Dr. Robert Anthony of http://www.ManifestingSecrets.com is one of my favorite teachers and mentors so I want to share another of his articles: You Become What You Think About Have you ever tried your hand at building – building something? Well, I suppose that every one of us is building every single day of our lives. We are all busy engaged in building our consciousness during every waking hour. We are building a structure of attitudes, actions and reactions. The building we do is invisible and silent, and consequently it is probably overlooked by most of us. Nonetheless, it’s probably the most fundamental and most farreaching activity in our whole life, this building of our state of mind and our attitude. Every single one of us is building our consciousness all the time, although we are not even aware of it. Hour by hour, minute by minute, we are building good, or socalled evil, failure or success, happiness or suffering into our lives by the thoughts we think the ideas that we harbor in our minds, the beliefs that we accept, the scenes, the events and the conversations that we rehearse in that hidden studio of the mind. The actors that get into that hidden studio of your mind are those that will play out the drama of life for you. The drama of life is rehearsed in the radio studio of your mind and what appears outwardly is simply the presentation of the drama that you have rehearsed day by day, all unknowingly, building the script into your consciousness. The building, this consciousness, this fateful edifice, upon the construction of which you are always busily engaged, is nothing less than your Self- your true SELF, your personality, your identity on this earth, your very life story as a human being, the central core of YOU, is that which you are building. Now, if you are wise, if you are intelligent, if you exercise more common sense, you will, in the light of what you now know, build positively, and constructively. You will begin to take concern for that which finds a home in your mind. You will be concerned about the thoughts and attitudes that become the actors, rehearsing the drama of your life. Supposing you were gong to put on a play. You wouldn’t go and find the least capable people that you could find to act in it for you, would you? Of course you wouldn’t. You would go and find the most capable actors that you could locate. Let this be so in the radio studio of your mind. Bring into your mind these actors that can do a good job – love, kindness, security, faith, courage and wisdom. Give these a home in the studio of your mind because what gets your attention, get you. You become what you think about. ________________ By Dr. Robert Anthony from his ebook - 50 Ideas That Can Change Your Life - included with his highly recommended Rapid Manifestation Program

Hi, Linda, Another interesting article but once again this tunnel vision that only the sweet and pure is good for you. I'm sorry, but I find this nonsensical. Unless you are going to go through life blinkered to the ill effects of an overdose of 'happy clappy' thoughts, they are going to sneak up on you and drag the whole edifice, you are trying to build, to the ground. With the best will in the world, it is impossible to always think what you choose to call positive thoughts. Nobody in his/her right mind is going to tell me that they never consider that thought 'What if......' Anybody who is able to convince themselves that bad things do not happen and do not need to be planned for is in for a very rude awakening. I don't know what Robert Anthony is a Dr. of but he is certainly much too selective in his ideas to be considered as a good guide. "love, kindness, security, faith, courage and wisdom. Give these a home in the studio of your mind because what gets your attention, get you." Really? If you think very carefully and honestly, you will recognise that these actors are taken for granted. They are taken for granted because they have no power to motivate. Put 'lack of' in front of each of these qualities and, suddenly, you have got a very powerful motivator rather than the apathetic sense of comfort you would otherwise feel. Positive thinking can be dangerous - it denies challenge (after all, how can a 'positive' challenge you - it can only stultify and and make you complacent) and destroys the need to achieve. To achieve, you have to acknowledge a lack - or is that too obvious?

Hey Art, I am going to respectfully acknowledge your right to your opinion. Blessings.

Hello Linda, WoW, very interesting on your first post here Linda. I think this is a great article and Thoughts and Additude do play a huge role in how life is and becomes for you. Everyone is in control of there decisions, what they want, how to do it,consiquences,rewards, and knowing and living reality. High spirits and avoiding the gloom and doom emotions will bring better successes to your world. Thank you for this topic Linda. I enjoyed reading and posting. Hugs!!! Your Good Friend,

Hi Linda, Thank you for your post. It seems that some people are trapped in the negativity that they perpetuate. Their narrow minded (negative) thinking creates a cloud that doesn't allow them to see the sun. Please keep up the inspirational postings. They are very much welcome. Even if not everyone gets it. Trying to convince people to see the light usually doesn't work. At least not in the short run. I believe there are karmic reasons why people would rather embrace the darkness than move into the light. Still more lessons to learn. And those lessons will be sent. Some do not learn right away. But that is OK. They are here to teach us the value of living a conscious and loving life. There is much value in that... Keep up the good work. I always enjoy and benefit from your forums and posts! Your friend, Tom :-)