Our wonderful mind functions as a sending and receiving station of thought and never ceases working since conception. The thoughts that enter our mind are not always recalled from our memories but are decoded from other minds around as well. It is like a radio station set to a fixed frequency (mode) and that in order to receive its signal one has to tune in to that frequency. If we are always thinking thoughts or thoughts are being impressed on our mind then, it certainly means that our mind is in motion. The mind always vibrates at various levels of frequencies (waves) whether we are aware of it or not. That’s why, every day we enter into various mental states and condition such as being; happy, worry, depress, afraid, confident, excited, romantic etc… The emotions are associated with the thoughts as they connect the mind to the body causing physiological response to mental states. Emotions can be summed up as neurological associations of thoughts. Mental theorists sometimes referred to e-motion as energy (mental energy) in motion. Every moment of our lives we never stop thinking; meaning thoughts are always being impressed upon our mind. For instance; if you attentively involved in activities, your mind might be with you or it may also roam outside projecting into the future, recalling past memories, anticipating your dreams and expectations etc… This certainly, means that we are always thinking and the only time we pause from thinking thoughts is when we are fast asleep. The moment we wake up, the thoughts began to show up on our mental screen making us seem to be like thinking machines.
On average, we usually experience more than two thousand thoughts each day and each and every one of us has our own unique way of dealing with it. We developed habits, beliefs and thought patterns of the way we deal with each thought impulse and their associated images beneath our subconscious. It can only be categorize as either we do exercise control over the thoughts or they (thoughts) control our responses to mental states (experiences). You only have a choice, to take charge of which thoughts to entertain or dismiss. The mind power Law of Control states that; “we are forever experiencing thoughts, but we have the power to either entertain or dismiss them;” (John Kehoe
). However; everyday of our lives we seem to have our mind take charge of itself by thinking which thoughts it wants, how it wants us to feel, what to believe in etc… It was conditioned by us unconsciously to operate on autopilot (default) as we seem to ignore the fact that we can control it. Hence, we lose our power of control and tend to being reactive to circumstances instead of being proactive (taking control). Our mind was naturally engineered by the creator to function as a medium of exchanging thoughts (sending & receiving signals). He has also given man the power of choice (the will) to choose according to what best resonates with his heart. Our failure to embrace this key knowledge through our self imposed ignorance limits and separates us from the source as we will always be controlled by circumstances. “To be ignorant of mind and its laws is to be a child playing with fire, or a man manipulating powerful chemicals without knowing their relation to one another. “(Charles Filmore
)Finally, Papua New Guinea has now reached its 35th anniversary of independence. As a sovereign nation it is made up of citizens or individuals that inhabit it. It’s the people (humans) that give meaning to a nation and not just the bare landmass with natural surroundings. Hence; every individual plays a key role to the collective status of the nation. We cannot always control the external circumstances that we think our nation should be governed this way or that way as we cannot always control others but can give the best in controlling ourselves. Please, remember that the nation as a whole is a collective extension of every one of us, the individuals. Through the essence of knowledge and understanding of our own nature puts us in alignment with what best we can offer to others and our nation as a whole. The Journey of Self-Discovery is the best journey one can encounter. The determinant of change is in your hand.
Happy Independence Papua New Guinea and Dare to Think Different!
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that describes how you can have control over yourself and by doing so have an influence on your surrounding environment. Many people don’t realize that they don’t have control over their external environment and try everything within their power to change it but only find that they add more frustration and stress upon themselves. If you look at the table above you will notice two circles; a smaller circle within a larger one. The smaller circle (circle two) is your circle of influence and the larger circle (circle one) is the external environment’s circle of influence. The later consists of people and circumstances outside of you.