If the quality of
my thoughts can influence my physical health, the atmosphere around me and
my relationships, it will definitely affect my relationship with God.
Unlike physics in which dissimilar forces (positive and negative) attract each
other, the basic principle of spirituality is that similar forces attract each
other. If my mind is caught up in cycles of negativity, the dissimilarity
between me and God will create distance between me and Him. With the
awareness of being a soul, a being of spiritual energy, spiritual light, I begin
to have a certain amount of mastery over my own thoughts and their quality.
Also, the process of finishing negativity is accelerated. Just stepping away
from the limited consciousness of the body and bodily connections (not leaving
them) stops negative thinking in the same way as by just putting a switch on, a
light is turned on and darkness finishes.
If explorers had
never ventured beyond their home countries, they would have remained firm in the
belief that the rest of the world simply didn't exist. In the same way, if I
allow myself to stay only within the physical and limited sphere of thinking,
then I would declare that there is nothing beyond. It is when I make the
effort to go outside the boundaries of my previous thinking, that I have the
chance of discovering more. The quest for a source of love, truth and beauty -
the Supreme eventually brings me to the necessity of looking beyond not only my
own body, but also other human beings and matter itself. Through the practice
of seeing the self as an eternal soul and disciplining my mind I create the
possibility of discovering the existence and nature of God and having a deep
relationship with that One.
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