Thoughts Design our Reality

Negative thinking was destroying my whole being. Thoughts are so powerful they can change the way you see yourself and the way you see the world. The average person has over 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. Did you know that over 85% of those thoughts are negative? 95% of those negative thoughts are repetitive. Researchers say that we are only conscious of 5% of our thoughts. That means that 95% of our thoughts are from our unconscious mind.

Our unconscious mind is considered to be our self-talk mind. Our unconscious thoughts are said to be hidden from our awareness or suppressed from the conscious mind. One of my favorite speakers, a Biologist Dr. Bruce Lipton, who is known for his role in epigenetics and his book The Biology of Belief, and more, talks about reprogramming the unconscious mind. He says that from the time we were in utero until 7 years old, our unconscious mind is formed by our environment. This is the most important stage of development. This is the stage that forms your inner voice. Taking time to listen and understand your inner voice takes a lot of patience and practice.

When I decided that I was tired of feeling down all the time, that I didn’t want to feel all the uncomfortable negative emotions anymore, so I decided to make a change. I started with my thoughts. I started a thought journal and did my best to be mindful of every thought that made me feel bad in any way. I did this also with every thought that felt good also. This was not an easy task for me, I have been diagnosed with ADHD and the mind I have learned is hardly ever silent.

In my thought journal, I noted the negative or positive thought how many times it repeated. I recorded how that thought made me feel and for the negative thought I wrote down the positive opposite. I made it a point to automatically reverse every negative thought with a positive until it became involuntary. I called it fake it till I make it because honestly some of the negative self-talk you have said so much that you truly believe it so it can be hard to believe the opposite at first until you have said it enough times to yourself you start to believe it, It took some time to see results but it shifted other areas of my life also.

I started noticing negative messages within the music I listened to, the shows I watched, the things I read and even the signs I saw around me. This pushed me to be more mindful of what I allowed in my environment. I started researching this idea and came across Binaural Beats. Which I found helped me if I listened to them while I slept. I found certain sounds to bother me or even make my body ache while other sounds felt good and helped me sleep. I only listened to sounds that felt good because well I didn’t want to feel bad right. I found this blog very useful for explaining binaural beats and how to benefit from using them. https://mindfithypnosis.com/about-binaural-beats

As I continued changing my thoughts I learned about Dr. Emoto was a pseudo-scientist who believed that human consciousness could affect the molecular structure of water. Dr. Emoto's book The Hidden Messages of Water where he spoke both negative or positive words to water; he then froze the water to form ice crystals. He found that positive words made beautiful crystals where negative words made cloudy murky crystals. He also experimented with written words, pictures, music, and more. I believe his study really helped me understand just how bad negative vibes affect our body which is made up of 70% water.

https://thewellnessenterprise.com/emoto/

I continue to be mindful as much as possible of my thoughts. I do my best to keep a positive outlook on life. This process is ongoing for me and it takes time to the results but I have noticed a huge change in my entire life since I began this process a few years ago now. I went from struggling with addiction, no job, legal issues, and no real expectations of making a good life for myself to a brand new life. Today I am no longer on illegal drugs, I finished probation, I have a decent job and I just earned my degree in Business Administration and plan to continue my education. I know that had I not redirected my thinking I would never have been able to pull myself out of my own pity party. I would not have had this topic to share with others and I hope that this finds someone who can benefit from this blog. Today I may not be there yet but my life is changing daily for the better. Great things are ahead and I am excited for what’s to come.

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Ending Questions

Life can be challenging. What challenges have you overcome and what got you through it all? If your life was a book, what would your title be? What would your cover design be? What is your story?

I appreciate every comment or opinion you have to offer to get the motivation to write more. On top of my two jobs and three kids I am doing everything I can on the side to raise money for a personal private life situation I am going through. I am trying writing and creating designs for print on demand. Donations or subscriptions help greatly but even a comment is appreciated Thank you so much for reading.

By Lindsey Dillard