The Power of Thought

The power of thought, your thought, and the change it can create in your life

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Hello and welcome to decide on Joy, relatively new podcast about new thought ideas and principles and how to put them to work in daily life. We're at Harmony Spiritual Center in Fort Worth, Texas. And I'm Jim Kovalt. And my name is Reverend Dr. PJ Stanley. And we're gonna be talking today about the power. Of thought, the power specifically of your thoughts and the power that it has in your life. So we are, as Jim said, we are gonna be talking about new thought principles. So lemme just briefly say that new thought just means the ability to change your mind. And the principles that we talk about here are really about universal laws that apply to everyone, to all. So that's what we'll be talking about, how to change your mind about a number of things in your life and utilizing consciously. Universal Laws of Living. So welcome to the podcast. Okay. And an, an initial question. So what does the power of thought mean in this context? Okay. So we simply, we as human beings go about our lives having a multitude of thoughts in our lives all day long. Just should I take out the laundry? I forgot to pick this up on my, on my, trip to the grocery store. Just thoughts, thoughts, thoughts? All the time. So I'm not talking about these random thoughts that have no meaning. I'm talking about the thoughts that we have in our lives that do have meaning, such as I'll never get that job. I'm simply not good enough. I, oh my gosh, I'm way too fat. I'm way too thin. Whatever those things are that were, nobody ever says that, by the way, but I'm just, that's a, okay. But I'm just talking about the thoughts that we think that actually influence the what turn, what comes into our lives we call manifestation, but that's just about the physicalness of your life. So I'm talking about the power of your words to actually be creative in your life and to create the life you're living. And so how does that actually work in concrete terms? Okay, so in concrete terms, it works like this. And I'm gonna give you a specific example. If you have an idea or a thought about money and it not being enough, like you'll never have enough. If there's some thought in your mind where you think that it's better for for you to have no money than to have too much money because rich people don't live a spiritual life. None of that is true. None, none of that is true. It's only true based on the, the validity that you give it. But if you say that you you know you're not okay with money, then you'll, you'll be broke. There will be no money coming your way. And if it does come your way, you, it immediately leaves. If you want to have more money in your life, you have to get comfortable with having money and say things like, no money is a way to show love. If I have more money, what I will do is spend some on myself and live a better life and spend some in service to others. So there's. Things that you, we say to ourselves about what we believe and the things we say come from what we believe. The question is, where does what we believe about life? Where does that come from? Yeah. And so if you have one of those Overriding thoughts, say that one about money, I don't deserve more money, or that yes. Or I don't deserve to have a relationship or, or whatever. How do you replace that thought? Right. So here's what, when it comes to universal law, what I'm talking about are, it's like the law of gravity. The law of gravity works. Doesn't matter who you are. If you step off a building, you're going to go down. The reason why we talked about not being able to go to space was to, was we weren't sure at that time how to escape the gravitational pull because gravity works. No matter who you are, no matter how tall or short or thin or the color of your skin, doesn't matter. There is no emotion around the, the idea of, or the law of gravity. There's no emotion around the, around universal laws, which are the laws of thought. So. If you think something like, I'm not worthy of money. I can't, I will never be able to have more money because I'm not worth having that kind of money, the universe just says, yes, you are right. That's all. It doesn't judge your thoughts. It simply replies to your thought in what you get in your life. So if you wanna change that, you have to change your belief about money and change what you say about money. And you can say. Something that you could actually believe. So if you say something like, no, I'm going to win the lottery. Can you really believe that? So that's not a real good way to start. A good way to start is, I deserve more money than I'm getting right now. That's a good way to do it because you can say something that your mind and heart can believe. If you are not making enough money on the current job that you have, let's say you could say something like. I deserve to be making more money for this job. I'm good at it. I work hard at it, and I deserve more money. If you believe that, then things will start coming your way that allows that to happen. Either a promotion on the job, some ideas about come your way about other jobs that are pretty much the same thing, but pay more. The universe gets busy showing you how to have that come into your life. So the part about believing it is, is. Mm. Critical. It's a critical part. I think if you say that new thought and, and you may actually genuinely think it, but if underneath there you're still feeling like you can't have it right or it's not gonna happen. Right. Or even if, oh, but what happens if it doesn't? Right. It's not. As I understand it, you're correct. That's not gonna work. You're correct. I mean, we're essentially talking about the law of attraction here. That's exactly what we're talking about, the law of attraction, law of focus. But you know, any performer knows, you can't go into a performance thinking, oh, what if I forget my lines or Correct? What if I skip a verse in the song? Or what if my voice cracks and you can't? These are perfect, perfect examples. You can't go in thinking that because that's exactly what will happen. Right? That's exactly what will happen. So you, I, I'm thinking your question is how do you change your belief? Or how do you understand even what your belief is so you understand what your belief is by what's coming into your life. So if you, you know, if you, if you say that you want more money, but you're not getting more money, or if you say, I don't wanna get off the money subject.'cause let's say something else. If you say you want better relationships, but you keep getting the same kind of relationship, that doesn't work well for you, then you have to start asking yourself. What do I believe about relationships? And just sit down and start thinking about it and talking to yourself. What do I believe about love? What do I believe about getting a good man or woman or whatever you're looking for, whatever the perfect partner looks like to you. What do I believe about the ability to actually draw that into my life, that person into my life? What do I believe about it? So if you come from, let's just say. You come from a family of divorce and in your life you've seen not just in your family, but just around the people that you are, what you, that you are around all the time. What you see is people start off seemingly loving each other and they're all joyous, but within a year or two, it hits the fan and no one's happy. And they start doing things that won't help the relationship and finally end up getting a divorce. If that's your history and that's what you see, then maybe your belief around love is that it actually doesn't work. So you have to start looking at why is it that I believe what I believe about love and relationships, or whether it can last long term. And why? Why do I believe that? And what's an example of something that's the opposite of that, that actually does work? And so you start convincing yourself number, number one, letting go of a belief that you have that you don't want to be working anymore in your life because you do want a good relationship. So I want to let go of the belief that I have that's stopping me from having the relationship that I want. But you have to first identify what belief it is around love and relationships that you have. Meaning you have to get brutally honest with yourself about what you really think, not what you're supposed to think, but what you really think. And once you do that, you stuck and what you feel and what you actually feel because it's about what you think and what energy is around it. And when I say energy around it, it's like if I say, oh, I can have love and my heart is singing and it, and it's agreeing with me, then that is what you believe. But if I say, oh, I believe I can have the love of my life, but your heart is kind of like heartburn there and you're not, you're not really feeling that. Then that's the energy around it and it's a negative energy, which means you don't actually believe that, but you can change your beliefs. You can. So does it help to, your example there you're talking about, and so what you have seen involved divorce or, or whatever, right. And. You need to replace that with something else. So you need some other image, some other story. Some other story that you could put in its place. Correct? Yeah, correct. Some other story. And you Here's what I, here's what I know. You wouldn't want it if you didn't already have another story. There is another story there that says Love can work. So focus on that though. You just talked about the law of attraction, which is what we were talking about when you decide to, to say yes to something and you start to get is possibilities. Jobs start to show up or people kind of. Started coming to you and saying, Hey, did you know about this? Did you know about that? All of those things that will support your new idea. There's also the law of focus and concentration, which says what you focus on grows. So if you're focusing on love doesn't work. You're right. Love doesn't work. But if you focus on, you know what I do know, I know several examples of love working that have people have had great long-term relationships. You're right. Love does work. So what are you focusing on? Yeah. And there there's a potential dark side for one of a better word here, that if you, you do that work and what you're wanting doesn't appear or doesn't appear at the time you felt you needed it, then. There's that tendency to feel guilty about that, that it's your fault that you're not doing it right. There is that. There is that. And so, and I, the underlying question that I hear you asking is what do you do about it? If the, if you are trying to change what it is you've been doing and you're doing the work to change your mind, to actually figure out what your belief is, to now to adopt a different belief. And it still doesn't appear to be working. You have to redefine or think about what does it mean to say something is actually working because it doesn't go from a to Z. Right. If you are changing your idea, and I'm gonna go back to money because it's, it's easy to see if you change your mind about money and you say, you know what? I do deserve to have more money in my life. And you start saying that, and I say the things that I'm trying to change or what I want to go into the next level of my life, I repeat to myself regularly. I don't just. Repeat it or say something, say what I want randomly, or say it, you know, once a month. Or when I, when I realize, oh, it's not happened, then I try to say it again. Now you start to think about those things and you repeat what you want in your life on a regular basis. That's about the focus of what it is that you want. I forgot where I was going. What was the question? Oh, it was about the potential guilt factor. The, the, I'm not doing this right. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. And so, so back to it, it doesn't go from A to Z was my original point. And so you start to see the little things that are changing. So if you said, I. I don't have the money that I deserve, and now you're focusing on the law of concentration. You're focusing on actually life is abundant and all that I need flows to me. You can use those words. Then you'll start seeing someone just comes up to you and say, Hey, you know what? I realized? I realized your birthday was last week and I forgot about it. Here's 50 bucks. Do you want, like, you know what or maybe a, a check comes in the mail and, and this has happened to me. A check comes in the mail because there was some refund that I was supposed to get some time ago and never got it. Just little things start showing up. Someone will come to you and say, Hey, do you know there's a huge sale on that shoes that you wanted? They're like 90% off. And there's some in your size. So, so, so the little, so the little things start showing up to show you the truth that you're now affirming that the universe is abundant and all that I need flows to me. So I ask you that when you decide to say something, to change a belief, and to start focusing on that, start looking at proof. That that is actually happening. Start acknowledging the proof that that is actually happening, and then you'll start looking over time. Oh my gosh, my, this actually happens to me now. I look at my bank account and I'm thinking, why is this so much money in here? I'm, I'm really, seriously, I am. I'm spending, I'm spending more than I used to, and yet there's still more in here. So it's not like a oh, I don't know, like I think it's an Aladdin's lamp or somebody's little lamp where they just kept pouring out the oil, but they kept on, it's not the biblical thing, but they just kept pouring out. Money or pouring out water and, but the, but the vessel never got empty. It's that idea. It's that idea that you keep, the more you believe and focus on what it is you want, the more it begins to appear. But what we have to do is acknowledge it's appearance and then your expectation of it appearing grows. That's another universal law that we'll be talking about. The law of expectation, what you get. Is what you expect to get. Yeah, and I think, I think that's probably coming up in our next podcast. It'll be coming up and we can end this one there and we will end it. So thank you so much. So, you know, as you're going about your day, think about what you're thinking about. Okay. And stop thinking about what you don't want.