Michael Beckwith's quote from the secret

[MC Kejml]

Hi.

Today I thought about something interesting.

I'm working as an enterpreneur and sometimes I remember a close "friend" with whom I had ties in the past that kept telling me it's a bad job, most likely because he failed.
But then I remember my other friends that work at the company in different countries, remembering the positive things they told me and I have this whole different fulfilling feeling.

Michael Beckwith says in the secret that positive thought is more powerful than a negative thought. So can we basically negate negative thoughts by thinking positive thoughts in response, giving even more power to the positive side in the process?

[constantine]

Originally Posted by MC Kejml

Michael Beckwith says in the secret that positive thought is more powerful than a negative thought. So can we basically negate negative thoughts by thinking positive thoughts in response, giving even more power to the positive side in the process?

Yeah, absolutely.

Positive thoughts are a lot better ones to harbor. You know, a lot of people tend to dismiss positive thinking nowadays, but I still secretly believe it's very good and I love thinking positively!

Of course negative emotions and thoughts is not something that ever goes away, but I'm ok with having them too, they are essential for growth.

[Angela]

I don't really agree that a positive thought outweighs a negative one.

For instance, if a person thinks, "Wow, I don't have enough money!," thinking the thought, "Wow, I really do have an abundance of money!" doesn't tend to obliterate the first thought.

A thought isn't necessarily a belief or a way of being, either of which, I think, actually IS more powerful than a negative thought. Lots of people think thoughts they don't believe, or that don't inspire an effective way of being -- and then they wonder, "how come the law of attraction isn't working?!?" But taking on a belief or way of being can take more than just thinking a thought. It takes dynamic willingness -- the willingness to move yourself -- to Shift.

It's a good start, though!

[James81]

Originally Posted by MC Kejml

Michael Beckwith says in the secret that positive thought is more powerful than a negative thought. So can we basically negate negative thoughts by thinking positive thoughts in response, giving even more power to the positive side in the process?

I'm entertaining the idea lately that there aren't "negative" or "positive" thoughts.

To imply a that a thought is "negative or positive" actually seems to me like it gives it a lot more power than is necessary.

I'm trying on an "effective/ineffective" view lately. And I think that works better for me than deciding to judge my thoughts in terms of "positive" or "negative" or good or bad.

To me, it seems, there are thoughts that are effective (move me towards what I want) or ineffective (move me away from what I want or block me from what I want).

[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by Angela

I don't really agree that a positive thought outweighs a negative one.

Furthermore, it's all relative.

""Wow, I don't have enough money!" is an extremely positive thought, compared to something like "I'm broke, and useless, and stupid, and I'm going to kill myself now."

[Angela]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Furthermore, it's all relative.

""Wow, I don't have enough money!" is an extremely positive thought, compared to something like "I'm broke, and useless, and stupid, and I'm going to kill myself now."

Ohhh, ALG, you so often make me laugh out loud! I love you.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by James81

I'm entertaining the idea lately that there aren't "negative" or "positive" thoughts.

To imply a that a thought is "negative or positive" actually seems to me like it gives it a lot more power than is necessary.

I'm trying on an "effective/ineffective" view lately. And I think that works better for me than deciding to judge my thoughts in terms of "positive" or "negative" or good or bad.

To me, it seems, there are thoughts that are effective (move me towards what I want) or ineffective (move me away from what I want or block me from what I want).

In this sense, I don't think that "positive" and "negative" are necessarily judgements. Just as there are positive and negative ions (and it's the negative ones that make us feel good! ), there are thoughts that have us focusing on what we want, and thoughts that have us focusing on what we don't want. Again, neither good nor bad, right nor wrong, except as we make it so. In that case, "positive" and "negative" are simply shorthand descriptors of an evaluation, not a judgement.

but I think that there is kind of a habit of associating positive with good/right and negative with bad/wrong, and I agree with you that it can work well to examine that and deliberately try on something else.

[2achieveyourgoals]

Originally Posted by MC Kejml

Hi.

Today I thought about something interesting.

I'm working as an enterpreneur and sometimes I remember a close "friend" with whom I had ties in the past that kept telling me it's a bad job, most likely because he failed.
But then I remember my other friends that work at the company in different countries, remembering the positive things they told me and I have this whole different fulfilling feeling.

Michael Beckwith says in the secret that positive thought is more powerful than a negative thought. So can we basically negate negative thoughts by thinking positive thoughts in response, giving even more power to the positive side in the process?

What you have to do is focus on the positive outcome you intend to manifest. We all get doubts from time to time and to overcome doubt, you can start by being appreciative of what you have now and by showing gratitude. Positive thoughts have huge energy especially if they are accompanied by strong, positive emotions

[MC Kejml]

I'd like to thank everybody for their input. I'm beginning to love these boards.

[cortocabezas1111]

a thought is a thought.


who or what, decides if it's negative/positve?

[geniegal]

my hubby reverts to negative cynicism and I am the opposite, and I often say to him, that's fine you go ahead an dbe cynical bec uase my positive thoughts are more powerful than your negative ones. I put mor effort into them ,whereas his are just lazy thinking

what im finding is that the intentions i have a remanifesting for both of us...and he is slowly showing signs of LOA, eg yesterday i said 'we'll be debt free in 2 years' and instead of saying 'rubbish" he said "That's amazing" in disbelief but at least he agreed!

[seekng4truth]

. Im getting a lot better at this loa stuff. I watched the secret a year ago and went to about 6 different gas stations and bought 600 dollars worth of lottery tickets. ...thought I had it cornered. ...won a hundred bucks. LOL money is not the root of evil. ...greed and stupidity are. ... But I do know loa as truth, from all I actually Have. Its amazing to sit back and reflect on all I manifest. ...Its really literally like they say. ...mind over matter. ....That's the truest statement for me. Awesome. So for me positive is not necessarily stronger than negative as far as i think... i do however try to cancel out any negative thoughts that i cast out on the universe..lol... Im like .....no oooo!!!!!!! scratch that thought!!!.... oh /does that work by the way??