"THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS"

by Donna Stellhorn

Thoughts become things.  This simple statement is a powerful concept.  It's based on the idea that anything that exists was first a thought in someone's mind.  The chair you sit in, the meal you have for dinner, the clothing you're wearing, all was first a thought.  But there may a scientific explanation for this concept.  Physicists like Einstein and Bohr and other very bright quantum mechanics scholars tell us that all matter exists as both a wave and a particle.  Think about that for a second; all matter is both a wave and a particle.  Sounds very much like our thoughts (the waves) really can become things (formed by particles). 

I know many people who act on this principle, that what they think and say will come into being.  And so they do affirmations and positive thoughts to bring about a positive reality.  And I think that's great.  However I had seen these same people afraid of any negative idea, almost like one negative thought will poison all the positive.  I saw a woman express a worry (and a worry, of course, is a prediction of a negative outcome) and she brought her hand to her mouth in fear and then quickly said "erase, erase, erase!".  We shouldn't be afraid of our thoughts.  Byron Katie points out that we don't really have any control about what we think. The thought appears faster than we can command ourselves not to think it. 

If we go back to science we would say that if something is pushing in one direction and it meets a force pushing from the opposite direction with the same mass and energy then nothing will move. The two cancel each other out.  But if one side pushes harder or has greater mass then it will win. That means if you stated something positive more often than you stated something negative then the positive would win. If I make the statement "everything will work out" more times then I say "this is not going to work out" then the thoughts, and eventually things, are starting to move in the right direction.  On the other hand, if I believe the negative thought to be true and I feel the positive affirmation is a lie then the negative thought has much more weight and it will win. 

The woman was trying to push back harder against the negative thought with her "erase, erase, erase" statement.  The problem lies in that it's not just how many times you think a negative thought, it is how much "mass" and "energy" those thoughts have.  And belief in a thought gives it lots of mass and energy.  If you really firmly believe the negative thought then saying "erase" a hundred times won't have much weight. 

You may not be able to control your thoughts but you can choose to be conscious of your thoughts and then challenge the belief behind the negative thinking.  If the thought is "I don't have enough money" you can challenge that thought by asking yourself if it's really true that you don't have enough money.  And if you are honest about your situation you will recognize that up until this very moment you have had enough money to have a place to live, food to eat, clothes to wear...in fact in the scheme of the world you have a lot of money and potential to get more.  So the statement "I don't have enough money" can be replaced with the true and positive statement "I have had enough money and I want more".  Or you could say "I have had enough money and I will continue to have enough money" and this is also true.  If the thought is "I can't find a relationship" I would suggest that you might say "Though I haven't been able to find a relationship, I would allow a relationship to find me" and then when that feels true you can move to "I am open to a relationship finding me".

Negative statements can be rendered harmless by considering and challenging whether they are true. And if they're not true then craft a statement that is true and is also positive.  Thoughts do become things.  And with thoughtfully considered positive thoughts we can create a better world. 
 

Donna Stellhorn is an Astrologer and Feng Shui Expert with more than 20 years' experience. She wrote a monthly column on Feng Shui for the newspaper, The Light, for 8 years. Donna's first Feng Shui book was published in Europe in 1996. She has written five books, including Feng Shui Form and the best-selling booklet Sage and Smudge: Clearing Your Personal Space.  She has been seen on NECN’s New England Dream House, she spoke at the prestigious Build Boston Architectural Conference three years in a row. She is a Red Ribbon Professional and the former director of the International Feng Shui Guild's Boston Chapter. She is a member of NCGR, ASA and the Professional Astrologers Group. She has logged more than 10,000 hours of consultations with clients. Donna currently lives in Chandler, Arizona, and she is available for personal and business consultations worldwide.  www.donnastellhorn.com