Norman Vincent Peale: The Law of Attraction
This is an audiobook reminding us to stay positive in life to get the results you want and need. A reminder to stay positive, no matter what you’re going through. #PositiveThinking
image was changed and he was finally
able to pass his test without incident
everyone faces crises by anticipating
the worst we tend to freeze unable to
function properly but by substituting
the power of imagination by
Imaging throwing mind and heart over the
obstacle it can be overcome the result
inevitably follows the thrust of the
mind now for the fourth element of
successful achievement put strong
positive thoughts behind your goal never
let negative thoughts surround you for
the negative thinker unleashes
destructive forces that can destroy him
it’s the law of attraction at work like
attracts like thoughts of a kind have a
natural affinity by sending out negative
thoughts the negative thinker activates
the world around him negatively he tends
to draw back to himself negative results
the positive thinker on the other hand
sends out optimistic thoughts and thus
activates the world around him
positively on the basis of the same law
of attraction he draws back to himself
positive thoughts he works and keeps on
working he thinks and keeps on thinking
he believes and keeps on believing he
never lets up never gives in he gives
the effort the full treatment of
positive faith and action result his
dreams come true he can because he
as you encounter life’s challenges or as
you dream your dreams never write off
anything as impossible remember you have
the mental capacity to think your way
through any problem if you draw fully
upon your mind think hopefully get your
mental powers really working and things
can turn out better than they now appear
here are some proven techniques that can
help you meet your setbacks head-on and
remember the problem-solving process
first no get to know your problem study
it until you find the soft spot then
break it apart second think use your
head your mind is a powerful tool stay
cool and think straight the answer is
there if you let it come third believe
believe in yourself trust your ability
to see your crisis through to the end
repeat to yourself I can I can I can if
you want to accomplish something keep
these thoughts in mind have a sharply
focused goal pray about your goal to
make sure it’s right for you picture
your goal clearly in your mind and don’t
let that image fade work and keep on
working always take a positive and
optimistic attitude when you maintain a
positive frame of mind good things are
drawn to you and ultimately they
influence the outcome of your endeavors
everyone encounters defeating factors in
life but those who think they can do not
give in by drawing upon their inner
powers of mind and spirit they simply
they know that even the most difficult
situations can be overcome so they
proceed to overcome them the hopeful
thinker projects hope and faith both
miracle elements into the darkest
situation and lights it up as long as
you keep the crippling thought of defeat
defeat cannot defeat you you can be a
winner i’m norman vincent peale i hope
you’ve enjoyed this and i wish you the
best things always this has been a
presentation of simon & schuster audio
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The True Self Says YES/ The False Self Prefers NO
The great wisdom teachers and mystics say in various ways that you cannot truly see or understand anything if you begin with a no. You have to start with a yes of basic acceptance, which means you do not too quickly label, analyze, or categorize things as good or bad. The ego or false self strengthens itself by constriction, by being against, or by re-action; it feels loss or fear when it opens up to subtlety, growth, change, and Mystery. Living out of the True Self involves positive choice, inner spaciousness, and conscious understanding rather than resistance, knee-jerk reactions, or defensiveness.
.. Compassion and mercy come easily once you live inside the Big Body of Love. The detours of the false self were all just delaying tactics, bumps in the road, pressure points that created something new in the long run, as pressure does to carbon deep beneath the earth.
The diamond of love will always be stronger than death. Diamonds, once soft black carbon, become beautiful and radiant white lightning under pressure. The true pattern, the big secret, has now been revealed and exposed, “like a treasure hidden in a field” (Matthew 13:44). You did not find the Great Love except by finding yourself too, and you cannot find your True Self without falling into the Great Love.
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Most mornings as I leave the Y after my swim and shower, I cross paths with a coterie of toddlers entering with their caregivers for a kid-oriented activity. I can’t resist saying hello, requesting a high-five, and wishing them a fun time. I leave the Y grinning from ear to ear, uplifted not just by my own workout but even more so by my interaction with these darling representatives of the next generation.
.. the extent to which we can generate positive emotions from even everyday activities can determine who flourishes and who doesn’t.
More than a sudden bonanza of good fortune, repeated brief moments of positive feelings can provide a buffer against stress and depression
.. as little as two weeks’ training in compassion and kindness meditation generated changes in brain circuitry linked to an increase in positive social behaviors like generosity.
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The basic idea of his “gnostic medicine” was that we’re sick only because we think bad thoughts. Illness and death are an illusion.
.. The Word of Faith movement was largely the brainchild of E.W. Kenyon (1867-1948), who blended Quimby’s Emersonian transcendentalism with his more evangelical “Victorious Life” beliefs. “I know that I am healed,” he wrote, “because [God] said that I am healed and it makes no difference what the symptoms may be in my body.”
.. Kenneth Hagin, revered as “granddaddy” in Word of Faith circles, gave the faith-healing movement its theological core. It included odd teachings about us all being “little gods.” Those who are born again, Hagin said, “are as much the incarnation [of God] as Jesus of Nazareth.” “You don’t have a God living in you,” says Hagin’s student Kenneth Copeland. “You are one.” Creflo Dollar adds, “[The] only human part of you is the flesh you’re wearing.”
.. In the 1950s, American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr described Peale’s message as a false gospel: “The basic sin of this cult is its egocentricity,” he said. “It puts ‘self’ instead of the cross at the center of the picture.”
.. the movement teaches that Jesus went to the cross not to bring forgiveness of our sins but to get us out of financial debt, not to reconcile us to God but to give us the power to claim our prosperity, not to remove the curse of death, injustice and bondage to ourselves but to give us our best life now. White says emphatically that Jesus is “not the only begotten Son of God,” just the first. We’re all divine and have the power to speak worlds into existence.
.. God spoke and created the universe; you have creative power to speak life and death! If you believe God, you can create anything in your life.”
.. Of course, to be a “little god,” you have to do your part, often involving a financial commitment. It’s what they call “seed faith.” White even gives her viewers the words to tell themselves: “So I’m going to activate my miracle by my obedience right now. I’m going to get up and go to the phone.” When you do that, she says, and “put a demand on the anointing,” you’re “going to make God get off His ivory throne.” “Don’t you miss this moment! If you miss your moment, you miss your miracle!”
.. In fact, one gets the impression that God isn’t necessary at all in the system. God set up these spiritual laws and if you know the secrets, you’re in charge of your destiny.
.. But it is striking that Trump has surrounded himself with cadre of prosperity evangelists who cheerfully attack basic Christian doctrines. The focus of this unity is a gospel that is about as diametrically opposed to the biblical one as you can imagine.
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.. when in the midst of describing his painful experiences, he says, “I’m sorry for being so negative.”
A crucial goal of therapy is to learn to acknowledge and express a full range of emotions, and here was a client apologizing for doing just that.
.. In recent years I have noticed an increase in the number of people who also feel guilty or ashamed about what they perceive to be negativity. Such reactions undoubtedly stem from our culture’s overriding bias toward positive thinking. Although positive emotions are worth cultivating, problems arise when people start believing they must be upbeat all the time.
.. Unpleasant feelings are just as crucial as the enjoyable ones in helping you make sense of life’s ups and downs. “Remember, one of the primary reasons we have emotions in the first place is to help us evaluate our experiences,” Adler says.
.. “I feel sad at times because of everything I’ve been through, but I’m also happy and hopeful because I’m working through my issues”—preceded improvements in well-being over the next week or two for subjects, even if the mixed feelings were unpleasant at the time. “Taking the good and the bad together may detoxify the bad experiences, allowing you to make meaning out of them in a way that supports psychological well-being,” the researchers found.
.. Negative emotions also most likely aid in our survival. Bad feelings can be vital clues that a health issue, relationship or other important matter needs attention
.. pushing back negative emotions could spawn more emotional overeating than simply recognizing that you were, say, upset, agitated or blue.
.. Instead of backing away from negative emotions, accept them. Acknowledge how you are feeling without rushing to change your emotional state.
.. If the emotion is overwhelming, you may want to express how you feel in a journal or to another person. The exercise may shift your perspective and bring a sense of closure.
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