| You don't need to be psychic to tell your own future. | | | | these thoughts didn't dig grooves into your brain all by |
| It's actually pretty easy. Here is how: | | | | themselves. You helped them! You made them, and |
| | | | you can unmake them. |
| 1. Lock yourself in your room and spend 30 minutes | | | | So thoughts are the result of habit? |
| taking slow and deep breaths. | | | | That's correct. By thinking the same thing over and |
| 2. Get a piece of paper | | | | over, you have convinced yourself that these thoughts |
| 3. Write down whatever thoughts enter your mind for | | | | are true. In the same way that we make bad mental |
| 15 minutes | | | | habits, we can undo them, by instead channeling our |
| 4. Read it back to yourself | | | | energy towards making good mental habits. |
| Guess what. Whatever you read- THAT will be your | | | | Are you saying that I can alter my future? Yes. By |
| future! | | | | being extremely positive, by making healthy choices, by |
| This is BS- right? | | | | careful consideration, by fostering self confidence, by |
| No, it's not BS. It's reasonable. Think about it. After you | | | | cheerfulness, and by continuous effort, you can control |
| take the time to let yourself become calm and relaxed, | | | | your future. |
| by breathing, or by spending time in nature, or | | | | But you said that our willpower is limited, like an animal |
| whatever else, you go and write on a piece of paper. | | | | tied to a leash? Yes, that is true. The leash may be |
| The kind of thoughts that crop up in your mind at that | | | | very short now. That is only because we have |
| time are going to be the most predominant and | | | | allowed our power of will to atrophy, by disuse. When |
| forceful thoughts that you have been thinking in your | | | | your willpower goes unused, the leash gets shorter. |
| life. These are the thoughts that are ever ready to | | | | When the leash gets shorter, the power to struggle |
| come back to the surface of your mind, even though | | | | against negative thought declines. When that power |
| you just spent some time making it calm. These are | | | | declines, these negative thoughts will find it easier to dig |
| the thoughts that have dug deeper grooves in your | | | | footholds in mind. It is like an infection in a person with a |
| brain, through habit, that make it easy to go back to | | | | weakened immune system. |
| them, again and again. | | | | So if I can prevent the leash from getting shorter, can I |
| That doesn't mean those thoughts will be my future | | | | also help make the leash longer? Exactly. Through |
| though, does it? Not necessarily. But if everything in | | | | protracted effort, the will becomes strong. Our ability to |
| your life stays the way it is now, then those thoughts | | | | fight through obstacles increases. Our leash becomes |
| will be a very strong indication of your future. | | | | lengthened. Furthermore, our efforts make us more |
| "Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny." | | | | resourceful human beings. We gain more skills and |
| I won't get into any of those topics like Power of | | | | knowledge. We understand the workings of the world |
| Affirmation or Intention or Attraction right now. But it | | | | better. We make powerful friends. These are all tools |
| should be clear that thoughts have a tremendous | | | | that serve to give us additional power to alter out |
| effect on our future. Say for example you think that | | | | future. Our efforts bear exponential return. The |
| you would like to eat food today. Chances are that | | | | stronger the will, the easier it is to change habits. The |
| you are going to find a way to eat food today! No one | | | | faster we overcome habits, the easier it is to |
| can deny that thought controls our future. To say if | | | | strengthen the will. It is a helpful cycle. |
| does not is pure fatalism. | | | | Seriously, can I really control my future? Yes. |
| Of course, thought does not exclusively determine our | | | | Externally you may not get exactly what you want, |
| future. Our will power can be likened to a leashed | | | | but internally you can gain almost complete control |
| animal, tied to a pole. Using its will power, the animal | | | | over what goes on. Struggle hard for seven years and |
| can walk around. However, it can only go so far as | | | | see if your mind and your life have not changed to |
| the leash allows. The will is not entirely free. | | | | your great advantage. Anyone who really wants to |
| But I always hear it called "free will"? Not quite. | | | | can do it. Most people, however, do not want that. It's |
| What if I don't like the future I have just read to | | | | easier to run in the same mental ruts over and over |
| myself? Change it. You can, if you want. Most people | | | | again. It's easier to follow the path of least resistance. |
| don't try very hard. Say for example, your thoughts | | | | Very few have the needed zeal to overturn the |
| from this exercise express lots of worry about the | | | | backward workings of the mind. If in seven years, you |
| future. Or they express lots of regret about the past. | | | | regret the results of your efforts, I'll let you clean out |
| Or they are full of negative self talk. They say that | | | | my bank account. |
| you lack confidence, or they say that the obstacles | | | | In one word, what should I do to have a desirable |
| between you and what you want to achieve are too | | | | future? |
| big. If you have these kinds of thoughts, your future | | | | "Cauterize the cants. |
| looks pretty unpleasant. But you have to realize that | | | | |