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| Activating the Power of Love |
Changing Our Thought-Habits
Why is it that, so often, we end up producing more negative emotions than positive ones? It is because we ourselves are not aware of what is taking place in our own consciousness. We seldom observe our own thought patterns or reflect upon them, because this makes us feel too uncomfortable. Also, we have come to believe that, in any case, our personalities are permanently flawed beyond remedy.
And so, by refraining from taking responsibility for our own emotions, we let them fall under the control of our physical, self-protective instincts. If we do nothing to correct this or put a stop to it, the process keeps perpetuating itself through force of habit. As a result, we continue to experience feelings of doubt, fear, insecurity, resentment, and anger, over and over again.
Anger is a violent emotion that surges up when we feel that we have been ignored, rejected, discriminated against, or treated with contempt. When we feel ourselves being swept up in this dark, negative energy, it might seem very difficult for us to convert that energy back to love. However, when we understand the processes at work, it becomes possible for us to transform it quite easily.
This is where it becomes helpful for us to devise methods that assist us in observing our emotions and changing our habits. One such method that I often recommend is a practice called Fading away—May peace prevail on Earth. When a dark, fearful, or unharmonious thought or emotion passes through our mind, we respond to it mentally with the words Fading away—May peace prevail on Earth. This method was introduced by my father, Masahisa Goi, as an easy-to-practice way to let unhappy feelings naturally disappear and replace them with positive ones. Another idea is to practice deep, peaceful breathing combined with positive words or bodily movements (for more on these practices, please refer to my books You Are the Universe and Think Something Wonderful). Based on our own disposition and personality, each of us can find the methods that suit us best.
As we continue to observe our own consciousness day by day, we can absolutely make a change in our thought-habits. All we need to do is to firmly believe that we can do it. In making daily efforts, without giving up, we can definitely convert all our energy back to the essential energy of love. And before we know it, we will discover that we ourselves have become direct embodiments of love.
When we become direct embodiments of love, we never experience fear, and all our energy is activated toward the positive. It is then that we naturally come to understand what life really is. |
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