Power of thinking

One of the bigger problems affecting life’s happiness and health is emotional balance. The energies of life need to be always or at least as often as possible, in balance to create harmony without which there can be no health. Emotions such as anger, hate, jealousy and even judgment cause imbalance in the energies and therefore the chemicals that control our well being.
It is usual to blame others for the way we feel, ‘he made me do this’, ‘what he said hurt me’, but we rarely consider what we do to hurt ourselves or others. Just think for a moment about gossip. You know what that is, talking about someone or something which may be of interest to others.

The central point of gossip is that it has to be interesting. It doesn’t have to be accurate but it does have to be interesting and so when a piece of information comes our way and we have reason to believe no one else has the information there is a need to pass it on. It is a way of showing our importance. We have been given some information, no need to check the facts or observe the ’don’t tell anyone else rule’ what we have been told we believe to be true, because we want it to be true. We also have information of our own to add to this interesting news, opinions, which again we believe to be accurate and so pass on our opinions as facts, this is gossip.

What has this got to do with health I can hear you asking. It has everything to do with health because at some level of our awareness we know that what we are repeating or judging might not be correct. Now we are out of balance. The spiritual side of our awareness will be in direct conflict with the emotional awareness. We will be thinking about what we have been told or heard and building our own thoughts into it, thoughts of jealousy or anger and the hundreds of other emotions we are capable of exploring.

These thoughts have a power of their own, an energy which is destructive. They are destructive because they are in direct conflict with peace and happiness and as they become stronger the energies which are so essential for full health begin to break down. Those parts of the body responsible for clearing out rubbish will begin to malfunction. Extreme anger will begin a breakdown process in the area of the liver or anything associated with it. Any relationship difficulties will show in the colon area of the body, a feeling of being trapped will often cause kidney problems which is why housebound cats have kidney problems. Every emotion has a part of the body which it claims as its own and any thought which is out of harmony with love, understanding and truth will cause emotional imbalances within our physical selves.

But this is not the end of it. Thoughts, as I have indicated, have a power and that power will be directed at the main subject of the thought. If we are thinking badly of ourselves we suffer the energy of the thought but if the thought is directed at another, especially with force or over a long period of time it will have a destructive effect on that person. Surely this can not be so difficult to understand. We have all experienced the force of anger, either as a child or an adult. It physically and emotional hurts, it is physically damaging. We absorb it and then without realising pass it on in what we think is anger of our own. These energies are in conflict with peace and happiness, in conflict with balance and harmony which is so essential for full health.

People pray for the health and happiness of loved one, they are directing loving thoughts to those they care for. This is distant healing, if your thoughts can heal over a distance they can also kill.
What you think is important, not just to yourself but to others. When you have other people in your thoughts you are directing those thoughts directly at them and because they are not aware of your thoughts they have no way of protecting themselves. People pray for health and happiness, for themselves and others. Be careful what you think because every thought you have is a prayer, for better or worse.

Malcolm S. Southwood