE LEADER OF MY OWN LIFE. I WILL NOT FEAR OR SHRINK FROM THIS AWESOME AND ESTEEMED POSITION OF POWER.

THOUGHTS REGARDING DECISION-MAKING

ONE SHIP SAILS EAST, ANOTHER WEST,
BY THE SELF-SAME WINDS THAT BLOW;
'ITS THE SET OF THE SAIL AND NOT THE GALE,
THAT DETERMINES THE WAY THEY GO.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

WHY DO SOME LEAD LONELY LIVES WHILE OTHERS FIND JUST THE RIGHT COMPANION? WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE POOR MEMORIES WHILE OTHERS CAN REMEMBER WHATEVER THEY WISH? LIFE DOESNOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US, WE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OURSELVES BY THE POOR ORDERS THAT WE GIVE OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. IT IS UP TO US TO TAKE DOMINION IN A DECISIVE WAY. THROUGH SELF DIRECTION WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO START AN ENTIRELY NEW TRAIN OF ACTION IN OUR EXPERIENCE. WE ARE NOT AT THE MERCY OF THE PHYSICAL OR MATERIAL EXISTENCE. WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFINITE; BUT EVEN GOD CANNOT WORK FOR US UNLESS HE WORKS THROUGH US. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE POWER OF CHOICE. EACH MUST CHART HIS COURSE AND LISTEN FOR RIGHT GUIDANCE IN ORDER TO MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS. THESUBCONSCIOUS MIND RESPONDS TO FEELING. MUCH OF THE DIRECTION WE GIVE IT IS BY FEELING. HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS LIFE THAT WE ARE LIVING. DECISIVENESS IS A MATTER OF FEELING. REFUSE TO LET OUR SELF FEEL UNEASY, MUDDLED AND INSECURE. KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANSWERS TO EVERY PROBLEM AND THAT THESE ANSWERS ARE AVAILABLE TO US. AS THE POET SAID, WE ARE THE MASTERS OF OUR FATE AND THE CAPTAINS OF OUR SOULS. IT IS TIME WE REALIZED THIS AND TOOK DOMINION, THAT GOD-GIVEN DOMINION OF SELF DIRECTION TO WHICH WE ARE ENTITLED. IT IS ONLY THROUGH SELF DIRECTION THAT WE CAN TAKE DOMINION OF OUR LIVES AND THEN DECISION MAKING WILL BE A CINCH ONCE WE TAKE ITS CONTROL. MANY PEOPLE ASK FOR GUIDANCE BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND WITH THEIR WAKING THOUGHT THE ANSWER COMES.

AFFIRM MANY TIMES DURING MEDITATION AT NIGHT:

"PERFECT INTELLIGENCE WITHINME, MY DIVINE AND PERFECT SELF, I AM DIRECTING YOU TO MAKE THIS DECISION FOR ME. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ONE WITH THE UNIVERSAL ALL-KNOWING MIND, THAT KNOWS ALL ANSWERS, THEREFORE, YOU KNOW HOW TO CHOOSE THE WAY THAT BLESSES ALL, THAT BRINGS EACH FACET OF THIS WORK INTO DIVINE PERFECT HARMONIOUS ACTION. MY DIRECTION IS - LET THY PERFECT WILL BE DONE IN AND THROUGH ME. LET THE RIGHT DECISION BE MADE IN AND THROUGH ME. LET THY PERFECT WILL BE DONE IN ITS PERFECT WAY."

THOUGHTS REGARDING DECISION-MAKING

ONE SHIP SAILS EAST, ANOTHER WEST,
BY THE SELF-SAME WINDS THAT BLOW;
'ITS THE SET OF THE SAIL AND NOT THE GALE,
THAT DETERMINES THE WAY THEY GO.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

WHY DO SOME LEAD LONELY LIVES WHILE OTHERS FIND JUST THE RIGHT COMPANION? WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE POOR MEMORIES WHILE OTHERS CAN REMEMBER WHATEVER THEY WISH? LIFE DOESNOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US, WE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OURSELVES BY THE POOR ORDERS THAT WE GIVE OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. IT IS UP TO US TO TAKE DOMINION IN A DECISIVE WAY. THROUGH SELF DIRECTION WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO START AN ENTIRELY NEW TRAIN OF ACTION IN OUR EXPERIENCE. WE ARE NOT AT THE MERCY OF THE PHYSICAL OR MATERIAL EXISTENCE. WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFINITE; BUT EVEN GOD CANNOT WORK FOR US UNLESS HE WORKS THROUGH US. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE POWER OF CHOICE. EACH MUST CHART HIS COURSE AND LISTEN FOR RIGHT GUIDANCE IN ORDER TO MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS. THESUBCONSCIOUS MIND RESPONDS TO FEELING. MUCH OF THE DIRECTION WE GIVE IT IS BY FEELING. HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS LIFE THAT WE ARE LIVING. DECISIVENESS IS A MATTER OF FEELING. REFUSE TO LET OUR SELF FEEL UNEASY, MUDDLED AND INSECURE. KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANSWERS TO EVERY PROBLEM AND THAT THESE ANSWERS ARE AVAILABLE TO US. AS THE POET SAID, WE ARE THE MASTERS OF OUR FATE AND THE CAPTAINS OF OUR SOULS. IT IS TIME WE REALIZED THIS AND TOOK DOMINION, THAT GOD-GIVEN DOMINION OF SELF DIRECTION TO WHICH WE ARE ENTITLED. IT IS ONLY THROUGH SELF DIRECTION THAT WE CAN TAKE DOMINION OF OUR LIVES AND THEN DECISION MAKING WILL BE A CINCH ONCE WE TAKE ITS CONTROL. MANY PEOPLE ASK FOR GUIDANCE BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND WITH THEIR WAKING THOUGHT THE ANSWER COMES.

AFFIRM MANY TIMES DURING MEDITATION AT NIGHT:

"PERFECT INTELLIGENCE WITHINME, MY DIVINE AND PERFECT SELF, I AM DIRECTING YOU TO MAKE THIS DECISION FOR ME. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ONE WITH THE UNIVERSAL ALL-KNOWING MIND, THAT KNOWS ALL ANSWERS, THEREFORE, YOU KNOW HOW TO CHOOSE THE WAY THAT BLESSES ALL, THAT BRINGS EACH FACET OF THIS WORK INTO DIVINE PERFECT HARMONIOUS ACTION. MY DIRECTION IS - LET THY PERFECT WILL BE DONE IN AND THROUGH ME. LET THE RIGHT DECISION BE MADE IN AND THROUGH ME. LET THY PERFECT WILL BE DONE IN ITS PERFECT WAY."

OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS CREATIVE IDEAS

OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD IDEAS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE SKELETON STRUCTURE OF A SUCCESSFUL POSITIVE THINKING. WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW THE IDEAS TO COME AND GO THROUGH OUR MIND CARELESSLY AND FRIVOLOUSLY. A CASUAL, CAVALIER ATTITUDE TOWARDS CREATIVE THOUGHTS OR IDEAS IS CHARACTERISTIC OF A NEGATIVE THINKER. SO AS A POSITIVE THINKER WE HAVE TO DEVELOP A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE POWER OF POSITIVE IDEAS. WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT OUR IDEA CAN CREATE A WHOLE NEW INDUSTRY. ONE SEEMINGLY SIMPLE THOUGHT CAN LEAD TO THE INVENTION OF A PRODUCT THAT CAN CHANGE THE LIFESTYLE OF MILLIONS. IDEAS ARE VIEWED WITH THE SAME VALUE THAT A FARMER LOOKS UPON A SEED. NOBODY HAS A MONEY PROBLEM; IT'S ALWAYS AN IDEA PROBLEM. THE RIGHT IDEA ALWAYS ATTRACT THE MONEY. SIMILARLY NOBODY HAS A TIME-MANAGEMENT PROBLEM; IT'S AN IDEA MANAGEMENT PROBLEM FIRST AND FOREMOST!
AFFIRM MANY TIMES THROUGH OUT THE DAY--

I COMMUNE WITH AN INFINITE SOURCE AND SO I, TOO, CAN TAP THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE.
I ALWAYS KEEP MY MIND OPEN TO RECEPTIVE ANSWERS REGARDING MY DIFFICULTIES. I LISTEN IN THE SILENCE, AND I AM VERY OPEN, AND RECEPTIVE.
INSPIRATION WELLS UP WITHIN ME AND I RECEIVE EXACTLY THE IDEAS THAT I NEED AND WITH THEM THE POWER TO CARRY THEM FORTH INTO MANISFESTATION.

THOUGHTS FOR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING

ALL FORMS OF EMOTIONAL INPUT, RELATIONSHIP, BOOKS, MAGAZINES, RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS, LECTURES AFFECT OUR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING FOR BETTER OR WORSE. WE BEGIN TO SENSE WHETHER OUR THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES ARE GIVING US JOY, HOPE, CONFIDENCE, COURAGE, LOVE. IF THESE POSITIVE EMOTIONS ARE STIMULATED, WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO REMAIN IN THE GROOVE. BUT IF THESE IDEAS, INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS, ACTIVITIES OR EXPERIENCES TEND TO LEAVE US WITH NEGATIVE FEELINGS LIKE DISCOURAGEMENT, DEPRESSION, ANGER, GUILT, SHAME THEN WE TAKE IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO EXTRACT OURSELVES OR, IF THIS IS NOT PRACTICAL, WE CREATE SHIELDS TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THESE NEGATIVE IMPACTS. A PERSON WHO THINKS POSITIVE HAS A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUTE TOWARDS THE MOOD SWINGS THAT COME AND GO IN HIS LIFE. HE UNDERSTAND THAT HIS EMOTIONAL ENTHUSIASM DEMANDS REST PERIODS AT TIMES. HE CANT BE HIGH ALL THE TIME. HE RECOGNIZES THIS AND HENCE HE IS NOT FRIGHTENED BY A "DOWN MOOD". RATHER HE SAYS "WELL I'M GOING INTO A TIME OF EMOTIONAL RETREAT. THIS IS A PHASE OF EMOTIONAL INTAKE. I SHALL WAIT ON THE LORD AND HE WILL STRENGHTEN MY HEART. I SHALL NOT BE AFRAID OR UNDULY ANXIOUS ABOUT THESE MOODS THAT LOWER MY SPIRIT." THE POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING MAKES THE PERSON SENSITIVE TO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE FEELINGS. HE GRADUALLY GAINS THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE AND REJECT NEGATIVE FEELINGS, THEN INTUITIVELY AND SELF-CONSCIOUSLY SENSES AND SUBMITS TO THE POSITIVE FEELINGS. HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS EMOTIONAL WELL BEING SHARPENS HIS SENSITIVITY TO THE EMOTIONAL VALUE OF WORDS. HE KNOWS THAT THE WORDS LIKE 'NEVER' AND ' IMPOSSIBLE' DRAIN OUT POSITIVE EMOTIONS AND OPEN THE FLOODGATES FOR NEGATIVE FEELINGS. IN THE HINDSIGHT THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT - BY MAINTAINING A POSTIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS EMOTIONAL WELL BEING WE CLEAR OUR MIND FOR A CREATIVE MENTAL STATE WHICH IN TURN BECOMES RECEPTANCE TO CREATIVE, REDEMPTIVE, AND SUCCESS PRODUCING IDEAS.