We have probably heard about the power of thought on tv, in an article, or may be we have read a book about it. I first read about the power of thought when I was in my early twenties. Here is a link to one of my favorite books on the power of thought, other than the Bible:
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
The Forward of "As a Man Thinketh" by James Allen says it all.
"This little volume (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much-written upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that - "They themselves are makers of themselves" by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage; that mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness."
Proverbs 23:7 says, "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he." The day arrives when I know that I am the creator of my world because of my thoughts.
We can't escape who we are at the core. The truth is that we are all God's children and that he is our Father. We are each His beloved child, God's own creation. Unfortunately, most of us come into this world without the aid of someone to encourage our soul's awakening to life's possibilities. Rather than living by grace, we live by sight. We see life through the human senses. We learn from our parents, our friends, our teachers, our superiors at work. We form opinions based on the reflections we see of the outer world through our five senses. We miss the very personal plan God has for each of us based on the Kingdom of God within.
The author Napoleon Hill said that thoughts are things. I have been looking at my thoughts. Have you ever done that? What do we think about? We can choose what we think about because we have free will. No one really knows what we are thinking, but our world is molded by our thoughts, and especially by our deep feelings of love, joy, and peace or hurt, fear, and resentment. What we hold in our mind has an effect on our life and it has an effect on our physical body.
Russian scientists have studied hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure using chimpanzees. In one study they took a male chimpanzee who had been living happily with his family and put him in a cage nearby. He couldn't reach his family, but he could see them. Another male was put with his family in his place in his full view. His anger became wild and within several months he died from hardening of the arteries. Even though the chimpanzee was more than justified by his feelings of rage, the result of his feelings killed him.
We can change our ill thoughts. Ill has the same root meaning as bad and evil. Our ill thoughts affect our body and have ill effects on our body. Hippocrates, the Greek physician known as the father of medicine wrote that "men ought to know that from the mind and from the mind only arise our pleasures, laughter, and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs, and fears." Hippocrates wrote this around 400 BC, but nothing has changed. Secret societies have used the power of thought in the form of healing laws for thousands of years. We can too. As Plato told the physicians of his time, the word health applies to body, mind, and spirit. Our health relates to a healthy mind, body and spirit.
Thomas Edison discovered that every cell in our body thinks. There are brain cells in every cell of our body. Every cell has a brain. Every cell is mind. The body responds to both positive and negative thoughts. It can and does heal itself if we allow it to do what it already knows how to do. Consider the repair action the body does when a child falls and skins a knee. Of course we do our part and clean out the wound and put on an antibiotic. Consider how the body repairs a broken bone and knits it back together.
The life force in our body is powerful because it is the power of God in us and we can call God's power that is already there into action. Our body is the temple of God. It houses God's power in us. It is activated to its fullest capacity with our active faith. Dr. Phineas P. Quimby proved these ideas during the 1800's when he performed what can be termed miracles on people he knew. These cures became famous and still are.
Our thoughts are the strongest thing in our body. Our active faith talks to each and every cell in our body. The body is 80% water so it is very fluid. This is a good reason why our thoughts can do so much to mold the body. Even Jesus Christ could only heal people who had faith that they could be healed. Those who did not believe were not healed even by Jesus Christ.
We can change our thoughts in an instant by giving everything to God. As ye believe so shall it be done unto you. Most of us require more than instant to let go and change our thinking, but it can be done in an instant if we can believe it. God's grace is immediate if we can but thrust in our sickle and reap because the harvest is ripe.
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