The power of positive thinking is immense. What you are thinking at any given moment creates a chemical reaction in your body, and the ripples coming out of your being affect the environment around you. Our thoughts affect the whole world.
In this day and age, it’s important to look at the company you keep. Not only in the form of the people with whom you spend time, but the thoughts you entertain and the words you speak. Paying attention to your thoughts, actions, and speech is a spiritual practice in itself.
We are all interconnected.
We may have different bodies, and different stories, but what we do, how we think – it affects us all collectively. As I always say – Stop. Take a step back. Take a deep breath. Look at yourself. What kind of vibrations are you putting out into the world?
We all experience moments when a sweet or inspiring thought enters our mind. Pay attention to what’s happening within when you are inspired to create something or make something or some place a little bit better. How beautiful it feels inside in those moments. When you engage in the world in that way, vibrations of peace and harmony are going out into the world.
There are also times when thoughts of disappointment, anger, fear, jealousy, a feeling of being wronged, and guilt come into the mind. Those vibrations affect the environment around us too. The sooner you can free yourself from that kind of negativity, the better off both you and the environment around you will be.
Look for those moments in your day when there is not even a trace of darkness inside. If you set out to look for them, you will find them. It’s because of our preoccupation with negative thoughts, we have very little time for seeing the good.
When we can devote a little time to meditation, bringing our heart to that place of peace we get a glimpse of our interconnectedness and can experience that we are not separate.
Yes, you will have your challenges, you will have your struggles – that’s being human. But do find some time to take a step back and connect with the beauty and the mystery that we are all a part of.
