Thoughts surely maketh a man. Most of us have always believed that our actions are governed by our thoughts. We tend to shake our legs nervously when we feel restless, we pace up and down when we are anxious, so on and so forth. But it's actually the converse that's true. Our mind is governed by our actions.
Our mind as we know it is a repository of thoughts and feelings. It doesn't have a mind of its own. It is but a dumb warehouse and retrieves only that information that we ask it to retrieve.
The attendant of this warehouse is a very dedicated and dutiful employee and tries his best to please his master, that's us.It goes out of way to serve our whims and fancies.
When we are feeling low, it retrieves sad thoughts, paints gloomy pictures in the mind, taking us deeper into that depressed state. it retrieves all information stored in it over the years from experience and learning that matches our mood.
It would remind us of times we have experienced such sadness. it would bring back all memories of loneliness and abyss. These thoughts would then start multiplying and in no time hog all mental space leaving no room for positive feelings ultimately affecting all our other motor activities (our actions).
On the flip side, if we are feeling happy, it would retrieve all happy thoughts from the repository bringing back all happy memories it can find in the warehouse. Just like gloomy thoughts , happy thoughts too multiply many times over at mind boggling speeds and occupy our entire being. The result? No marks for guessing , it reflects in all our actions.
Try observing people around you and try guessing the mood they are in. Happy people seem to be in control of everything they do. Their actions and movements are well calculated.While people feeling low tend to be clumsy, forgetful and nervous.
Such people try hard to hide their feelings but the harder they try, the more they seem to fail that aggravates their postion further.Imagine, if these people knew that the root cause of their suffering is their mind which is not a whimsical, unpredictable weirdo but a servile handyman.
If you get up telling your mind ,'Its a lousy day'. It is going to be a lousy day for you, indeed.
Your mind, your docile, eager-to-please manservant would soon produce 1001 reasons for it to be a lousy day. The weather would be either too hot or too cold, your neighbour would ignore you, your spouse would be in a bad mood, your boss would cancel your upcoming vacation.
But if you decide to make each day a pleasant experience, so it will be.Period.
After all, as i said ITS ALL IN YOUR MIND.
As soon as you decide its going to be yet another wonderful day. Your mind would furnish the same number of reasons to make you believe there can never be a better day in your life.You would feel grateful to be alive, thankful to God for the wonderful family that he has given you, the perfect health that you have that makes it possible for you to enjoy all the wonders of the world.
Just a small thought , but think about the difference it could make to you and to the world around you. The magic of your thoughts would not only be constrained to you but would also affect the people you would meet.
Just think about the way you speak with your spouse or your parents when you are in one of your bad moods. This behaviour sets their mood for the day too. If you greet them pleasantly, they too would start their day on a happy note.
I remember reading about a guy who would greet each and every person he met on his way with his best smile. On being asked the reason, he would say it was his way of makng a difference to the world.
His friend asked him one day , "What difference can a small smile make to the world? you could smile to say, maximum 50 people on your way to work. How does that matter when there are around a million in our city alone ?" Our guy in the meanwhile was smiling to a pretty lady round the corner who was obligingly returning the favor by bowing graciously. He then turned and said to his friend, " If that lady happens to be a school teacher, her class is in for a good day".
That's the power of a small happy thought :-).
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vxplor said...
I have often read and wondered about the powers of mind but this blog portrays it all so beautifully that that the answer to our whims and fancies seems so obvious.
The best part is that "who am I", the mind, body, heart, soul or a complex combination of them all, this thought still tickles me and brings a smile on my face. :)
March 16, 2007 2:47 AM
Vibin said...
A very Matured Statement put forward using a good selection of words and exemplified with simple but deep facts. Concisely, it talks about mind control and the extent to which it might have any kind of influence over individuals.
Makes every people sit and think for a while bout the conception mentioned and on the second go, the solvent for the same.
Espousing the Ideas/Facts mentioned in the Blog, agnizes us to handle our thoughts in an intelligent way—in the knowledge of what they really are—and put our attention on our true Self. Gradually the mind will come under our control and become our instrument making us the master.
A very deep and matured thinking by a Fille. Good job Aditi.
March 16, 2007 3:48 AM
Daman said...
Seems like Adi is thinking about another career option.. writing!!
She did a great job indeed in expressing some simple facts of day to day life which most of the people dont even notice... the power of mind!!
Ten good things going on in life and suddenly one bad thing spoils the day... leave others, I myself forget all those ten and go down with the only one. But then there are the days when everything is going wrong but there is one thing that helps me survive... helps me get out of the dark. I guess it just depends how my mind is functioning on a particular day :-)
Agreed.. Its all in the mind. But sometimes this mind is a bit too powerful to control..
March 16, 2007 9:27 PM
akshay said...
The most beautiful thing I have ever come across.... Reason .... it is so very close to what each and every one of us come across... No exceptions whatsover. The biggest enemy and the closest friend of us are we ourselves. It is we (the mind) who decide which one to choose.
There are a lot of problems , which again persists in different forms , but the solution to all these problem is one... The way we (our mind) take it. If we want 5 to be 5 , believe me it is , and if we don't, nobody , and absolutely nobody can force us on that. This article has hit the ROOT of the solution to our everyday fuss, and of how beautiful one's day can be, in the worst of scenarios, if taken in the right way , the right attitude .....
A beautiful casting of one's thought into words ....
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