“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”—Leo Tolstoy
I could give you four quarters for a dollar or you can get the change yourself.
A Panda's Journey
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”—Leo Tolstoy
I could give you four quarters for a dollar or you can get the change yourself.
Do you ever get carried away in thinking about what other people are doing?
I don’t do that, but! – I’ve found out that a lot of people actually spend their entire lives watching & talking about other people, while never living their own life.
What a life!! haha…
But I’m not actually laughing…
This article is a reminder to myself to — Although others are living their lives watching & talking about other people, To NOT be one of them on the sidelines watching & chatting, but to actually BE in the game.
Be Live. Be in the Action & Create while everyone else is on the sidelines watching & talking about you & I, The Creators. The ones who choose to live & live fully.
So, let people talk. It’s what people do best! Let them watch us as we continue taking action, creating, playing, living.
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer the negative elements in your life, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy!”
— Dale Carnegie
Overthinking is one of the root causes of inaction.
The best way to overcome this is to just take action.
If your thoughts & feelings are holding you back from taking right action, it’s time to break on through to the other side.
You do this, like Nike says, by just doing it.
Everyone feels fear.
Everyone worries.
But in this moment, it’s time for right action.
Sometimes high,
Sometimes low,
Like clouds above,
They come & go; our feelings.
Actions break through that ceiling.
& up we go once again.
With our actions.
“Compare yourself to the gears of your automobile. In reverse place all fears, worries, troubles, aches, and pains. And when things goes wrong simply put on the brakes. Idle your engine until you can clearly see the road ahead.”
“All that a man achieves, and all that he fails to achieve, is the direct result of his own thoughts.”
“Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.”
“The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.”
“Look at things not as they are, but as they can be. Visualization adds value to everything. A big thinker always visualizes what can be done in the future. He isn’t stuck with the present.”
You have the power to change your life by changing your thinking.
Is it easy?
No, here’s Goethe:
“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”
It may be one of the most difficult things to do, but it can be done.
Da Vinci, Einstein, Buddha, Jesus, Shakespeare, Bruce Lee, and countless others have spoken on this truth.
You have the power, but it requires responsibility:
“You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think.”
― Marianne Williamson
You may have heard “with great power comes great responsibility” but looking at the state of the world we can all see this isn’t true.
What’s true is that great responsibility leads to great power, which begins with taking responsibility for your thoughts. Da Vinci defined this truth as “Science”.
Your world won’t change until you change your thinking.
How?
Begin by thinking about your ideal life.
What does it look like?
What’s your financial situation?
How are your relationships?
What’s your living situation like?
How is your health?
Visualizing your ideal life plants seeds into your subconscious mind, which when repeated begins to manifest in the physical world.
When a thought arises that doesn’t have to do with your ideal life, change it. This is humankind’s superpower, “giving birth to evolution” Einstein said.
Disciplining your thoughts is a practice. The more you work on it, the stronger your mind becomes, the more in control of your life you become.
The path of your best life awaits you, what are you waiting for?
Get to it.
1— “Identify yourself with your aim in life, and do not permit any person, place, or thing to deflect you from your inner sense of peace, tranquility, and radiant health.”
2— “Do not let others do your thinking for you. Choose your own thoughts and make your own decisions.”
3—“Your mental attitude, i.e., the way you think, feel, and believe determines your destiny.”
4— “Every cell, nerve, tissue, and muscle of my lungs are now being made whole, pure, and perfect. My whole body is being restored to health and harmony.”
5— “The suggestions of others in themselves have absolutely no power whatever over you except the power that you give them through your own thoughts. You have to give your mental consent; you have to entertain the thought. Then, it becomes your thought, and you do the thinking. Remember, you have the capacity to choose. Choose life! Choose love! Choose health!”
6— “Once you understand that you do not have to accept them, choices open up for you.”
7—“Choose to believe that something good can happen and is happening now. Your greatest power is your capacity to choose. Choose happiness and abundance.”
8—“Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happen in your life.”
9—“Never finish a negative statement; reverse it immediately, and wonders will happen in your life.”
10—“The way to get rid of darkness is with light; the way to overcome cold is with heat; the way to overcome the negative thought is to substitute the good thought. Affirm the good, and the bad will vanish.”
11—“As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment.”
He brings up Bible verses:
12—“Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. MARK 11:23.”
13—“Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. MATT. 21:22”
14—“You must choose happiness. Happiness is a habit. It is a good habit to ponder often on Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report..”
15— “All of us have our own inner fears, beliefs, opinions. These inner assumptions rule and govern our lives. A suggestion has no power in and of itself. Its power arises from the fact that you accept it mentally.”
16— “Every thought is a cause, and every condition is an effect.”
17— “You grow old when you lose interest in life, when you cease to dream, to hunger after new truths, and to search for new worlds to conquer. When your mind is open to new ideas, new interests, and when you raise the curtain and let in the sunshine and inspiration of new truths of life and the universe, you will be young and vital.”
18— “The American philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, said, ‘Man is what he thinks all day long.’”
19— “As a man thinks, feels, and believes, so is the condition of his mind, body, and circumstances.”
20— “The process of all healing is a definite, positive, mental attitude, an inner attitude, or a way of thinking, called faith. Healing is due to a confident expectancy, which acts as a powerful suggestion to the subconscious mind releasing its healing potency.”
21—“Though invisible, its forces are mighty. Within your subconscious mind you will find the solution for every problem, and the cause.”
22—“Remember, you are spiritually recharged during sleep, and adequate sleep is essential to produce joy and vitality in life.”
23—“Know that in your deeper mind are Infinite Intelligence and Infinite Power.”
24—“Your mental attitude, i.e., the way you think, feel, and believe determines your destiny.”
25— “Over ninety percent of your mental life is subconscious. If you fail to make use of this marvelous power, you condemn yourself to live within very narrow limits.”
26—“Look at your fears; hold them up to the light of reason. Learn to laugh at your fears. That is the best medicine. Nothing can disturb you but your own thought.”
27— “If you have indulged in fear, worry, and other destructive forms of thinking, the remedy is to recognize the omnipotence of your subconscious mind and decree freedom, happiness, and perfect health. Your subconscious mind, being creative and one with your divine source, will proceed to create the freedom and happiness, which you have earnestly decreed.”
28— “Remember, it is the world within, namely, your thoughts, feelings, and imagery that makes your world without.”
29—“Just keep your conscious mind busy with expectation of the best.”
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“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
— Einstein
Einstein said imagination is the preview of life’s coming attractions, and imagination comes from within.
Our minds generate imagination, but are we doing the generating?
We are.
Our thoughts are shaping our future.
“Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”
— Buddha
So how do you begin training your thoughts?
Begin by thinking about the life you want.
Check out this 3-Step Process to learn more!
Sending Thoughts&Love Your Way.
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
— Einstein
“Those who fall in love with practice without science are like a sailor who enters a ship without a helm or a compass, and who never can be certain whither he is going.”
— Da Vinci“It has long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
— Da Vinci
“The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.”
— Stephen Hawking“I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street.”
— Stephen Hawking
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.”
— Einstein“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
— Einstein“Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.”
—Einstein
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“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
— Buddha“Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”
— Buddha
*“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”
— Goethe“As you think, so shall you become.”
— Bruce Lee
“The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included. It’s like the root of a tree. All a tree’s fruit and flowers, branches and leaves depend on its root. If you nourish its root, a tree multiplies. If you cut its root, it dies. Those who understand the mind reach enlightenment with minimal effort.”
― Bodhidharma“The human mind is our fundamental resource.”
— John F. Kennedy“Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried.”
— William Shakespeare
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt“No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.”
— Voltaire“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
— Steve Jobs
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—you’re right.”
— Henry Ford“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
— John Locke“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.”
— Romans 12:2
“17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
20 That, however, is not the way of life you learned 21 when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
— Ephesians 4:17—24“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
― James 5:16
“16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
―2 Corinthians 4:16-18“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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Ask yourself:
—“What does my ideal life look like?”
—“What does my ideal job look like?”
—“What do my ideal relationships look like?”
Continue this process of questions in each area you want to improve in.
It’s one thing to contemplate your ideal life, but when you write it on paper or a word doc, it enters the physical world and plants seeds into your subconscious.
Your mind is like a garden, what you put into it is what will grow.
I have experienced this first-hand, “coincidentally” brushing shoulders with giants again and again. Affirm it daily. The more you affirm it, the more it will manifest.
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.”
—Buddha
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
―Thomas Jefferson
“If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.”
―Paramahansa Yogananda
This process is extremely effective in manifesting a life of your choosing. It’s simple yet requires great responsibility.
Some say “With great power comes great responsibility,” but it’s more like “With great responsibility comes great power.”
Great spiritual teachers spoke of this.
Great psychologists spoke of this.
Great philosophers spoke of this.
&Great scientists speak of this.