Thoughts have a very practical power. Everything human-made began as a thought, an idea, in someone’s mind. Everything, from the invention of the wheel over 6,000 years ago, to the microchip and nanotechnology today, had its origins in the human mind. The clothes we wear, and the houses we live in; our furniture, kitchens, cookbooks; the vehicles we drive, the books we read and the electronic devices we use; the aircraft flying overhead—everything began as an idea in someone’s mind.
What is the effect of realizing this? It is simple. The more you see that your thoughts are not real, precisely because they come and go, the more power you have to consciously choose them and shape them in ways that serve your own—and ultimately humanity’s—good. And, who knows, you may invent, come up with something new and wonderful yourself! But, at the very least, your thinking will be wise, creative, and will, most of the time, result in harmonious action.
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