Cultivating A Positive Mental Attitude: Part 2

[ 0 ] April 20, 2009 | Anthony

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What You Sow Is What You Reap

I often wonder why more people don’t choose to think about the bright side of things more often. If what you sow is what you reap then wouldn’t it seem quite obvious that dwelling on the good that could happen in a life far outweighs the thought of dwelling on the negative?

If you sow good thoughts you can only reap good results; just as a farmer who tends his crop with love and devotion will reap a bountiful harvest. The results may not come in a way that you expected but the end result will always be the same; one that you benefit from. So many people get it all wrong though and the minute things don’t seem to be going their way they give up on positive thinking and sure enough everything heads south and then you hear ” I told you so”.

It all starts in the mind with your mental attitude. Attitude in fact, is everything!

The wise farmer surveys his land at the beginning of the season with a vision of abundance before him. He sees what is to come before him in the seasons ahead; it’s his vision that matters, not the barren land that is before him at that moment. The greatest lesson in the Law of Attraction is that thoughts become things. So it is safe to say that positive thoughts become positive things and negative thoughts become negative things.

Now do you see how important a positive mental attitude is? A positive attitude goes a whole heck of a lot farther than a negative one, and that’s without saying what could possibly happen when you choose this state of mind as one that dominates your thoughts throughout each and every day.

Dwell on the Positive

It’s just as simple to dwell on positive thoughts as it is to dwell on the negative ones. Notice how I stated simple and not easy; there is a difference. Simple means that it doesn’t take the brain of Christopher Langan to figure it out. Dwelling on the positive is not that easy though, meaning that it is going to take some effort. This is something that is going to take some work and you are going to have to take the time and be consciously aware of it.

This state of awareness is what is known in Zen as Mindfulness. It is a state of always being aware of basically everything that exist in the moment. So we can learn a lesson from Zen here and always be consciously aware of the thoughts that go on inside our heads. To consciously be aware of our thoughts is to be in control of what is going on inside our minds.

When we are aware of what is going inside of us we can choose what to think and in this case it’s positive thoughts. Be aware at all times of the types of things that are going on inside of your head and you will be heading in the right direction. Choose to dwell on the bright side of things. Think about what good can come out of a situation no matter what the case may be. Within every adversity there is the seed of a greater benefit. This is the absolute truth and I have personally experienced this throughout my life time and time again.

I can remember many situations in my life where I was faced with hardships and defeat but there was always a greater benefit that came out of it. It was only revealed to me after the fact and I then realized what had actually taken place. So now it makes sence to dwell on the positive of any situation and to see some greater benefit within. Expect the best and get it. May the wind will be at your back and the sun in your face.