I have been on a mission as of late to think positive. That's not to say that I don't expect the occasional mishap to happen or bad feeling happen. Obviously I would love for others to benefit from positive thinking also. In any case. I don't want people to think I'm impervious to the occasional disappointment; or be disappointed when I might be down for a little bit. I think only a sociopath would appear happy all the time.
I was looking into positive thinking when I came across "The Secret". I had read "The Celestine Prophecy" when I was in my twenties, and it proved to me what I had already known. The idea was that we are all connected, and that thoughts indeed create our world around us, and there are no coincidences. This all came back to me after I had lost a lot of what I held true for many years. Then we watched "Cloud Atlas" a couple of months ago... Flooded with past memories in which I had learned all this "Celestial" knowledge years ago, I was back on my mission to investigate my world. Immediately I was drawn to my own religion. And after that coincidentally "The Secret" and now I'm back to teaching my family the power of thoughts, and integrating it with my religious knowledge.
In my twenties it felt like I had to have either one or the other. But this time when I have been studying what I already knew a new knowledge came over me. That my own religion was teaching what all these books were going over. Mine wasn't the only one either. They were going over all this information in a secular way for everyone to understand. I didn't feel that this was a bad thing. Some people are completely shut-off to religion for whatever reason. But the secular way of thinking this shouldn't be split off from the religious masters at all.
The idea is that if you ask the universe for something, fully expecting the universe to answer you will receive whatever it is what you want. You just need to be positive and thank the universe every day for what you already have and the universe will make ways for you to get whatever else you want.
Religiously you are taught that if you ask God in full faith knowing He will answer your prayers God will guide you to whatever it is you need. You should always thank God and be grateful for all that you have. Through Him all things are possible.
I have prayed many times for guidance. A lot of those times I was lost because I had traveled off the path I needed to be on. I prayed for obvious signs to point me in flashing lights to the road I need to be on. EVERY time I have prayed for this, my prayer has been answered by missionaries from my own church. Missionaries show up in one form or another. A couple of times it was literal missionaries that were called to serve in such a manner to bring people to church. Another time it was a couple of internet sales people that were former missionaries that worked with my future husband (which I also prayed for).
I don't want people to think I'm foolish. Or, that I speak with an ignorant and child-like faith. I have been down those broken roads that lead to a dark empty field. I have barely escaped the brambles and wild animals. I pet the wild bears thinking they were friendly, only to have gotten bit while feeding them. I have been there. I have been hurt, taken advantage of, used. And the biggest thing that I have learned from all that is to find that path again, and say, "Now what?"
It hurts me when I see others that I love and they are miserable. I tell them that all you have to do is change your way of thinking, and they think I don't understand. Of all the people to understand, I would think they would know I understood. I just want to share the happiness with others, and let them know all that life has to offer. If you don't want to subscribe to a religious training or thought or discipline, then just KNOW that you are in this life to love and to be loved. And to want and to have. Not to suffer and be hurt and in pain. Just love life and life will love you back.
