You should NOT believe everything you think! More people attempt suicide or take their own life every year than are killed by wars, criminals or terrorists combined.
We are raised from birth to crave stimulus and are indoctrinated to seek instant gratification. The world we live in is a clear reflection of this from drug and alcohol use, in foods, TV shows, movies, magazines, pornography, music videos, in the news and talk shows we listen, our, shopping experience with its advertising and packaging, all scientifically produced targeting human emotion, desires and needs.
We have lost the ability to maintain control over what we see, hear, smell, taste, touch, and most importantly, how we think. Others predetermine most of everything we do without our knowledge. You are unwillingly dictated to by your thoughts, but you are also free to change them.
Thoughts become perception and perception becomes a reality, so alter your thoughts to alter your reality (William James).
The world we live in is ONLY a reflection of our minds. There are two ways to stop thoughts from controlling you. First, learn meditation (objectively observing your mind’s thoughts focusing on ‘non-stimulants’ for an extended period daily). Live in ‘zen-type’ moments with mindfulness and awareness.
Your thought path can ONLY go two places, either a constructive or distinctive route. Being aware of this path can change how you perceive things and alternately how you live your life.
Having an awareness of the structure of your thoughts will lead to an ability to control your state of mind and predict positive outcomes. You can learn to predict which thoughts direct you toward calmness, serenity, or high focus over stress, anxiety, and anger. Awareness can only occur if the mind is given enough space to process thoughts absent from distracting external stimuli.
Secondly, restrain your mental and physical input. You are what you think, so the negative inputs you allow to enter your mind will always lead to unhealthy outcomes.
We are responsible, as individuals and caregivers and role models to others to feed our minds with selected input. That input, if selected wisely, will produce a desirable mental environment in which we can start to understand our mind to gain control over it
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