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things together. Every bolt and nut was put in by one after the other’s mind. This whole world is minds world the product of mind.

 

Reflects in Full and Precise Details

 

In her outstanding book, Choose the Happiness Habit, Pam Golden writes: "Take the story of two brothers who are twins. One grows up to be an alcoholic bum. The other becomes an extremely  successful businessman.  When the alcoholic is asked why he became a drunk, he replies, My father was a drunk. When the successful businessman is asked why he became successful, he says, ‘My father was a drunk. Same background. Same upbringing. Different choices."

 

The brothers chose different thoughts regarding the identical experience theyve been in. One took the fact that their father was a drunk as an example for him to imitate; thus,  making  him  one  too.  In  contrast,  the  other  brother  thought  the  same  idea  as something not to be mimicked,  making him doing the opposite thing until he became successful. Those thoughts over the years shaped the circumstances where they are now. Whatever viewpoint they had about the situation was  reflected on how they are doing now.

 

In other words, whatever there is in our mind can be fully and precisely reflected through our actions. It is due to the process where thinking creates images in our mind. These images, in turn, will control feelings like joy or sadness. Such feelings will cause us to do actions on how we would deal with each one of them. And lastly, these actions shall create results. Therefore, the mind,  particularly thinking, implies reflection and crea