I’m fascinated by how our brains work, and the incredible power that our thoughts have in helping us to bring to life those things that we most desire.
It’s also a little terrifying, if you think about it.
Because if thoughts become things, then you definitely want to choose the good ones.
You know, just to make sure that what you’re bringing in is in alignment with what you actually want. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once observed, “A man is what he thinks about all day long.”
Positive affirmations are a great place to start creating what you want (whether that’s small business success, a loving relationship, financial freedom, or whatever it is you are wanting to manifest), but they’re just the tip of the iceberg.
In fact, if you want lasting small business success, it’s important to get to a point where you’re not attaching too much importance to your thoughts at all, and instead are feeling your way through life.
Let me explain.
Most of the thoughts that we think aren’t really our own. In fact, they’ve been passed along to us from our family, our society, teachers, and those we spend our days with.
Over time, for better or for worse, these thoughts become beliefs that we operate by, often without even being aware of it.
Once we become aware of this fact, we tend to take an analytical approach to changing these thoughts, which, if you’ve ever tried it, is like whistling in the wind. Put your attention on a negative belief you’d just as soon be done with, and what do you think about?
Right. The negative belief.
Make a habit of doing this, and it makes sense why it’s very difficult for us to root out thoughts and beliefs that don’t serve us.
When we instead choose to feel our way through any given situation, we move away from the thinking brain and its conditioned thought processes and beliefs, and instead tune our internal radio dial to another frequency where we can “know without knowing” what step to take next as we move towards our goal.
If you want to move beyond positive affirmations to bring about real change in 2012, try practicing prayer or meditation once a day. Follow your breath, or the beating of your heart, and when thoughts come up, as they will, watch them float in your consciousness like they were bubbles on a summer day. As you do, you’ll notice that your thoughts are actually neutral – neither good or bad, just thoughts – until you assign them a value.
If you can effectively just watch and then release your thoughts, you’ll find yourself trusting your feelings and intuition.
Try this practice of silent observation for one week, and see what happens. You might be surprised to see that the small business success, or any other good thing that you desire, is just a heartbeat away.
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