Mind Chatter - The Key To Becoming
life seemed to mirror those chatterings in my head, it dawned on me that it was possible that I was actually drawing these situations by allowing my mind to broadcast all that garbage. I knew I couldn't stop the chattering, but I had learned that I could drown it out with the use of mantras and affirmations. When I worked at this some amazing things happened. My situation in the outer world began to shift from one of dire hopelessness to one of hope. People began to show up that wanted to help me. Programs began to appear that were beneficial to my recovery. It's not that these people and programs hadn't existed before this, it is just that I was now becoming aware of them.
The more aware I allowed myself to be, concerning programs, individuals and processes that I could benefit from, the more I was able to take advantage of them. It didn't take long for me to realize that I did have power over my life and that I could make a difference in what happened to me by shifting my thinking. Of course this is not a new idea, physicians and psychologists, ministers and pop philosophers have been touting the benefits of positive thinking for over a half a century. Nevertheless, there is no experience so dynamic as the one where you discover a possible truth and then utilize and prove it for yourself. Still, I had a lot to learn. Yes, positive thinking works, but it can also be a trap.
An old Chinese proverb, loosely translated, warns: "Beware of those who say they talk with the Angels, for following in their wake are a host of devils." Another proverb, from the Ancient Teachings states: That which you oppose gets stronger. In order to fight negativity, you must declare war on it. When you declare war on something you give it the power to win. I was discovering that I had more power over my life than I thought, and yet I was giving my power away to the very thing that I was trying to overcome. I was feeding it, not only with my thinking, but with my fears concerning it. To truly utilize the power within myself, I had to learn to stop seeing things in black and white. I came to realize that as I judged something I gave it the power I judged it to have. That power came from yours truly. I fueled my own battles! I was the one who decided, for me, how awful the thing I was struggling against was.
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