The Power of Thought Part 6

Consider what would happen if, every 30 minutes, all day long, you had this thought — “It sure would taste great to eat a few cookies.” You’d probably end up eating a lot of cookies. If the thought continued day after day, month after month, you’d likely end up gaining weight from all the fat and sugar in those cookies. Now think about what would happen if you substituted another thought — “It sure would feel great to take a quick break and walk up and down the stairs.” It would just take a small effort to replace the “cookie” thoughts with the “walking up the stairs” thoughts. And yet the eventual difference in results would be far, far greater than the small effort involved. You would likely become stronger and more physically fit rather than overweight and tired.

The same kind of leverage can be applied in almost every area of life. If, for example, you’re going to a job interview, you can think beforehand “I’ll never get this job” or you can think “I’m ready to start to work.” There’s absolutely no difference in effort. It is just as easy to think positively as to think negatively. And yet the results can be worlds apart. Your likelihood of being hired is infinitely higher when you use and positively direct the power of your thoughts.

Your thoughts have powers that you’re usually not even aware of. It’s common knowledge that your thoughts can control such “involuntary” physiological factors such as your heart rate and your digestion. What other effects might your thoughts have on your body? It’s possible that thought may play a significant role in numerous physical diseases. So it makes sense to keep your thoughts as positive in order to help keep your body healthy.

And the power of thought extends beyond your own body. You’ve probably had the experience of thinking about someone you haven’t heard from in a while, and then within the next day or so you run into them or they get in touch with you. And though it could be a coincidence, it doesn’t feel like one. Is that the power of your thoughts at work? It could very well be. Does that sound farfetched, in the realm of mysticism? If so, just consider what someone living 500 years ago would have thought of something you probably carry around in your pocket every day — a mobile telephone. Five hundred years ago it would have been considered impossible to instantaneously send your voice over hundreds or thousands of miles, and yet today it is something we take for granted. Might there also be a perfectly natural and reasonable mechanism for conveying thoughts, which simply has not yet been discovered or understood? It is entirely possible.

However they may be communicated, whether through means that you can see and understand, such as speaking, writing, and acting, or through means that are not yet known, there is no doubt that your thoughts have the power to influence others. And the thoughts of others can influence you as well.

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