Thoughts are powerful things. They have substance and impact. They lead to actions, which bring results. They are the building blocks of our lives. We literally create our experiences by the activity of thinking.A nineteenth-century scholar, Horatio Dresser, observed, ‘Thoughts or ideas are the most real things in the universe. They are the interior souls of things and the underlying reality of all outward and visible objects.

’We can take control of our lives no matter what is going on around us because we, and we alone, control our thoughts. They determine what we become, what we achieve and the way we see others. When our thoughts change, so do our lives.Thoughts come and go, but do you always make wise decisions about your thinking? Do you act only on your highest thoughts? When you understand the importance of right thinking and allow your thoughts to echo Creative Intelligence, you become a creative force and a force for good.Look behind the symbols and affirm the good in every religion. Train yourself to notice when you are thinking in symbols and metaphors and keep your attention on the real meaning.

91 The Law Of Vibration

There are vibrations in space related to the underlying energy and intelligence that holds the universe together. Everything is in vibration. Sound, light, energy, matter and thought are all forms of vibration.

Imagine tossing a pebble into a pond and watching the ripples spread out. What happens when two pebbles are tossed into a pond? Two sets of ripples spread out. Where they intersect, they create a variety of patterns.

Similarly, you continually send out thought vibrations. The mind is constantly radiating energy – and so does CI. It emits a constant wave of thought energy. Where the two sets of thought waves intersect, a pattern is created. This is how your world is formed.

Align your personal vibrations with the vibration of the universe, then you align with the very best life has to offer.

92 Thoughts Have Substance

Thoughts have substance. Thinking produces energy. The longer and more often you think something, the stronger the energy waves sent out. When your thoughts centre on higher things, your entire being rises to a higher rate of vibration.

Higher thoughts attract good into your life. You can think yourself into health, happiness, friendship and prosperity; similarly, you can think yourself into ill-health, depression, loneliness and poverty. If you think, ‘I can’t do it,’ you create ineptitude and inadequacy and your thought becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. (The antidote for this disempowering state is to affirm, ‘I can’, loudly and often.)

Negative thoughts are nothing to fear as long as you know them for what they are – not the truth, just thoughts, and swiftly replace them with higher thoughts. There is no reason to think that any negative thought reflects reality.

93 Get In Touch With The Power Of Your Thoughts

When you change the way you think about something, what you think about changes. Not just your perceptions of things change, but so do the things themselves. This is not conjecture, but scientific fact. Project positive thoughts into a glass of water, for example, and the energy it gives off measurably changes.

If you want to transform any aspect of your life, start by changing your thoughts about it. Decide the kind of world you want to inhabit and think the kind of thoughts that will draw it towards you.

Here’s a useful exercise:

Take a few minutes to sit quietly and contemplate the life you desire. Take a few deep breaths, close your eyes and relax. Feel the flow of energy within your body. Realise that all around you, everything is being conducted in perfect harmony and that the same power that maintains order flows through you, is available to you and responds to the energy your thoughts are generating.

Reflect on the fact that your thoughts, intentions and attitudes can create everything you want if you focus on thoughts of what you desire.

Now consider the changes you would like to make in your life. Affirm that you will make these changes, starting by changing your thoughts.