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Thursday, April 12, 2007
2:41:00 PM EDT
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Hey there can you believe it is already Thursday?! YIKES! But I’ve had an extremely productive week, getting several pages of chapter 4 of my dissertation written and even completed a report on time.
I’ve been reading a very thought provoking book I picked up the other day called The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Here is the premise of the book laid out on the back of the jacket cover:
It has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money. This centuries-old Secret has been understood by some of the most prominent people in history: Plato, Galileo, Beethoven, Edison, Carnegie, Einstein – (couldn’t help notice none of our leaders were included in that list including GWB) along with other inventors, theologians, scientists, and great thinkers. Now The Secret is being revealed to the world.
“As you learn The Secret, you will come to know how you can have, be, or do anything you want. You will come to know who you really are. You will come to know the true magnificence that awaits you in life.” –from the Introduction.
And the secret is… That our thoughts are the most powerful force in the universe and can shape everything from our lives to the universe itself! What is interesting for me is that I have read something similar in other books including “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale… except with just a more religious tenor to it. Essentially the key to living a full and happy life is to fill your mind with positive images and positive thoughts. Actually I DO believe in this and often notice how my thoughts and attitude can have a profound effect on my life, what gets done, what happens. What do YOU think? Can you recall a time you were thinking of something, some one and suddenly BINGO a call from the person, an event happens to bring you closer to that desired thing or event. No doubt in my mind that our actions mirror our wants and desires. Consciously or unconsciously we work to fulfill those thoughts.
I found meaning in quotes from the book like:
Creation is always happening. Every time an individual has a thought, or a prolonged chronic way of thinking, they’re in the creation process. Something is going to manifest out of those thoughts.
- Michael Bernard Beckwith
What amazed me is how this book promotes this information as being some big secret or conspiracy. This has been out there forever… thing is many people either don’t belive in it, dismiss it, or don’t try to put it into practice. But what is Prayer?... if done long enough a sustained, chronic way of thinking. What is depression, same thing except in the negative wavelength. Oh the book also covers the Buddhist belief of the importance of seeing… a conscious awareness of our thoughts and happenings around us. Pretty interesting stuff really.
I have been trying to remain really positive all week, place images in my mind of me writing the dissertation, completing the report, having a great class. Of course I can’t just do that then take the rest of the day off. I must act upon those thoughts and images. And… it was been a very productive week and I don’t feel as stressed out as I sometimes do.
Found this quote to hit home:
Here’s the problem. Most people are thinking about what they don’t want, and they’re wondering why it shows up over and over again.
John Assaraf
So here’s wishing you a weekend of positive, productive, uplifting thoughts and the actions to match.
Until next time be well.. laugh often, play hard.
Michael
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2:41:00 PM EDT
Feeling Hopeful
Hearing Jazz on KKJZ
The Power of Thought
I’ve been reading a very thought provoking book I picked up the other day called The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Here is the premise of the book laid out on the back of the jacket cover:
It has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money. This centuries-old Secret has been understood by some of the most prominent people in history: Plato, Galileo, Beethoven, Edison, Carnegie, Einstein – (couldn’t help notice none of our leaders were included in that list including GWB) along with other inventors, theologians, scientists, and great thinkers. Now The Secret is being revealed to the world.
“As you learn The Secret, you will come to know how you can have, be, or do anything you want. You will come to know who you really are. You will come to know the true magnificence that awaits you in life.” –from the Introduction.
And the secret is… That our thoughts are the most powerful force in the universe and can shape everything from our lives to the universe itself! What is interesting for me is that I have read something similar in other books including “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale… except with just a more religious tenor to it. Essentially the key to living a full and happy life is to fill your mind with positive images and positive thoughts. Actually I DO believe in this and often notice how my thoughts and attitude can have a profound effect on my life, what gets done, what happens. What do YOU think? Can you recall a time you were thinking of something, some one and suddenly BINGO a call from the person, an event happens to bring you closer to that desired thing or event. No doubt in my mind that our actions mirror our wants and desires. Consciously or unconsciously we work to fulfill those thoughts.
I found meaning in quotes from the book like:
Creation is always happening. Every time an individual has a thought, or a prolonged chronic way of thinking, they’re in the creation process. Something is going to manifest out of those thoughts.
- Michael Bernard Beckwith
What amazed me is how this book promotes this information as being some big secret or conspiracy. This has been out there forever… thing is many people either don’t belive in it, dismiss it, or don’t try to put it into practice. But what is Prayer?... if done long enough a sustained, chronic way of thinking. What is depression, same thing except in the negative wavelength. Oh the book also covers the Buddhist belief of the importance of seeing… a conscious awareness of our thoughts and happenings around us. Pretty interesting stuff really.
I have been trying to remain really positive all week, place images in my mind of me writing the dissertation, completing the report, having a great class. Of course I can’t just do that then take the rest of the day off. I must act upon those thoughts and images. And… it was been a very productive week and I don’t feel as stressed out as I sometimes do.
Found this quote to hit home:
Here’s the problem. Most people are thinking about what they don’t want, and they’re wondering why it shows up over and over again.
John Assaraf
So here’s wishing you a weekend of positive, productive, uplifting thoughts and the actions to match.
Until next time be well.. laugh often, play hard.
Michael
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Dawn
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I have heard of that book...Newsweek had an article about it a few weeks ago, and I guess Oprah has promoted it. There is no doubt that having a positive attitude makes a big difference. But the reviews I read made it sound almost like you could move mountains with your mind if only you thought positively enough. Still, it sounds like it has a positive message, and if it helps you get your dissertation done, who can argue with that? :)
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Hey ! Just what I needed!! So many things have gone wrong of late that my mind was always on "what next" and NEXT has always come along!! Will try to think more positively! One thing that happens to me---I see someone who looks like someone I have not seen in a long time---and lo and behold a Very short time later I see that person! Has always struck me as strange! Barb
PS---glad you are getting those chapters done!
7/5/07 7:55 PM
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