Question: How do I cast out the thoughts of doubt and negativity?
We had this question asked on our blog, so we thought we’d give everyone our thoughts on the answer.
What a thoughtful question and one many of us face frequently. One Law of Attraction idea that I always remind myself of whenever I’m trying to “cast out thoughts of doubt or negativity” is I am still focusing my energy on what I do not want. I am giving power to what it is that I am trying to get rid of. In my resistance, I feed my vibration of what I am wanting to go away, and I find myself feeling frustrated.
So instead, I formulate in my mind exactly what I do want. I get a clear, concise image of what I want and I feel my body relax which leads to contentment. Even if the clear picture goes away quickly, I bring it right back. The clearer my vision of what I want is, the easier it is to go back to it when thoughts creep in that I don’t want.
Another Law of Attraction idea that works for me when the “happiness burglar” strikes is to do one small thing that brings joy and not focus on the final end result. If I’m fifty miles from the end of the trail, the end of the trail seems insurmountable. But, if I know right around the bend is a beautiful meadow with a rock to rest on, I can enjoy the journey. For instance, if losing weight keeps bombarding my thoughts, instead of trying to envision myself thirty pounds lighter, I see myself drinking water and eating ripe delicious fruit. Both of those concepts help one lose weight, but the focus is not on that outcome. I think instead, “I am hydrated and renewed when I drink water. My body functions well, and I have energy.” or “I love summer fruit. The sweet taste of peaches make my taste buds soar. I am so content.”
Don’t try to cast thoughts away. Replace them. Break the neuropathways in your brain that have been built around the ideas you want to go away. Build new neuropahtways to happiness and contentment by focusing on what you want. Happy creating!
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This is great advice. It’s become second nature for most of us to focus on what we want to get rid of (what we DON’T want) instead of focusing on what it is we DO want. The result is that we get more of waht we don’t want!
On a personal note, I suffer from a panic disorder and every time I feel a panic attack coming on, I try to make it go away. The result, of course, is that by focusing on my impending panic attack, I am encouraging it to hold on and even get worse. Your advice to “Don’t try to cast thoughts away. Replace them” is something that I’m going to try the next time I feel a panic attack coming on.