“As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”
Thoughts Have Power, the summation of all your thoughts is the construction of your character. Every action created whether it was conscious or not is argued to be the result of your internal dialogue. “Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits.” Thought in the mind hath made us, What we are by thoughts was wrought and built. If a man's mind hath evil thoughts, pain comes on him as comes the wheel the ox behind....If one endure in purity of thoughts, joy follows as his own shadow.
Man has the ability to shape their destiny — so to speak — by cultivating “God-like” thoughts. This is because the cause and effect principle is not just the natural world, it is also of the mind. A noble and Godlike character is not a thing of favour or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished association with Godlike thoughts.
Man is made or unmade by himself, in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself, he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.
The mind is equated to a garden and the thoughts you sow are cultivated with reinforcement from your personal experience, discipline capacity, self-awareness and much more. The fruits beared by the garden are a direct result of a man’s mind. The garden can be prosperous or left barren.
Thoughts and our character are two of the same. And the character is the determining factor of how you perceive reality. You determine if the outcome is positive or negative.
A mind full of positive thoughts will produce great prosperous fruits but ones filled with fear, doubt, and impure thoughts will quickly be corrupted, degenerate and decay. Good or bad are the results of the patterns produced by your thoughts. “Make the fountain’ pure and all will be pure.” Treat your mind with as much attentiveness as you do to your physical health. An overwhelming number of negative thoughts such as envy, greed, perversion, malice, can be extremely detrimental for the body and “ rob the body of its health and grace.” You must practice contentment and follow a path of serenity and fulfillment. Anything less than that is the precursor for a self-made prison, your eternal state of suffering your hell on earth.
" To walk amongst the god you must walk a divine path "
Source - "As A Man Thinketh by James Allen"
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