From International Viewpoints (IVy) Issue 19 - November 1994
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Thought Inspired by...
... Judith Methven's 'Positive Thinking'(1)
By Britta Burtles, England
What a good idea, to consciously and with determination change one's
negative thoughts into positive ones. I tried it and it works. I have
always been a positive thinker, but had this little nasty thing:
Negative thoughts, or rather pictures, would just be there, uninvited
and unwanted. I would resist them and chase them away. Others would
appear. Now I just accept them and change them into positive pictures.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Judith Methven's whole article, as well as Leonard Dunn's basic rules
on positive thinking, make such joyful and invigorating reading that
I feel compelled to respond to them. Not only do I want to say 'thank
you' to both for their encouragement and invitation to 'think
positive',
but I also want to let you have my thought on the subject:
Out of chaos order was created, hence there is the physical universe.
This was brought about through the strength of pro- survival positive
thinking.
If we look around us we can also see that Man has created very many
beautiful and useful things on this planet, which are either of a
physical, mental or spiritual nature. All of those creations have
materialised through positive thinking.
LRH said: 'We are here (on earth) to work out our own salvation'(2).
We are knowingly or unknowingly
all working towards that goal. Positive thinking is one of the most
basic and at the same time simplest ways to work in that direction.
Negative thinking will not prevent us from getting there, but it acts
like a brake and slows our progress unnecessarily. I also count as
negative thinking such attitudes as cynicism and sarcasm, irony,
mockery
and derision and even what some call 'realistic thinking'. I believe,
the more all of us 'think positive', the speedier we can be 'healed'
and reach salvation, i.e. an existence in a more advanced,
non-physical
universe.
Whatever a person thinks, negative or positive, has an immediate
effect,
not only because it is often followed by an action, but because
thoughts
have a 'life' of their own; they colour and direct, they affect and
mainly they create. The more of a positive thinker a person is, the
more he will be in communication with his environment and able
to adapt it for his better survival.
Each positive thought is like a sown seed. If it does not germinate
now, it will at some time in the future. The important thing is to
give it life and send it on.
(1)IVy 15, page 17.
(2)In the filmed interview with a journalist..