The Power of Negative Thoughts...

I belong to a group of Throat Cancer survivors and they have this daily blog or list of comments from member that I read. These people have been thorugh a lot and you always get new people that are just going through it all. Lately, there have been a few newer folks that have been having a hard time with reality - both current and future. I wrote to them and wanted to post it here as it summarizes some good stuff worth considering, IMHO...

“The Thought Police”

When I ‘see’ people that have been through so much physically, ruining their lives, or whatever is left of them, by programming themselves to live in fear and be consumed by worry and concern, it just drives me crazy. Watching what you think can totally change your life and how much you enjoy it.

Every thought you think and every word you say, or even just hear, goes into your memory and is used as data for making all your future decisions. Each time you ask yourself a question, or think about doing something, all of that stored data is analyzed and weighed by your ‘internal computer’, resulting in an answer to your question or thought. And, to further complicate things, that answer is also stored as additional data for future use…

Now, if you constantly say or think negative things, or worry about potential bad things that could/might happen, or even allow yourself to listen to someone/something else constantly spouting negative/bad things, all of that information will affect you and your future, and will be the basis for all your future decisions.

I have always viewed the ‘Human Decision Computer’ as a balance scale - that starts with a big empty bucket on each side. When it is asked a question or given a thought to ponder, it goes through every piece of your past stored memory, described above, and put all related data into the ‘yes/good’ or ‘no/bad’ buckets on that balance scale. When it is done going through all your memory, the scale tilts one way or the other and you have your answer…

Back in the very early days of human life, the inputs and decisions were much more simple. The inputs were much more basic like sounds, sights, smells, instincts and the such, and the decisions were more like run, kill, hide, etc… Since then, we have continued to develop more and more complicated conditions and situations, but the ‘computer’ still works the same way as it always did - and always will. The problem is as it gets loaded up with more and more stuff, it becomes less and less efficient and effective and we tend to not trust and re-analyze the answers. If the cavemen had as much stuff to think about as we do, they would have been eaten long before they figured out it was time to hide or run…

The real problem comes when the ‘computer operator’, which is your consciousness, your ‘I or me’, if you will, is not watchful and controlling of what information/data is being accepted and stored in your memory. If it allows all sorts of negative and bad data to be entered and stored, then all the future answers will be influenced by all that bad and negative data. That will result in your computer producing bad answers for all the future questions. Allowing this process to continue, will end up with every answer being ‘no/bad’, and you ending up being like Howard Hughes, only a lot poorer…

So, to get to the point of all this… If you constantly allow yourself to think about bad or negative things or concepts, you will continue to ‘load’ your computer memory with data that will end up giving you bad answers based upon all that negative and bad data. For an example of this, If you ask yourself the question ‘Is it safe to, or should I, go outside?’ and you have been ‘worrying’ about all the bad stuff that could happen out there for weeks and months, you will probably get back an answer that you shouldn’t go outside – no matter how great the event or situation might be for you. Another example might be where you have worried a lot about how you talk, or if other people might stare at your ‘Laryness’, and ponder doing something or going somewhere. With all the stored worry and concern, you computer will probably tell you to not do it, as your ‘no/bad’ bucket will be full of stuff from all those past bad thoughts and worry.

The good news about all of this is that the more recent data has more ‘weight’ than the older data, so if one starts watching what they think, say and hear, and not allow in as much negative and bad data, over time their thought processes and decision processing will get better and more accurate, and more appropriate or true for them. Also, each time you do things that you are concerned about from all the worry, and have a good time, that good experience will help counterbalance all the previous negative worry in all future decisions.

Years ago, the “Power of Positive Thinking” was a big deal, and is a great concept I highly recommend, but I have found that the “Power of Negative Thinking” is what affects most people. Try to relish all the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff. The bottom line is that the more positive data, and less negative data, you have stored in your memory, the better your computer will work, the happier you will be and the more you will enjoy your life.

Go to your doctors, research all your concerns as needed, and do whatever you need to do to get all the REAL facts that make up your unique reality. Then, turn all that information over to your ‘computer operator’ and let it filter all the incoming information, thoughts and data, to be sure it fits, and is accurate for you. If you catch yourself thinking something negative, or hear something negative, mentally just say ‘NO, that is not for me’. If you do that, in a very short period of time, you will find yourself much happier, more free of inappropriate limitations and controls, and having much more fun in life…

Worth every penny you paid for it – and more…