| Let's consider the antithesis to this | | | | However, holding on to positive thoughts is |
| question. Does negative thinking work? | | | | challenging. When we are born we are encoded |
| | | | with the genetic material of our parents and, |
| Well, has there been a time when you have | | | | it has been proven, with the genetic material |
| worried unduly about something? Maybe you | | | | of our ancestors - that's a lot of |
| were worried about an exam, a driving test, | | | | hardwiring. We then grow up in an environment |
| an interview. Chances are that your worst | | | | where the values of our parents and or |
| expectations came into fruition and even if | | | | guardians are also engrained into us whether |
| you got the outcome you desired you | | | | it is 'information' that serves us in a |
| recognised that you could have performed | | | | negative or positive manner. Hence there is a |
| better had you not worried. | | | | lot of stuff to override. As Jack Canfield, |
| | | | puts it, |
| When we worry or have negative thoughts about | | | | |
| something we are not allowing ourselves to | | | | "We are a bundle of conditioned reflexes out |
| think constructively about how to achieve | | | | of control." |
| what we want. We focus all our energy on the | | | | |
| negative elements of a particular situation | | | | We tend to put a lot of emotion into our |
| and what we put energy into grows. | | | | negative thoughts compared to the emotion and |
| | | | energy we put into our positive thoughts. I |
| Dr. Kathleen Hall writes in her book A Life | | | | can have a negative thought and if I don't |
| in Balance, | | | | invest too much emotion into it then I |
| | | | generally don't have to worry about it taking |
| "Affirmations are positive statements we tell | | | | hold and manifesting itself. Unfortunately, |
| ourselves. Our mind believes what we tell it. | | | | we often invest a lot of energy and emotion |
| When you tell your brain positive | | | | into our negative thoughts and this simply |
| information, you are feeding your brain | | | | serves to bring our worse fears into fruition |
| extremely valuable food that heals your mind | | | | even faster. |
| and body...When you tell yourself something | | | | |
| over and over again, it gets recorded in your | | | | Conversely, when we say positive affirmations |
| brain; then your mind and body believe it and | | | | there can be an emotional detachment and a |
| you become what you have been telling | | | | lack of consistency in saying them. Also, a |
| yourself. A positive affirmation is a | | | | lack of evidence in our visible world may |
| self-fulfilling prophecy." | | | | cause our analytical conscious mind to filter |
| | | | and delete positive affirmations. Yet, if we |
| This statement represents half of the picture | | | | are able to overcome this challenge and hold |
| because when we tell our brain, meaning our | | | | the thought in our mind of what we really |
| sub-conscious mind, negative information, | | | | want irrespective of our current |
| when we repeatedly tell ourselves something | | | | circumstances then our outer world will |
| which is negative it also gets recorded in | | | | eventually catch up with our inner world. |
| the mind as if it were a true statement. | | | | |
| | | | To demonstrate the power of positive thinking |
| "A negative assertion is a self-fulfilling | | | | I'd like to go back to the 2006 Winter |
| prophecy." | | | | Olympics held in Turin, Italy. The men's |
| | | | Alpine skiing downhill race was won by 3 |
| I was chatting to an acquaintance the other | | | | times French champion, Antoine |
| day. I could see she was tense and she was | | | | Dénériaz. Dénériaz says, |
| complaining of having headaches. I asked if | | | | |
| she was worried about anything and she | | | | "...since time that I said myself, "One day |
| admitted that she was worried about a new job | | | | you will be World Champion, Olympic |
| assignment. Now she wasn't worried about her | | | | Champion..." |
| ability to handle the assignment; she was | | | | |
| worrying because she had this type of | | | | But Dénériaz was not expected to win. |
| assignment before and didn't enjoy it. She | | | | He had performed no better than sixth in a |
| was worrying herself sick and for no good | | | | World Cup race this season. The commentators |
| reason. | | | | and many of the other competitors all talked |
| | | | about how tough the course was. The course |
| "When you send your brain negative | | | | also was getting progressively more demanding |
| information, you are feeding your brain | | | | as the day wore on and more and more runs |
| anti-nutrients that harm your mind and body." | | | | were completed. |
| | | | |
| Take getting a promotion at work. If we focus | | | | Dénériaz was also the last of 30 seeded |
| on why it's not possible to get the promotion | | | | skiiers. None of this deterred |
| and focus on our limitations then that's what | | | | Dénériaz. He knew he had a job to |
| we'll put our energy into. The presentation | | | | complete plus there was champagne waiting for |
| and or interview will roll around, we'll | | | | him to drink. |
| perform poorly, lose the opportunity and tell | | | | |
| ourselves, "See, I knew I wasn't good | | | | You see Dénériaz had been applying the |
| enough!" "I knew I wouldn't get the | | | | power of positive thinking to the extent he |
| promotion." We may even blame someone else - | | | | was so confident he was going to win and |
| "The boss doesn't like me." "Bob is more | | | | become Olympic Champion he bought champagne |
| experienced than I. He was bound to get the | | | | to celebrate beforehand! |
| position." | | | | |
| | | | Dénériaz skiied beautifully and won |
| When we have these thoughts we give up our | | | | emphatically in a time of 1:48.80 stealing |
| power to influence change in our lives. When | | | | what had, until that point, looked like a |
| we accept that we create our reality then we | | | | sure gold medal, from Michael Walchhofer from |
| can choose our reality. We can become more | | | | Austria (1:49.52). Bruno Kernen of |
| aware players in this game called life. | | | | Switzerland was third with a time of 1:49.82. |
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| So if negative thinking works then, by the | | | | The top US skier, Bode Miller, said in an |
| Law of Polarity, the opposite must also true. | | | | interview afterwards, |
| As Larry King said in his introduction to a | | | | |
| special edition of Larry King Live aired | | | | "The way Dénériaz skied today, he was |
| recently called The Power of Positive | | | | pretty much untouchable." |
| Thinking where he interviewed Bob Proctor, | | | | |
| John Assaraf, Michael Beckwith, John | | | | That positive thinking works can be proven |
| DeMartini and JZ Knight, | | | | scientifically. You, undoubtedly, will have |
| | | | heard of The Science of Getting Rich and The |
| "Positive thoughts can transform, can attract | | | | Science of Being Well. Positive thinking is |
| the good things you know you want." | | | | "The Science of Getting What You Want". |
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