Positive Thinking – Is It Just Too Simple?

One of the biggest arguments against the power of positive thinking is the staunch suggestion that: It’s Just Too Simple!

After all, isn’t it absurd to assume we can change things in the “real world” just by thinking happy thoughts? If you buy into the standard paradigm we’ve all been offered by the media, the “education system”, and social peer pressure, this makes good sense.

On the other hand, if we just open our minds up a tiny bit and really test the concepts of positive thinking, intentional manifestation, and law of attraction in our own lives, we find all the evidence needed to support further study. In fact, those of us who actively engage these methods may end up writing articles and books about the experience to help others follow our lead!

When Norman Vincent Peale wrote his best-selling Power Of Positive Thinking decades ago, he was severely challenged by public critics. His intelligence and maturity were called into question and people openly made fun of this crazy ideas expressed in his book.

However, within a few years many of the world’s best-known celebrities, politicians, and spiritual leaders were rallied behind the book. And these folks had come to their shift in paradigm by putting the suggestions of positive thinking and intentional manifestation to work in their own lives!

It’s worthwhile to recognize the fact that science isn’t even sure what the “real world” is! Solid matter has been determined to be vibrating energy, and the entire life experience my or may not even exist outside of receptors within the human brain!

Given these realities, it’s not outlandish (and in fact it’s quite logical) to assert that you and I can and do alter the nature of our world through focused intention. I urge any and all skeptics in the strongest possible way to study the virtues of positive thinking in application and practice a few sound methods for themselves over a period of just 9p days.

It is extremely likely that anyone who seriously engages such methods as visualization, confident daily affirmations, and even just trusting the greater good will soon become a believer in the higher mind and it’s ability to transform reality.

And for those who are simply unwilling to try it on before bashing the value of positive thinking, what are you so afraid of?

Setting Goals – Want What You Really Want

I wanted to drop another article in about goals because I think this is an infinitely important topic. Without clearly defined goals what do we really have in terms of excitement and challenge?

Most of us only focus on goals we believe are realistic, or reasonably within our grasp. But to achieve true success and happiness we must allow ourselves to dream about the things we really want, no matter how big these things might be. This article will help you move past your limitations and focus your energies on your highest goals.

Take just a minute to consider how you want your life to look five years from now. Think about your ideal standard of living.

How much money will you have?

What will you be doing for a living?

Where will you live and what will your home be like?

Will you have a mate or partner, and if so what will he or she be like?

Be as detailed as possible. Visualize every part of your life exactly as you want it to be five years in the future.

Once you’re done, review your vision. Are you allowing yourself to see what you truly want, or are you holding back because of the need to be “realistic”?

Here’s an easy way to find out if you’re being fully honest with yourself about what you want from life five years from now. Do the visualization exercise again, only this time pretend you could wave a magic wand and have things exactly the way you want them.

If you had a magic wand there would be no reason to limit your vision, right? So go ahead and see things the way you really want them to be.

If you don’t like the analogy of a magic wand, pretend you have made friends with a multi-billionaire who is willing to cut you a check for any amount so you can fund your dream life. If this were the case you could have pretty much anything imaginable so let go and really dream up your ultimate life.

Odds are your ideal life situation looked considerably different the second time you did the visualization exercise. By default most of us restrict ourselves when we set goals and/or think about how we want life to be; but it only takes a simple exercise to loosen these restrictions and envision the way we truly want things to be.

Another version of this exercise is to imagine how you would make your life if you were god. In this simulation you are able to cast aside any and all limitations because most people think of god as an unlimited being with unlimited power. Give this one a try and think about how you would create your life five years into the future.

Many times when people apply one of the tactics above they are shocked to see just how much they were limiting themselves before. This can be a great eye-opener that will help you remove limitations and restrictions you have been unconsciously living with.

And these exercises need not be used solely for visualizing the distant future. Five years is a great point for visualization, but you can use these liberating techniques for short-term goals as well.

Instead of setting a goal to lose five pounds, why not look at what you really need to lose and go for it? If you honestly need to lose 12 pounds then make this your goal and be confident you can do it.

Instead of wanting to make an extra $200 a month, why not find the figure that really makes you happy? Set your sights for $500, $1,000, or more!

You are the ultimate creator of your own reality. Science has proven that what appears to be the world around you is actually a series of signals and communications taking place within your brain. So there is absolutely no need to hold yourself back from wanting what you really want.

Be aware of the limits you automatically impose on your thinking over the next few weeks. When you catch yourself holding back, consciously let go and allow yourself to imagine things the way you really want to see them.

Over time you will recondition your mind to allow more expansive thinking. And before you know it you’ll be able to easily visualize your highest goals and thus begin to manifest them into your reality.

Other Recommended Reading

Here are the links to a couple of other articles you might find useful:

Getting Results With Affrimations

Finding Inner Peace Through Solitude

Getting Into Alignment With Who You Want To Be