Thoughts create feelings, feelings create attitudes, attitudes create actions, repeated actions create habits, and habits shape our personality. Ultimately, our personality defines our destiny. In essence, we are powerful beings who craft our destiny through the power of our thoughts.
Many of us believe that thoughts just happen, often attributing their origins to external factors like our environment, people, and objects. However, this belief itself is a thought we create. We often forget that we generate our own thoughts every moment. We have the choice to create positive or negative thoughts, highlighting the need to be constantly mindful of the quality of our thoughts. Positive thoughts elicit great feelings and foster a positive attitude, leading to constructive actions. Repeated positive actions form good habits, which in turn create a stable personality. Stability helps us respond rather than react to external stimuli, allowing us to be more receptive to new ways of perceiving. The opposite also holds true. Thus, we shape our destiny with each choice we make in every moment.
Let’s consider an experiment. We often avoid taking responsibility for our thoughts by blaming the external environment. For instance, when a person we’ve had a negative experience with appears, we might immediately recall the hurt or pain from the past. This is just another thought we create. Such a thought makes us uncomfortable around that person because we generate negative energy based on past experiences, unknowingly recreating it through our thoughts. We have a choice in this moment. We can become aware of our thoughts and what we are creating. Instead, we could let go of the past and switch our thoughts from negative to positive, from weak to powerful. We can strive to be the change we want to see in that person. Rather than succumbing to past experiences, we can transform the current experience into a pleasant one by simply changing our thoughts. By replacing a weak thought of hurt or pain with a powerful thought of forgiveness, we can reclaim our power and feel lighter, rendering the external situation ineffective against us.
It’s natural for our mind to generate another thought that forgiveness is not as simple as it sounds. “How can I forgive in the spur of the moment for all that I have suffered?” In this moment, if we recognize that we’re creating this thought, we can use our awareness to transform it. We can create a new thought: “Let’s experiment by being powerful in this moment. Let us embrace peace and empower ourselves with the virtue of forgiveness—there is nothing to lose.” These are new thoughts we create to experiment with, to see if we can create a new reality right now. The results become evident in our feelings, determined by our choice of thoughts. Positive thoughts empower and uplift us, while negative thoughts disempower and drain our energy. With the powerful thought of self-transformation, we experience an expanded self, open to new realities. Conversely, weak and negative thoughts of hurt and vengeance lead to a contracted self, confined to a shell of victimization. Always remember, we get what we create.
With awareness and practice, we can learn to take charge of ourselves by transforming our thoughts. This process of experimenting with thoughts to create a new reality not only makes us aware that we are the co-creators of our destiny but also gives us a sense of direction and the freedom to choose our path. This independent choice carries the responsibility of our actions. We learn and grow from our choices, knowing we can change our route at any moment if we wish to experience a different reality. We are our own masters, even as we concede control to destiny. We navigate the entire journey ourselves and still claim destiny is driving us.
“Let’s meditate upon our thoughts and own them to bring about a change from the inside out. The outside is merely a reflection of our inner state.”
With Love,
Vandana
Village 