The Power of Thoughts and Manifestation

The Power of Thoughts and Manifestation

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. -Lao Tse

Thoughts are seeds produced in human mind which creates it into the form of ‘matter’ in the physical world. As already discussed, every kind of thoughts create and broadcast its own frequency into the universe and the universe responds according to the frequency and vibration of the primordial thoughts in your mind. Negative thoughts create lower frequency vibration and results in negative outcomes. The same way, positive higher level frequency results in positive outcome. As all thoughts are energy, and like attracts likes, the result also is corresponding to that. Hence we have to be very careful regarding our thoughts. ‘Thoughts are things’. even though power of thoughts are not only the reason behind manifestation, understanding and learning to consciously and intentionally implement the power of your thoughts is a vital and necessary component of achieving and experiencing your most sought after dreams and desires. Let us take a look at the power of thoughts in the "physical realm" and more specifically in your life.

Recent research has shown that focusing your thoughts, feelings, and intentions into strong, positive, clear coherence can shift the activity and behavior of your cells for the better. When you practice raising your energetic vibration you create greater synergy between all your physiological systems. You also feel and perform better and you get better results in your life. In seeking for the sources of activity we find that in all human actions thinking is first in the order of occurrence; that is, man does not act unless he has first thought.

The mind does not think in words, but in pictures. When you are reading you are continually translating the words your eyes see into pictures. In other words you see what you read. Every word cannot be changed into pictures: the word love, for instance. But, when we think of a word which does not lend itself to pictures, we do the next best thing. We associate it with a picture word. When you hear the word love, you are likely to see in your mind's eye the picture of one you do love: your wife or husband, or sweetheart. When one has difficulty in remembering what he has read, it is usually because of a bad reading habit. His eyes have been following the words, but he has not been changing the words into pictures.  You can go to a movie and watch a play which may run for two hours or more. Later you can describe the whole film in most exact detail. This is because you have been watching the story in pictures. Since thoughts are pictures, mental pictures will be either negative or positive, depending upon the trend of thought. Establish this thought in your mind right now: Negative thoughts cause negative reactions; positive thoughts cause positive reactions. Since thoughts are pictures, appoint yourself as a picture editor to evaluate the mental pictures entering your mind.

Pictures are Patterns

In earlier chapters you learned that the Creative Mind accepts thoughts of the conscious mind as instructions and reproduces in our beings or affairs whatever you hold in thought. We can now enlarge upon the original statement by saying that the pictures held in the conscious mind will be accepted as patterns by the Creative Mind. Mental pictures are just as infallible. You cannot hold a picture of failure and expect it to guide you to success. As an illustration: Suppose you are over your head in bills, and have a negative type of mind. What are the mental pictures you see? You see your creditors getting judgments against you; you visualize your salary being attached and, as a result of it, losing your job, such pictures become realities because of a mental block. You see no way of getting the money to pay the bills, with the result that creditors will take action. Your problems cause you to become inefficient at your job, which you eventually lose.

What kind of pictures would a positive mind hold under the same circumstances? Your pictures would probably see you going to your creditors, asking them to be a bit lenient so that you could gather your forces and work out ways and means of getting the extra money needed. You would work harder at your job so that your services would be recognized and a larger income given to you. You would solve your problem in keeping with the positive mental pictures. You will now see the wisdom of becoming your own mental picture editor. If a negative picture attempts to enter your mind, replace it with a positive one.

Success through Positive Mental Pictures

"How can one bring about success through positive mental pictures, when others are involved?" I am often asked; and it is a good question.

It is true that one's success is always dependent upon others. If he could fully control his success, failure would be out of the question because one would do only those things which would prompt success. An individual's success, if he is an employee, will depend upon his employer; if he is a businessman, it will depend upon his prospective customers. So, you will see that a person's mental pictures, to be effective, must influence others in addition to himself. If there is any foundation to Dr. J. B. Rhine's theories regarding extrasensory perception—ESP—and I definitely believe there is, then, since thoughts are pictures, there must be a transmittal of mental pictures from one mind to another, or, as one may say, mental television. In a television studio, the cameras in front of the subject would be of no value unless there was a power to project the image on the various screens throughout the country. In order to project a mental picture, power must also be applied—and that power is enthusiasm and the emotion related to it. When you have a success picture, that picture is backed up by enthusiasm and emotion. It will most likely be received and acted upon by the one involved in your success.

There is a passage in the Good Book which fits in very well with the subject matter of this chapter. It will be found in Mark 11:24: "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." This statement may be hard to believe for most of the people. "How can I believe I have something which I know I do not possess?" they will often ask. What this statement really means is that you should hold mental pictures of yourself enjoying the use of that which you may desire. Studying the statement further, you will find that it does not mean that by visualizing whatever it is you desire, it will come to you instantaneously, as if by magic. The Biblical quotation says "believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." The word "shall" signifies that the result of your desire will come at a later date. Now you have the picture, according to the promise in the Scriptures. Briefly: Form mental pictures of yourself using and enjoying that which you desire; believe the picture to be true, and you will be guided in thought and action to think the thoughts and do the things which will make a reality of your picture. Here is a truth I wish to emphasize: The principles relating to mental pictures apply equally to negative thoughts as to constructive, positive thoughts. Let us assume that you are afraid of losing your job; what kind of pictures do you hold? Do you see yourself growing richer? Certainly not! You picture yourself as being in financial difficulties. You fear losing your home and furnishings. You wonder how you can have food on your table. Such mental pictures will actually make you more inefficient in your work; you'll make mistakes, your work will not be of the best quality due to your mental stress. The outcome will be your employer most likely to find reason to dispense with your services.

Thought Power and the world

            You are the creator of your own destiny. Today’s dreams will be tomorrow’s reality. All famous scientists around the world knew the secret power of thoughts and imagination. If Newton had no power of imagination, he would have never thought of an unseen force like law of gravity and other theories of motion. We can control our thoughts and lead a better life of our imagination. All developed countries think in this way. For example, take the case of America. When Columbus discovered that continent, it was all covered by lots of mountains and thick forests. But, now America is the first economic giant in the world. Europe also fought against adversities and started industrialization and revolutionized the whole world. Japan is another country which was destroyed by bomb attacks. It is also a country where are a lot of volcanic eruptions and earthquake took place. Still they managed to get the title of world’s second largest economy. But, lots of Asian and African countries which are rich in natural resources are still could not manage to be successful and living in poverty, scarcity and misery. Hence, we can realize that it is not the circumstances which decide our destiny but, the attitude and endeavor which matters. Thoughts are in fact the seeds! Why thoughts are often described as seeds that determine the destiny can be understood when we look at the effect each thought creates on us as well as others.

Lessons from successful great men

"All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve
is the direct result of his own thoughts." 

- James Allen

Let us think for a moment about the different persons who became much successful in their life just by applying the power of thought in their life.

Helen Keller was a person who had no ability to see, speak or hear anything. Her teacher took a lot of effort to make her understand every word through Braille system. It was not at all an easy task to teach her even a word like ‘water’. Can you just imagine a person like Helen Keller learned thousands of words and later wrote several books and travelled all around the world inspiring the disabled people? We have all abilities and still live a miserable life blaming our destiny and matter of luck.

            Thomas Alva Edison was born in a poor family and he was sent out of school labeled as ‘addled’ boy. But, his poor mother taught him. He did the job of selling news paper to live his life at the age of ten. This poor by became patented more than thousand inventions. He did all his experiments in a ramshackle shed till he achieved his dreams. He failed over 10,000 times to invent electric bulb. All his inventions did not come so easily. Just imagine, if he had left his experiments as all went in vain, he would not be the inventor of electric bulb and a well-known successful scientist.

            Wilma Rudolf started her dreams to become best runner in the world when she became a victim of Polio disease and was bed ridden for more than six years. When she was nine years old, she declared that she will become the best runner in the world. After one year she started her hard attempts and years after she was enabled to run properly. Anyhow in the Olympics held in 1960, she won four medals for running competition.

"Do not under estimate the Power of Thoughts.  Just as water has the power to shift and mold earths landscape,
your thoughts have the power to shift and mold the landscape
of your life" -Chuck Danes