Will anyone still protest today that thoughts are a powerful
force that can be used for good or bad use? Thoughts can help or harm us.
"Everything we are is the result of our thoughts," said Buddha. Let
us be worried about finding a few practical examples on how to use the power of
thought in life. Here are my suggestions ...
1. Obsessive thinking. Happy is the one who has never
experienced it. There is a comparison between obsessive thinking and holding a
glass of water in hand. no matter how much it weighs, no matter how long we
hold it: if a minute - no problem, an hour - the hand starts to ache, all day -
the hand will eventually lose feeling. The glass still weighs the same, but the
longer you hold it, the heavier it becomes. Remember to put down the glass!
2. If joy is lacking in our actions, let us not do it any
longer. Apparently easy to say, but more difficult to perform, sometimes in our
activities we feel so enslaved by various life circumstances that it is
difficult for us to simply withdraw. Often, work becomes our prison or
marriage. If we feel like a prison that you can't escape, it's a sign that it's
bad with us. We must forcibly find at least small joys in our everyday, gloomy
existence, something that will brighten the darkness of our soul - literally by
force. Such joys found by force can - with a little commitment on our part -
become a stepping stone to a better quality of life. Sometimes it is enough to
make a small break in the wall to see the light of day.
3. Life in fear, anxiety paralyzes our actions, destroys us.
Oh yes, nothing can suppress us, destroy us physically and mentally, like the
years spent in fear / anxiety (I will not dwell on these differences now - both
feelings destroy the body if we experience them long enough). Fear and anxiety
are sometimes quite irrational, but we do not notice it - our body reacts to
every fear in the same way. And yet countless things are a reason for us to
fear / anxiety: work (fear of loss, inefficiency at work, before the boss),
family (fear of breakup, illness, death, failure), car, travel, poverty,
weather, criminals ... The catalog remains open.These feelings, experienced in
excess, can paralyze us, we are afraid to move, we are afraid to live, we only
think about maintaining the status quo. Let's get rid of them - on our own or
with the help of a specialist (it's not a shame!), Just to be effective.
4. Do not wish anything bad to anyone - it may come true and
eventually he will come back to us.Don't say, "damn it all,"
"everything sucks." It sounds a bit exotic, maybe a bit like fairy
tips, but today more and more scientists are beginning to talk loudly about the
fact that energy follows attention, and bad emotions ultimately affect the
malicious person himself. Quantum physics bows.
Mind hygiene. Just as we remember about body hygiene, we
should also remember about mind hygiene, which is the basis of a happy life. If
we have chaos in our heads, how can we hear the voice of our nature? Let's
master constantly galloping thoughts and learn to direct our attention properly
- to what is most important and most beautiful to us. Let's find something that
gives us joy!
In our time, mind hygiene is very important, and this is due
to the enormity of information and stimuli that reach us every day. I think
there are incomparably more of them than only about twenty years ago, when I
was a young girl myself. TV, radio, smartphone, laptop, live and other
conversations, buzz, noise, music, ads, posters, people, cars, street, books,
news etc. Our thoughts follow all this. Moments of peace and quiet are
necessary for us, and how many of them do we have in a day? Even the night is
too short to sleep.
Mind hygiene, i.e. focus and quietness is the basic issue.
If we follow this, we will quickly learn to think positively and focus on
positives, which in turn will allow us to control exuberant emotions.
I realize that this is not all that can be said about the
art of skilful thinking, but the article must end one day and I wanted to leave
room for further action for you in the comments. Add your ways, maybe together
we can create a small vademecum of using the brain every day.
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