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 My Thoughts Dovetail into Stronger Matching Thoughts

  Whatever thought you are focused upon- whether it is a memory from your past, something you are observing in your present, or something you are anticipating(預期) in your future-that thought is active within you right now, and it is attracting other thoughts and ideas that are similar nature but the longer you focus, the stronger the thoughts become and the more attraction power they amass(累積).

   Our friend Jerry likened this to the ropes he once observed while watching a large ship being docked. It was to be tied with a rope that was very large- too big and bulky to be thrown across the expanse of water. And so, instead, a small ball of twine was tossed across the water to the dock. The twine had been spliced into a little bigger rope, which had been spliced(接合) into a little bigger rope, which had been spliced into a little bigger rope... until eventually, the very large rope could be easily pulled across the expanse of water, and the ship was then secured to the dock. This is similar to the way your thoughts dovetail(使吻合) into one another, with one connecting to another, connecting to another, and so on.

   Upon some subjects, because you have been pulling on the negative rope longer, it is very easy for you to get off on a negative tangent(切線), a memory of something, or some suggestion that takes you into a negative tailspin(慌亂) right away.

   Your point of attraction predominantly(佔主導地位地) occurs from the day-to-day things that you are thinking as you are moving through your day, and you have the power to direct your thoughts positively or negatively. For example: You are in the grocery store, and you notice that something that you regularly purchase has increased substantially in price, and you feel strong discomfort wash over you. You may very well think that you are just feeling shock over the sudden spike in the price of this item, and that since you have no say in what the grocer(食品商;雜貨商) charges(索價) for any of the items in this store, you have no option other than to feel discomfort is not because of the grocer's action of raising the price of the goods for sale, but instead it is because of the direction of your own thoughts. 

   Just like the analogy of the rope tied to the rope tied to the rope tied to the rope, your thoughts are tied to one another and travel quickly to heightened vibrational(振動的;搖擺的) places. For example, Wow, the price of this is much greater than it was just last week...this price jump seems unreasonable... there's nothing reasonable about the greed in the marketplace...things are getting way out of hand... I don't know where it's all headed...it doesn't seem like we can go on like this... our economy is in trouble... I can't afford these inflated(飛漲的) prices... I'm having a hard time making ends meet... I can't seem to earn it fays(吻合) enough to keep up with the increase in the cost of living...

    And, of course, this negative train of thought could move in many directions- toward blame of the grocer, to the economy, to your government- but it usually always turns back to the way you feel that the situation will negatively impact you, because everything that you observe feels personal to you. And everything, in truth, is personal to you because you are offering a vibration about it that is affecting what now is being attracted to you by your choice of thoughts.

    If you are aware of how you are feeling and you understand that your emotions are indicating the direction of your thoughts, then you can more deliberately(審慎地) guide(支配) your thoughts. For example: Wow, the price of this is much greater than it was just last week...however, I'm not aware of the other items in my basket...they could be the same...or maybe even a bit lower...I wasn't really paying attention...this one just got my attention because it was so much greater...prices do fluctuate(起伏)... I always manage... things are going up a bit. But it's working out all right...it is quite an impressive system of distribution that makes this variety of goods so accessible(易理解的) to us...

    Once you decide that you care about feeling good, you will find it easier to more consistently choose a better-feeling direction in your thoughts.

    When the desire to feel good is effectively active within you, a consistent inspiration toward good-feeling thoughts will be present, and you will find it easier and easier to direct your thoughts in productive directions. Your thoughts contain enormous creative, attractive power that you harness effectively only by consistently offering good-feeling thoughts. When your thoughts constantly move back and forth between wanted and unwanted, pros and cons, pluses and minuses- you lose the benefit of the momentum (要素)of your pure, positive thought.

 摘要：不管你現在正專注在什麼想法---不管是對過去的回憶、對現在的觀察、或是對未來的期盼，那個你正專注的想法對你都是積極正面的，並且會影響你其他的想法。你專注得越久，所累積的吸引力量就越大。