So what or who are we really? Arguably merely a continuum of consciousness and the cumulative product of what we have previously thought. Yes that is right; that is quite a concept isn’t it? You are the product of everything that you have previously thought. Even private thoughts that no one else knows about. Maybe especially private thoughts. So all that negative emotion takes its toll on you. Just like excessive drinking or smoking gradually leaves their mark on you so do negative thoughts. Your conscious mind may well forget your lapses into negative emotions but your sub-conscious mind does not. Gradually negative thoughts and negative emotion will change your personality and disposition i.e. the prevailing tendency of your spirits and emotional outlook and mood. Since we are the cumulative product of what we have thought every incident of, for example aggression, jealousy or anger is a setback in the quest for serenity and happiness.
The reason for this is that all thoughts are habit forming. So the more negative thinking you do the more this will become your habit and your automatic response to situations. The more this will be the way you see and interpret future situations. But the good news is that it is possible to redress the balance particularly because your more recent thoughts will be more relevant and have more of an impact than older ways of thinking that you may have once had.
So I want you to imagine two energy bank accounts in your mind. Every time you are have negative thoughts then you will be making deposits in the negative energy account and every time you are having positive thoughts you are making deposits in the positive energy account.
Positive Energy Account:
Causing your feelings of happiness
So first here is a list of type of thoughts and emotions that are being deposited in your positive energy account.
Acceptance
Accepting Yourself
Amusement And Laughter
Appreciating Beauty
Awakeness
Awareness
Compassion
Confidence
Empathy
Enthusiasm
Excitement
Fun
Generosity
Gladness
Gratefulness
Hope
Humble
Humility
Joy
Kindness
Love
Loving Yourself
Peaceful
Savouring Each Moment
Self Esteem
Serenity
Tranquillity
Wanting The Best For Others
Grand Total Positive Energy =Pos
Negative Energy account :
Causing your feelings of unhappiness
And now here is a list of type of thoughts and emotions that are being deposited in your negative energy account.
Anger
Boredom
Bragging
Craving
Defeatism
Desire
Envy
Fear
Frustration
Guilt
Hopelessness
Inadequacy
Inferiority
Insecurity
Jealousy
Lack of Confidence
Lying & Deceiving
Lusting
Pessimism
Pride
Regret
Resentment
Self Pity
Showing off
Sorrow
Unappreciative
Ungratefulness
Worry
Grand Total Negative Energy= Neg
Clearly the account that you feed the most will be the larger and will become your predominant disposition. Now ask yourself honestly if you were to add up the total thinking that you do in each account and then subtract the Neg from the Pos what would your balance be?
Pos minus Neg = Your Energy Net Balance.
Now all ways of thinking are habit forming and thereby attract more of the same i.e. they attract more situations that you will see and interpret in the same way. So your life will seem and feel that way. If your overall Energy Net Balance is itself negative i.e. you spend more time thinking negative thoughts than positive ones then this will attract and shape your life in that direction. Put another way the more we practise negative thinking the better we become at it! But the good news is that you can start to redress the balance and start making big deposits in the Positive account and that, if you like, is what this book is about.
Of course we are only human and from time to time we will have lapses and regress. But gradually you will learn to intersect these negative emotions when they occur and nip them in the bud and replace them with positive thoughts about the situation.