As a Man Thinketh
[I know I've posted about this before... must have been in one of my previous blogs...]
The first book I read that focused on the “Change your Thinking, Change your Life” subject was James Allen’s As A Man Thinketh. It’s one book that I can say changed the course of my life. I just added it to my free ebooks page if you haven’t read it.
I wish that I could say that I read it and my life changed instantly… but it didn’t. It took quite a few years before I really got it. I was probably about 30 years old when I first read it, and I thought that I would be able to change 30 years of crappy thinking in an instant.
I suppose that happens for some people. Not for me. I was always looking for that magical formula that would make me different, better, not Lyman.
So the second something on the outside would become contrary to my new success oriented attitude, I’d fall back into “See, this all sucks, it doesn’t work, it never will. Might as well give up.” And I would.
This is a process. 30 years (35 now!) of failure consciousness does not disappear in the twinkling of an eye. It takes practice. There is a lot out there that can help the process along, but I’m still the one who has to go through the process of facing my old thinking and changing it.
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April 7th, 2006
Hey Lyman,
The great thing is, you’re here, right now, writing, consciously recognising what it is about yourself that you wish to change and then choosing to act upon it. For me blogging has been a huge release. I had so many bottled up ideas and thoughts, and yet nowhere to put them and not only has it been a release, but getting them out, reading and re-reading them has also put me into a habit of putting them into practise.
Your right though, it is a process but an enjoyable one, so instead of sitting back, be the driver on this lap of life.
April 7th, 2006
Thank you for sharing these. I will blogmark your site. I’ve been meaning to pick up “Change Your Thinking…”, now there’s no excuse not to read it.
M
April 7th, 2006
As for me, anything by James Allen is or can be life changing.
He takes the pie in the sky attitude out of positive thinking and brings it into a working spiritual reality.
I have said this over and over, but I believe his works should be taught in public schools. The benefit to young kids and their life would be tremendous. Not to mention the benefit to society.
April 8th, 2006
Amit: You are right - it’s about what I’m doing, and the blogging does help to let out a lot of the negativity that can creep in.
Maritza: Welcome! I think you will really enjoy James Allen’s works. “As A Man Thinketh” is the most well known, but there are quite a few others that he’s written as well.
Franklin: That would be a fabulous idea, but we couldn’t do it here in the USA. Too much mention of higher powers and god and whatnot.
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