I was wandering through the woods on my way to volunteering at the Findhorn Foundation yesterday, and I realised I wasn’t noticing the trees, the blossom, the leaves, birdsong – anything. I was completely lost inside my own world in my head. And yet the previous day, I’d been in the same place and completely blissed out by the very same things. Nothing had changed (it wasn’t blue sky one day and not the next!). Only the thoughts inside my head were different.
This happens when I look at my bank account too — I look one day and see an enormous amount of money, and look even an hour later and suddenly, although the amount is the same, it’s [read more]
The secret success of positive thoughts
I’ve come across many, many people somewhat disgruntled with positive thinking, because they say it doesn’t work. They’ve tried affirming for what they want, and it seems so patently ridiculous that they give up. Mistake. Because it’s the very thought that it’s ridiculous that holds the secret to the success of the positive thought.
Imagine yourself saying a statement such as:
My income is constantly increasing
And then listen to what you think in response to that. If you’re spending more than your income, or if your income is static, it’s likely to be something like ‘no it isn’t’, or ‘what a lot of rubbish!’ Over the last twenty years of using affirmations in my own life, and teaching this [read more]