Reaching for a better thought -
Gary Trudeau & Doonesbury

A Gary Trudeau illustration. From the Law Of Attraction we know that our thoughts create our experiences. So how do we control our thinking?

Thinking's a bit like breathing. Clearly we can control how we breathe if we want to, but most of the time breathing is just something our bodies do automatically. Now think of a red rose. (Note that i could have said - don't think of a red rose - the we know that our thoughts are all important if we seek to create our own experiences. So how do we control our thinking?

Thinking's a lot like breathing. Clearly we can control how we breathe if we want to, but most of the time breathing is just something our bodies do automatically. Now think of a red rose. (Note that i could have said - don't think of a red rose - the effect would be the same). As Gary Trudeau suggests, controlling our thoughts is also possible.

So if our thoughts control our lives, and we can control our thoughts,
we can control our lives.

Easy - right? Wrong. Because just like breathing, most of our thinking is automatic. It's a function of a lifetime of experiences - positive and negative - learned habits and prejudices. Our brains (synapses) are literally hardwired to certain patterns of thought. That's the bad news.

The good news comes in two parts: Firstly - as in Doonesbury below, it is possible to control those thoughts for short periods.

Secondly, it is possible over time to re-wire those synapses and make your automatic thinking more in line with creating what you want.

This is the work we have to undertake. Once we master this, then we have in our hands the levers to order our lives and create whatever we can conceive.

Special thanks to Gary Trudeau and Doonesbury