Positive and Negative Thoughts - How the Subconscious Really Works

Higher Selves Quote:mornings out of seven at the exact same time?
The Thought Form Body is an invisible body thatOr that you get a cup of coffee without thinking
contains realities that have been created throughbefore you start any project? Or that you put on
every thought generated by any individual at anyyour left shoe before your right one every
point in time. Within this envelope [energy field]morning? These are simple, repetitive habits that
dwells many different 'yous.' There is the 'you,' forare easy to see and are relatively harmless in the
example, who lives in this altered reality as anscheme of things. Of course, we all have deeper
actual energy identity who is poor, who has noand more complicated ones, so it is very
money. This altered reality has been created byimportant that we pay attention to all our habits.
you based on every thought you've projectedThese habit imprints work with Thought Forms to
dealing with a state of financial lack.reinforce our patterns. These two working
This altered reality that is the 'you' in a state oftogether are in part what makes it so difficult to
financial lack actually seeks to reinforce andchange things about ourselves with which we are
empower itself, the altered reality that it hasunhappy. The more ingrained a habit, the more
become. This then, quite outside of yourwe act on it and think about it. The thought form
conscious thought process, allows that alteredgains power and then manifests again - and then
reality to continue to grow and manifest itsagain.
power and its authority over you in the physicalOne of my habits for over ten years was to
form in the physical reality.sleep only three or four hours a night. Once I'd
Imagine what it would be like to hold on to everywake up, I would never be able to go back to
thought you have ever had from the firstsleep, resulting in chronic exhaustion. Fortunately,
moment you were born. Imagine that eachby doing the exercises that the Higher Selves
thought was actual energy that did not disappeartaught us, I was successful at changing this
but hung out in some energy field surroundingpattern, and those sleepless years are now a
you. And imagine that this thought energy haddistant memory. Now I sleep at least five to six
some magnetic qualities so that every type ofhours a night with few exceptions. I still wake up
thought you'd had over the years drew all othermany nights, but the difference is I go back to
similar thoughts to it, like magnets with the samesleep. Of course, five or six hours are not enough.
polarity. Then imagine that all these thoughts, orFortunately, I have continued to improve, sleeping
energy identities, have created actual alteredseven plus hours a night at least three times
realities in the space around yourself. And as youevery week. Habits can be changed, and you can
grew up, these energy identities, and the altereddo it too.
realities they created, became larger and largerThe Overall Picture
with each thought.Remember that we live as humans in a Free Will
To illustrate, let's begin with an example of howKingdom, that we choose how our lives unfold. If
thoughts create energy identities and how these,something happens that changes our thought
in turn, create altered realities.patterns for a day or week, we will empower
Perhaps you're someone who has focused ondifferent energy identities and habit imprints and
your weight throughout your life. Maybe as awill, therefore, manifest differently than we did in
small child you went through a chubby stage, andprior weeks.
sometimes people around you would suggest thatOne example many can relate to is the
you refrain from a second helping. At first youunexpected death of a young friend or family
paid it no mind, but then your consciousness tookmember. The new vulnerability we now feel may
it in. You began to think that you were biggermake us realize that we have been complacent
than your cousins and friends the same age. Youabout life. As a result, we decide to focus more
started thinking thoughts of needing to eat lesson preventing illness by eating healthy food and
candy and desserts. You found yourself ratingexercising. We also become more open to telling
how some friends or family members lookedour family every day how much we love them
based on their weight. The issue built slowly forand perhaps resolve to work harder to be a
you as you went through being teased in school.better person so that there are no regrets if we
As an adult, you've struggled with your weight,die young. Were we thinking this way before? No,
trying diet after diet with limited success. And allbut we are now. So our energy identities and
this time, you've been harboring thoughts abouthabit imprints are changing as a reflection of the
being overweight. These similar thoughts arechanges in our thought patterns.
magnetically attracted to each other, buildingWhat is more significant, however, is how often
thought forms such as "I'm too fat," "I eat toowe are determined to change only to find our old
much," "I'm a failure at losing weight," and/or "I'mhabits return. How many of us with great
unlovable because I'm fat." All these thoughtintentions find ourselves back in the same place
forms tirelessly develop an altered reality of yourwithin days/weeks/months? How many times
struggling with your weight.have we had to use the same New Year's
Thought Form Bodyresolution because we didn't accomplish it this
Thoughts of every type have created thoughtyear or the prior years? Why are there so many
forms in each of us. They come in all sizes-somenew diets on the market, multiple no-smoking
tiny and some huge, with many in between,aids, a myriad of solutions for depression,
depending on the degree of thought put intoinsomnia, etc? Why are there so many self-help
them. As the Higher Selves stated in the abovebooks? Because for all our grand efforts and
quote, the invisible envelope (energy field) arounddeep desire to change, we predictably find
us, the place where these positive and negativeourselves back in the same place, having made
energy identities call home, is the Thought Formlittle lasting forward movement. This does not feel
Body. It isn't actually a physical body but is insteadgood. There are reasons why change is so hard
held in an etheric energy field everyone carriesand there is more to it than just thinking positive
with them. It contains all the thoughts of joy,thoughts. Let's take a look at the Law of
fear, love, hate, hurt, illness, wealth, poverty, andAttraction.
ideas of the self, others, relationships, work, play,The Law of Magnetic Attraction Clarified
and on and on. All thoughts are held here,Higher Selves Quote:
magnetically attracting similar thoughts from manyThought forms are what carry the impact of
sources, thereby building and strengthening all ofwhat you will outwardly manifest. This is not a
our thought forms. They create all the alteredprocess that will be reached through affirmations
realities that live with us in our Thought Formor through consciously speaking words. For the
Body.process of thought forms is one that goes very,
Suspending disbelief for a minute, let's take this avery deep. Thought forms are carried from
few steps further by looking at how our mindlifetime to lifetime so that the buildup of these
works. Do we tend to think more positively or"altered realities" is very intense and very
negatively as we go throughout our day? Most ofpowerful.
you know the answer to this already.What exactly is the Law of Attraction? It seems
For example, if we wake up feeling good, havingto be the basis of many metaphysical self-help
had a good night's sleep, we might think, "Oh, Ibooks (including The Secret) and even has its
feel great today! I have so much energy; I'm sureplace in some religious teachings. Simply stated, it
this will be a good day." And then we go on ourposits that thoughts are energy and are magnetic
way and may never think of it again. Despitein nature. They attract to you situations and
feeling really good, we actually tend to spend littlepeople that match your predominant thoughts,
time thinking about it. Feeling good helps us focuswhether conscious or unconscious. The bottom
on the things we have to accomplish that day,line, therefore, is like attracts like. The more
resulting in thoughts geared toward thosepositively you think, the more positive your life will
activities other than the state of feeling good.be. Every individual is responsible for what they
But what happens if we sleep poorly and wake upbring into their lives. Is there more to it than this?
with a backache, headache, or stiff neck? Don'tYes.
we often express a litany of complaints about itThere needs to be more than positive thought to
to friends or co-workers? And if a repairman orcreate real change in your life. Of course, there
deliveryman comes by and politely asks, "How areare people who have changed their thoughts from
you," what do we say? If we feel good, we mostthe negative to positive, who have brought more
likely just say, "Fine, and you?" But if our neck stillgood into their lives than before. But what does it
hurts, we say, "Well, since you asked, I am havingmean for those of us who didn't find success by
a bad day, starting with..."thinking positively, yet worked as hard or harder
The tendency to dwell on the negative outweighsthan the others who did? What about those who
our tendency to think positively, and every dayachieved results but didn't recognize that what
we do so we strengthen those misery magnets.they got was either the exact right result (even if
This means that when we look at the balance orunexpected) or that it was only the first step in a
the ratio of negative energy identities to positiveprocess that would lead them to the final goal?
ones, the scale weighs heavily on the negativeWhat about the patterns that keep recurring in
side. This serves none of us well.life despite the efforts to change them? Or the
Drive to Manifestationemotional upheavals that make us behave in
Thought forms are soulless and mindless. Theyways we're not proud of?
lack consciousness. However, they carry theWhat has been missing in the prior teachings on
power of magnetic attraction. This magneticthe Law of Attraction is the fact that it has not
energy is working 24/7. In fact, it does not justbeen fully understood. The Higher Selves didn't
attract our own thoughts but all similar thoughtschange the Law. They explain how it works. And
from many sources, including other people. This isthere are two misconceptions that need to be
not a conscious act any more than an actualcleared up. The first one is that a positive thought
magnet consciously attracts. What is the result ofdoes not negate or replace a negative thought. It
all this attraction?only empowers the positive energy identities while
The result of magnetic attraction is that thethe negative ones remain to also magnetically
energy identities (and the altered realities theyattract negative situations, conditions and people
create) continue to build in strength. At the pointinto our lives. Because we harbor so much more
that they're strong enough, they manifest into ourof the negative, the positives we empower
physical reality. In fact, their sole purpose is tothrough our thoughts are still extremely weak
manifest. The manifestation process from all ofcompared to the powerful negatives.
our energy identities is what forms our outerThe second misconception is that even if you
expression or, in other words, our lives.never think a negative thought ever again, it
For example, if it is cold and rainy outside, wedoesn't mean that the negative energy identities
may think throughout the day that we have togo away. Once created, the thought energy
keep warm and dry so we don't get sick. We seeexists forever. Leaving those negative altered
ads on TV about various cold remedies, whichrealities in place is what makes it so difficult for us
remind us to check what we have on hand just into change. Whether negative or positive, the
case. We remember the time last year when weenergy remains in place in our etheric bodies as
got the worst cold ever and had to miss work.thought forms and habit imprints. When these are
Flu season is here and we plan to get a flu shot.positive, we can rejoice. When they are negative,
We believe that all schools are breeding groundswe are concerned with what we do about them.
for illnesses and have no patience for parentsWhat we must do is to neutralize the negative
who send their children to school with a cold. Weenergies to render them harmless and incapable
also believe that we are susceptible to everyof magnetically attracting anything that could hurt
germ with which we come in contact. In this way,us. Neutralizing the negatives and using that
we are empowering our illness thought form (oneenergy to empower our light is the key to
that we already have) over and over again. Andchange. Again, the Higher Selves didn't change the
what do you know? Despite all our efforts toLaw of Attraction but added details about how it
prevent it, we come down with a massive coldfunctions.
two weeks later and blame it on the time weThe Shift From Victim to Taking Charge
spent helping out at our daughter's pre-school.Once we accept that we are living in a Free Will
In fact, getting sick was a result of the alteredKingdom, and that we are making both conscious
reality of illness gaining enough strength toand unconscious choices that create our
manifest itself in our physical reality as a cold. Itexperiences, we can find our way to take
attracted the opportunity when you were askedresponsibility for what happens to us. So the shift
to volunteer to read to your child's pre-schoolgoes from blaming someone, something or some
class. This then triggered and empowered yourevent for our problem/s to looking at ourselves
beliefs (based on your thoughts) that you wereand asking, "Why did I bring this into my life?"
now exposed to the germs that you were"How can I change this reality?" Or "How can I
convinced would make you sick. And they did.prevent it from happening again?"
Isn't it just that colds are contagious? No. If thatThere is no judgment here. We are not all
were the case, every teacher, parent, andscrew-ups who just can't get it right. Instead, we
student who came in contact with children wouldacknowledge that we are all experiencing the
get sick. Each individual responds to each situationhuman condition. Everyone has challenges to face,
based on what thought forms he/she is creatingjoys to experience, moments of wonder and
for him/herself. That is why some childrenmoments of despair. What will be explained is the
teachers have perfect attendance and others areway to be actively involved in how your life
chronically sick or somewhere in between. Ofunfolds. There is no magic pill to take and
course, this process is more complex than I havepresto...you have changed. If it took years and
presented. But the basic principles are the same.lifetimes to develop our patterns, undoing these
Other examples are: If you have a large victimpatterns won't be instantaneous. However, with
thought form, it will magnetically attract conditionsconsistent effort, we can change our patterns,
that will make you a victim once more. If youfind what was hidden and untapped, and definitely
have a failure pattern, the thought forms will bringimprove our lives significantly.
in situations that will again result in failure. If youIn a year from now we will all be one year older.
bring in mates that make you crazy with theirWe can still be in the same place, coping with the
infidelity, the thought forms may keep you in asame issues. Or we can use the simple Higher
cycle of betrayal. Thought forms are the sourceSelf techniques and make this year and every
for the patterns we have in our lives.year a witness to us becoming much more of
Habit Bodywhat we want to be. We understand our
In addition to the Thought Form Body, we alsoconscious choices. And now we understand how
carry a Habit Body. The Habit Body is anotherour own thought forms and habit imprints,
invisible envelope of energy (field) surrounding usthrough the process of magnetic attraction, work
that contains imprints of every thought and everywith our conscious choices to create the outer
action. Thoughts create energy identities and habitexpression we call our lives. Someone else isn't
imprints simultaneously. And as the imprints ofcreating our lives. It isn't Mother Nature, your
similar thoughts get deeper and deeper, theyjerky boss, or a vindictive god picking on you. We
become our most ingrained habits. As we smokeare busy making and playing out our patterns
worry/procrastinate/and so on, the imprints/rutsconsciously and unconsciously, then, taking what
are reinforced again. In other words, the depth oflife gives us and handling it as best we can. Now is
a habit imprint in the Habit Body is relative to howthe time to be in charge but it is wrong to just
often we have thought the thought and/orfocus on the positive and neglect the negative.
acted-the deeper the rut, the more automaticThere are techniques available to enable us to do
and intense the habit. There are no energythe neutralizing we need to do. We are not
identities in the Habit Body, but the habit imprintsdoomed. We are not stuck. We are not
empower the thoughts and vice versa.powerless.
Have you ever noticed that you wake up five