Chapter 1, Entire Text
OUR THOUGHTS DIRECT OUR LIVES
As I write this book, we are quickly approaching the year 2000. As you read this book it may already be the year 2000 or beyond and we are now living in a new millennium. In any event, we live in a new era. We now live in a world with global communications, global economies, and the Internet. We are all connected to one another. I am writing this book to the whole, to the entire population of planet earth, as we are all truly one people. It is time that we begin to grow spiritually to keep up with our technology. Looking around at the messes that we have made on this planet, at the crime, at the violence, at the pollution, it appears that science and technology have advanced while man’s spirit has been diminished. I would like to help, to share a little bit of insight, to do what I can to help set things back on course spiritually. To do that, I must ask you to accept two fundamental principles.
The first fundamental principle of this book would be to understand that OUR THOUGHTS DIRECT OUR LIVES. Our own thoughts generate all of our emotions, both good and bad. Undisciplined, our thoughts can lead us into the very depths of despair and depression. Disciplined, our thoughts put us in control of our life. We can learn to discipline our thoughts and to focus our energy for good. Our focused energized thoughts can have a very real and a very powerful effect on other people and on events and circumstances.
The second fundamental principle calls for an acceptance of the concept that our THOUGHTS ARE COMPOSED OF ENERGY. When we have a thought it doesn't just tumble around in our heads and go nowhere. Our brains are constantly producing energy in the form of thought waves. Our thought waves are constantly being emanated outward from us in the form of electrical energy. Even our most private thoughts produce energy patterns which are transmitted out. Likewise, we are all thought receivers. We can receive and be affected by the emotional energy from other people. We can learn to guard ourselves against negative energy.
As we enter the new millennium and move ahead into the future, it is time that we learn to become aware of the power of our thoughts. We can all learn to direct our own future and to create a better reality. Our collective future, the future of our planet, depends on each one of us. Our future is in our hands. One individual at a time. We need to wake up spiritually and move ahead. Each of us needs to start by accepting full responsibility for our own lives and for our own emotions. Only after we have gained power over our own self are we ready to move forward and to evolve. Are you ready to begin the journey?