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Post by ezpzy on Mar 7, 2013 17:02:20 GMT -5
This thread serves as a reminder of thoughts that lead me to a positive frame of mind. Some of us want to know "why?" while some of us want to know "how?". I am going to start with suggestions from Emmet Fox, one of my favorite authors.
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Post by ezpzy on Mar 7, 2013 17:15:25 GMT -5
HOW TO OPEN YOUR MIND
Have you an open mind? Is the window of your soul open for fresh air and the sunshine of truth to come in, or is it closed and shuttered by mental laziness or the emotional congestion that we call prejudice?
None of us knows how many fine things we have missed through being self-satisfied and cocksure. No one can be considered really intelligent who does not have a readiness to examine new ideas with an open mind.--Emmet Fox
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Post by SoCal on Mar 8, 2013 16:10:15 GMT -5
“If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
¯ Terry Pratchett
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mercurytheatre
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Post by mercurytheatre on Mar 8, 2013 19:56:10 GMT -5
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Mar 8, 2013 20:08:31 GMT -5
SoCal Timmy
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mercurytheatre
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Post by mercurytheatre on Mar 8, 2013 20:19:53 GMT -5
"The world is full of reasonably nice people. They go through all the motions of home and family, but there is no genuine love or emotion involved. There is an imitation kind. They are unconscious practicing hypocrites. They are stunted in a way they don't and can't recognize.
If I had to nail it down, I'd say that people go around with the unspoken, unrealized conviction that nobody else in the world exists, really, except as...bits of stage dressing in the life role that they are playing." -John D. Macdonald- (...after a fashion...) I offer this quote as it reminds me of who I do not want to be...and who I prefer to be.
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ezpzy
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Post by ezpzy on Mar 8, 2013 20:26:10 GMT -5
"The world is full of reasonably nice people. They go through all the motions of home and family, but there is no genuine love or emotion involved. There is an imitation kind. They are unconscious practicing hypocrites. They are stunted in a way they don't and can't recognize.
If I had to nail it down, I'd say that people go around with the unspoken, unrealized conviction that nobody else in the world exists, really, except as...bits of stage dressing in the life role that they are playing." -John D. Macdonald- (...after a fashion...) I offer this quote as it reminds me of who I do not want to be...and who I prefer to be. Perfect for this thread.
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mercurytheatre
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Post by mercurytheatre on Mar 8, 2013 20:27:30 GMT -5
"The world is full of reasonably nice people. They go through all the motions of home and family, but there is no genuine love or emotion involved. There is an imitation kind. They are unconscious practicing hypocrites. They are stunted in a way they don't and can't recognize.
If I had to nail it down, I'd say that people go around with the unspoken, unrealized conviction that nobody else in the world exists, really, except as...bits of stage dressing in the life role that they are playing." -John D. Macdonald- (...after a fashion...) I offer this quote as it reminds me of who I do not want to be...and who I prefer to be. Perfect for this thread. ezpzy
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Post by ezpzy on Mar 8, 2013 20:35:37 GMT -5
HOW TO BE UNHAPPY
Sit down quietly where you are not likely to be disturbed. Relax the body--and begin to think about yourself. Every time your thought wanders to something higher, bring it back gently but relentlessly.
-----Think about the past. Think over all the mistakes you have made, going right back to childhood. Think over all the opportunities you have missed and the time you have wasted. Especially think of all the occasions upon which you have been badly treated. --Emmet Fox
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mercurytheatre
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Post by mercurytheatre on Mar 8, 2013 20:43:52 GMT -5
This Emmet Fox is clever...and very wise.
Thank you!
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Post by SoCal on Mar 8, 2013 20:57:31 GMT -5
“The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”
¯ Malcolm S. Forbes
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Mar 8, 2013 23:26:53 GMT -5
^^^
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Post by ezpzy on Mar 12, 2013 16:45:47 GMT -5
HOW TO CHANGE EXPERIENCES
Since you are a mental being, you will see how foolish it is for you to endeavor to improve your conditions by altering your environment while leaving your mind unchanged. To attempt this is to foredoom yourself to disappointment. Mind is cause, and experience is effect. If you do not like the experience or effect that you are getting, the obvious remedy is to alter the cause and then the effect will naturally alter too. --Emmet Fox
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Post by SoCal on Mar 12, 2013 20:22:26 GMT -5
“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.”
¯ Mahatma Gandhi
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Mar 12, 2013 20:33:16 GMT -5
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SoCal
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Post by SoCal on Mar 12, 2013 20:34:33 GMT -5
If ONLY I could be THAT good.
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Mar 12, 2013 20:41:38 GMT -5
I don't even try because there would be no fun it it, but it does sound good.
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Post by SoCal on Mar 12, 2013 20:48:56 GMT -5
I suppose it's a good thing to have something to shoot for.
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Post by ezpzy on Mar 14, 2013 19:08:36 GMT -5
“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.” ¯ Mahatma Gandhi Thanks SoCal for the idea for the next post.
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Post by ezpzy on Mar 14, 2013 19:24:36 GMT -5
HOW TO THINK POSITIVE
One of the great mental laws is the Law of Substitution. This means that the only way to get rid of a certain thought is to substitute another one for it. You cannot dismiss a thought directly. You can do so only by substituting another one for it. If I say to you, "Do not think of the Statue of Liberty", of course, you immediately think of it. If you say, "I am not going to think of the Statue of Liberty", that is thinking about it. But if you become interested in something else, you forget all about the Statue of Liberty--and this is a case of substitution.
When negative thoughts come to you, do not fight them, but think of something positive. Turn your attention to something quite different.--Emmet Fox
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Post by Aeryn on Mar 14, 2013 19:46:38 GMT -5
I suppose it's a good thing to have something to shoot for. Or shoot at.
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Post by SoCal on Mar 14, 2013 20:06:25 GMT -5
HOW TO THINK POSITIVEOne of the great mental laws is the Law of Substitution. This means that the only way to get rid of a certain thought is to substitute another one for it. You cannot dismiss a thought directly. You can do so only by substituting another one for it. If I say to you, "Do not think of the Statue of Liberty", of course, you immediately think of it. If you say, "I am not going to think of the Statue of Liberty", that is thinking about it. But if you become interested in something else, you forget all about the Statue of Liberty--and this is a case of substitution. When negative thoughts come to you, do not fight them, but think of something positive. Turn your attention to something quite different. --Emmet Fox I find when I read your posts that I only get them HALF read, because my eyes keep straying over to the cutest yawning kitten I have ever seen!
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Post by ezpzy on Mar 21, 2013 19:36:50 GMT -5
SoCal, your stories about your cat led to the selection of my avatar.
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Post by ezpzy on Mar 21, 2013 19:46:49 GMT -5
HOW TO RECOGNIZE YOUR DUTYIt cannot be your duty to do anything that is beyond your reach or your strength at the moment. ----It cannot be your duty to do anything that sacrifices your own integrity or your own spiritual development. ----It cannot be right to be hurried, or sad, or discouraged, or angry, or resentful, or antagonistic, under any circumstances. ----If you have no time for prayer and meditation, you will have lots of time for sickness and trouble. --Emmett Fox
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Post by SoCal on Mar 21, 2013 20:49:51 GMT -5
SoCal, your stories about your cat led to the selection of my avatar. “Minds are like parachutes: they only function when open.” ¯ Lord Thomas Dewar
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Post by ezpzy on Apr 7, 2013 9:47:28 GMT -5
HOW TO SEIZE AN OPPORTUNITY
There is nothing in the universe that you cannot do or be if you are mentally ready. People speak of golden opportunities but what we call opportunity is really our own mental readiness.
---Supply the necessary mental condition, and the demand, the opportunity, or the occasion, will present itself automatically.
---When you are ready, you will find that everything else is ready too. --Emmet Fox
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Post by ezpzy on Apr 15, 2013 18:14:41 GMT -5
HOW TO DESTROY YOUR HEALTH Get emotional and excited over every trifling occurrence, especially if it is no concern of yours. Eat and drink indiscriminately. Your stomach is only a sink, anyway, and being made of cast iron, will stand anything. Never relax. That would give the body a chance to recuperate. Take good care of your [pet] but neglect your body.
***Your body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit --Emmet Fox
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