How Thoughts Affect Us
Perhaps the most basic of all the 'mental laws', and one
hopefully drummed into every student of psychotherapy and
the mind, is that every thought has a consequence.
Yet so often in our day to day lives we choose to see
thoughts as simply abstract things - we think them and then
forget about them, as if they had never existed. No harm in
this, we reason, it's just a thought. Unfortunately, there
are dangers in this way of thinking.
Believing that thoughts themselves have no real and actual
affect upon us, we can so very easily allow even the most
negative thought to go unchecked and unchallenged. After
all, we reason, it's only a thought, it doesn't really
matter.
It's as if we believe that thoughts are wispy and
insubstantial things, with no real existence, capable of
dissipating and disappearing into the ether once we have
experienced them. Perhaps it's because our thoughts are
such private things that it's easy to imagine them as
insubstantial and intangible.
This of course can only happen if we hold the belief that
the mind and the body are quite separate, disparate
entities, each with its own distinct domain, operating
independently of each other.
The truth, of course, is that mind and body are indeed
interconnected, with each affecting the other. Each thought
we think has its consequence. And those consequences can
indeed have a tremendous affect, not only on our mind and
our feelings, but also on our body. Negative or positive,
thoughts do indeed have a very real affect upon us.
Let me illustrate this with a simple little exercise that
nicely demonstrates the tangible effects of thought - and
the interconnectedness and inseparability of mind and body.
To do this, I am going to ask you to use your imagination.
Imagine yourself walking over to your refrigerator. As you
open the door, there's the soft sound of the seal being
broken and perhaps the feeling of cold air escaping. Now,
imagine that there's a lemon in there and imagine yourself
reaching in and taking that lemon out. Perhaps it feels a
little cold in your hand, as you bring it over to a board
or somewhere you can safely cut it.
Now imagine yourself taking a knife and slicing the lemon
in half, lengthways. Maybe you can see the white segment
in the middle, and perhaps there are some pips there too,
as a little of the juice runs out. Now cut the lemon again,
so that you have a quarter, a nice wedge. Lift it up and
hold it under your nose. Perhaps you can almost smell the
pungent lemon aroma. Now, quickly imagine yourself taking a
great big bite into that lemon. Really squeeze it so that
the juice spurts into your mouth and onto your tongue,
maybe some of the juice even trickles down your lips onto
your chin.
Exercise over.
If you really did imagine sinking your teeth into that
lemon and squeezing the juice into your mouth then a couple
of things will probably have happened: The muscles of your
jaw will have automatically tightened as you did so and
there will have been an increase of saliva in your mouth.
Now, we know that the flow of saliva is not under the
control of the conscious mind; it's controlled by the
unconscious mind. It simply cannot be willed.
What's happened, of course, is that the subconscious mind
cannot distinguish between real and imaginary. For it, a
thought is treated as a reality and an imagined lemon is as
real as an actual lemon. The simple act of thinking about
sinking your teeth into a lemon is enough to produce the
exact same physical affect as if you had really done so.
A thought which existed in the mind has had a tangible
effect on the body.
In India, the home of so much philosophy and of astrology,
the palpable nature of thought has long been recognised.
There, astrologers make horoscopes for the birth of a
thought or a question, in order to better understand it. It
is a practice that has survived thousands of years. This
branch of astrology is called horary astrology. For these
astrologers, a thought is something very real and tangible.
The fact is that the thoughts we think affect us on many
levels, including the physical. This means that the
thoughts we have and the things we tell ourselves, about
ourselves, in the privacy of our own mind affect not only
how we feel, but what we become. After all, if thoughts
have physical consequences, then they can make us ill or
well.
When you find yourself thinking negatively, or experiencing
a period of difficulty in your approach to the world, when
you find yourself thinking thoughts such as: 'I'll probably
come down with...'; 'I'll never be able to..'; 'I'll
probably only fail...'; 'I don't really deserve...';
immediately replace the thought with a positive statement
or affirmation. And repeat it at least 10 times. Make a
habit of this and you can change your reality.
Here are some examples you can use, and of course you can
create your own as you go along. Select one and use it for
at least a month.
'I am becoming balanced and whole in body, mind and spirit'
'The past is over now and I am free to move on with my life'
'I am alive, healthy and free'
Be sure to repeat your positive statement 10 times when you
awaken in the morning and just before sleeping at night.
Use it again whenever you catch yourself thinking a really
negative thought. Remember, practice is the key here.
Persistence really does pay dividends!
'All that we are is the result of all that we have thought.
It is founded on thought. It is made up of our thoughts.'
The Buddha, The Dhammapada
----------------------------------------------------
Peter Field is a leading British hypno-psychotherapist,
with clinics in both Birmingham and London. Author of
numerous articles on psychotherapy, hypnosis and health, he
is a Member of the British Association for Counselling and
Psychotherapy and Fellow of the Royal Society of Health.
For more interesting articles and helpful information,
visit his website: http://www.peterfieldhypnotherapy.co.uk
Perhaps the most basic of all the 'mental laws', and one
hopefully drummed into every student of psychotherapy and
the mind, is that every thought has a consequence.
Yet so often in our day to day lives we choose to see
thoughts as simply abstract things - we think them and then
forget about them, as if they had never existed. No harm in
this, we reason, it's just a thought. Unfortunately, there
are dangers in this way of thinking.
Believing that thoughts themselves have no real and actual
affect upon us, we can so very easily allow even the most
negative thought to go unchecked and unchallenged. After
all, we reason, it's only a thought, it doesn't really
matter.
It's as if we believe that thoughts are wispy and
insubstantial things, with no real existence, capable of
dissipating and disappearing into the ether once we have
experienced them. Perhaps it's because our thoughts are
such private things that it's easy to imagine them as
insubstantial and intangible.
This of course can only happen if we hold the belief that
the mind and the body are quite separate, disparate
entities, each with its own distinct domain, operating
independently of each other.
The truth, of course, is that mind and body are indeed
interconnected, with each affecting the other. Each thought
we think has its consequence. And those consequences can
indeed have a tremendous affect, not only on our mind and
our feelings, but also on our body. Negative or positive,
thoughts do indeed have a very real affect upon us.
Let me illustrate this with a simple little exercise that
nicely demonstrates the tangible effects of thought - and
the interconnectedness and inseparability of mind and body.
To do this, I am going to ask you to use your imagination.
Imagine yourself walking over to your refrigerator. As you
open the door, there's the soft sound of the seal being
broken and perhaps the feeling of cold air escaping. Now,
imagine that there's a lemon in there and imagine yourself
reaching in and taking that lemon out. Perhaps it feels a
little cold in your hand, as you bring it over to a board
or somewhere you can safely cut it.
Now imagine yourself taking a knife and slicing the lemon
in half, lengthways. Maybe you can see the white segment
in the middle, and perhaps there are some pips there too,
as a little of the juice runs out. Now cut the lemon again,
so that you have a quarter, a nice wedge. Lift it up and
hold it under your nose. Perhaps you can almost smell the
pungent lemon aroma. Now, quickly imagine yourself taking a
great big bite into that lemon. Really squeeze it so that
the juice spurts into your mouth and onto your tongue,
maybe some of the juice even trickles down your lips onto
your chin.
Exercise over.
If you really did imagine sinking your teeth into that
lemon and squeezing the juice into your mouth then a couple
of things will probably have happened: The muscles of your
jaw will have automatically tightened as you did so and
there will have been an increase of saliva in your mouth.
Now, we know that the flow of saliva is not under the
control of the conscious mind; it's controlled by the
unconscious mind. It simply cannot be willed.
What's happened, of course, is that the subconscious mind
cannot distinguish between real and imaginary. For it, a
thought is treated as a reality and an imagined lemon is as
real as an actual lemon. The simple act of thinking about
sinking your teeth into a lemon is enough to produce the
exact same physical affect as if you had really done so.
A thought which existed in the mind has had a tangible
effect on the body.
In India, the home of so much philosophy and of astrology,
the palpable nature of thought has long been recognised.
There, astrologers make horoscopes for the birth of a
thought or a question, in order to better understand it. It
is a practice that has survived thousands of years. This
branch of astrology is called horary astrology. For these
astrologers, a thought is something very real and tangible.
The fact is that the thoughts we think affect us on many
levels, including the physical. This means that the
thoughts we have and the things we tell ourselves, about
ourselves, in the privacy of our own mind affect not only
how we feel, but what we become. After all, if thoughts
have physical consequences, then they can make us ill or
well.
When you find yourself thinking negatively, or experiencing
a period of difficulty in your approach to the world, when
you find yourself thinking thoughts such as: 'I'll probably
come down with...'; 'I'll never be able to..'; 'I'll
probably only fail...'; 'I don't really deserve...';
immediately replace the thought with a positive statement
or affirmation. And repeat it at least 10 times. Make a
habit of this and you can change your reality.
Here are some examples you can use, and of course you can
create your own as you go along. Select one and use it for
at least a month.
'I am becoming balanced and whole in body, mind and spirit'
'The past is over now and I am free to move on with my life'
'I am alive, healthy and free'
Be sure to repeat your positive statement 10 times when you
awaken in the morning and just before sleeping at night.
Use it again whenever you catch yourself thinking a really
negative thought. Remember, practice is the key here.
Persistence really does pay dividends!
'All that we are is the result of all that we have thought.
It is founded on thought. It is made up of our thoughts.'
The Buddha, The Dhammapada
----------------------------------------------------
Peter Field is a leading British hypno-psychotherapist,
with clinics in both Birmingham and London. Author of
numerous articles on psychotherapy, hypnosis and health, he
is a Member of the British Association for Counselling and
Psychotherapy and Fellow of the Royal Society of Health.
For more interesting articles and helpful information,
visit his website: http://www.peterfieldhypnotherapy.co.uk
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