Thoughts
Don’t think anything you wouldn’t say to someone else. I don’t remember where I first heard that but the idea intrigued me, me and my over active imagination. I wondered what it would be like if my thoughts were randomly projected onto a billboard. Would I want the world to see my thoughts and inner world? Being aware of my negative thoughts was one of the first things I did when I started this challenge. It’s what I always come back to, what is in my mind today? My thoughts are the one thing I have control over, other people not so much, unfortunate but true. The truth is I don’t always feel that I have much control over my thoughts and that needs to change.
I decided to put my overactive imagination to work. I erected a large imaginary billboard on I85 during rush hour traffic then watched my thoughts as though the world could see them displayed in all their naked glory. It was interesting how quickly I changed my thoughts that weren’t very nice when I thought other people could see them. Try it for a minute, I’ll wait……. See what I mean? You get control of your thoughts pretty darn quick when you think the world can see them.
Now, you might think I’ve gone a little too far and you may be right but consider for a minute that most of the world’s major religions have a reference to being pure of thought. Buddha said, “What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind. Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts, but once mastered, no one can help you as much.” Buddha (568 ~ 488 BC)
I want my outer life and inner life to be congruent with each other. Really, it just makes life easier all the way around. I’m sure there’s a noble reason for it but I just want to make things as easy for myself as I can. The heart of the matter is that my inner life creates my outer life. In other words, be careful what you think. Duh!
Here’s what I did to make sure my thoughts matched the life I think I live and want to live. I installed a jumbotron projector,a humongous one, think Times Square on steroid. It randomly projects my thoughts for the world to see. And whata ya know, the negative thoughts that were there waiting for their turn on center stage of my mind simply disappeared.
The next time you see a giant jumbotron imagine if you will, that it is going to project your thoughts. Do you want the world to see what you’re thinking? They will soon enough because what you put in your mind comes out in your life. So, think good thoughts. Create a good life. The only person who can do that is you.
thank you so much Lisa, that helps a lot. I know he tried to blame me for so much stuff, but like I told all of his family and mine none of that added up to a divorce. I do realize it's his needs, it just hurts so bad to think how many years he's
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lol at your imaginary projected billboard. My mind is like a bad neighborhood, better to stay out of it!
My mind also has special magnification powers. It will seek out some small issue and magnify it intensely.
And I also think in stereo. Wrap around sound, in my mind.
I can’t control my thoughts. However I have learned to let them pass right on through. The meditation I use as I have frequently mentioned talks about being kind to the mind. About observing the thought without becoming caught up in the story of the thought. Personally I often observe that my thoughts consist of old tapes that have played in my head since childhood. Tapes like your story you told us about being told your selfish. Just old worn to the groove stories that have played in my head for my entire life.
Sometimes I feel so busy, and realize at the end of the day, I was just busy in my head. lol
Thanks!!!