Thoughts, Beliefs and Mind

Can you recall what your thoughts were after you watched a movie based on mystic powers or supernatural beings? Recall your thoughts after you finished watching Interstellar or Twilight or Doctor strange or Vampire Diaries. Did you not start believing in those ideas? Those concepts of Supernatural beings or Mystical Powers or Space-Time continuum, might not attract zilch of our acceptability, even for a moment, in normal times but they come across as ‘truthful’ after our ‘indoctrination’ in the three hours of the movie. However, this realization stays only for few minutes before our usual rationality dawns upon us. What happens during these hours of ‘indoctrination’ that makes us put our trust in to things that we otherwise consider stupid, irrational, untrue and at times childish?

Our Mind is a witch that changes our belief system through the spell of thoughts. You have control over what thoughts you give to mind and these thoughts ultimately change your belief system. So if you feel scared of some failures, if you could not muster courage to speak before ten people, if you couldn’t push the laziness out of your daily life, if you are not able to concentrate then only person to be blamed for this is YOU, because YOU didn’t give mind right thoughts to have the desired belief system.

The belief system that i wish to bring in the discussion is not even remotely related to religion. It is a set of intrinsic rules that our subconscious mind uses while responding to various stimuli of life. Your resilience in the face of defeat and your determination in the face of temptations is determined by your belief system. It is possible to manipulate your own belief system for your benefit and take control of your subconscious mind.

The process to condition your belief system is a three way process:

1. Feed right kind of thoughts

We live in times when each of us is exposed to myriad of information, ideas and thoughts. Television, mobile phones and Internet expose you to streams of random ideas and thoughts flying in your face every moment. Make it a point that only right thoughts have access to your mind. Right thoughts metamorphoses you into a strong character.

2. Feed right thoughts on a daily basis.

Remember negative thoughts can only be elbowed out not stopped. You will need to shove them off on a rolling basis. Best way to do this is outpace the flow of irrelevant thoughts with thoughts that complement and supplement your endeavors towards your goal. Read autobiographies, chronicles of struggles of achievers, interviews of those at the top echelons. Etch these things in your daily routine.

3. Act as soon as you have the desired belief system.

Actions cement the belief system procreated by mind through spells of thoughts. If your belief is not tethered to some real action, they are vulnerable to be sidelined by other undesirable belief. Actions define whether you fall in to a virtuous cycle or a vicious cycle.

You are who you believe you are. You believe in what, depends on what thoughts visit your head. We live in times when all kinds of ideas and thought literally fly around us every moment. Internet is one such thing. It is enigmatic, addictive and intoxicating. Whether you allow it to pander to your weaknesses and vices or you harness its energy to strengthen your positive beliefs, is in your hand.

Stay in control!