{"id":42474,"date":"2015-08-15T08:05:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T13:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=42474"},"modified":"2022-09-22T06:18:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T11:18:06","slug":"heres-how-that-think-happy-thoughts-stuff-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/heres-how-that-think-happy-thoughts-stuff-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How That \u201cThink Happy Thoughts\u201d Stuff Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Angels-someone-could-use-visit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-42475\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Angels-someone-could-use-visit-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"Angels someone could use visit\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Angels-someone-could-use-visit-300x286.jpg 300w, http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Angels-someone-could-use-visit.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I wrote in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=42454\">A FB friend picks me to bully<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">that someone was giving me heck and playing it up for their Facebook friends. It\u2019s funny when people you don\u2019t even know start making up things about you. But it gave me the chance to put in writing how the &#8220;think happy thoughts&#8221; stuff works. But first, if you find yourself gossiping about or being combative with someone, you might ask yourself <em>Why do I feel compelled to cause trouble? What in me is being triggered that I need to act like this? What is the real reason I find it hard to be considerate and generous with this person, or anyone?<\/em> We all go through ego struggles. When we recognize we\u2019re doing it as adults, we stop. So here\u2019s what yesterday\u2019s critic accused me of, none of which I do.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">talk about archangels and fairies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">run around the world and think nothing is wrong<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">pray to a crystal and expect it to heal the world<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">tell someone who is being raped to be more positive<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">say \u201cthink happy thoughts and you won\u2019t die while jumping off a cliff\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">say the world is all daisies and beautiful entities trying to teach you and let you grow<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Archangels<\/strong> and <strong>fairies<\/strong> are simply not my topic, but the last five are pretty funny. I don\u2019t know anyone who would think anything like that is true. This comes of talking about things you don\u2019t know enough about. I publish <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\"><strong>Florida\u2019s new age magazine<\/strong><\/a> the last 23 years. Some people see the words \u201cnew age\u201d and have an automatic opinion about what it is. Apparently this critic has the idea it\u2019s about <em>archangels and fairies, praying to crystals, being blind to reality and pretending everything\u2019s all sunshine.<\/em> Clearly she\u2019s never read my writing since I don\u2019t talk about archangels or fairies or crystals. You don\u2019t \u201c<em>tell someone being raped to be more positive<\/em>,\u201d you don\u2019t tell someone to \u201c<em>think happy thoughts and they won\u2019t die jumping off a cliff.<\/em>\u201d I was glad she wrote because it never occurred to me someone would think those things. It gave me a chance to address it. Here&#8217;s how it works.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">HOW THAT \u201cTHINK HAPPY THOUGHTS\u201d STUFF WORKS<\/span> <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Q: So then how does positive talk\/happy thoughts work?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A:<\/strong> It works this way: As soon as you realize that your inner self-talk is what propels you into your next experience in life, that is when you begin a daily practice of thinking happy thoughts on purpose. I didn\u2019t know it until I was 30. It took another few decades to have discipline over my thoughts so I could think &#8220;on purpose.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Q: So as soon as you begin thinking happy thoughts, the bad experiences in your life stop happening?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A: <\/strong>No. When you begin thinking happy thoughts, you stop setting unwanted things in motion and you start setting in motion the things that you want. When you begin thinking happy thoughts on purpose, you stop activating old wounds and you begin instead finding things to look forward to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Q: So why do bad things continue to happen if I\u2019m thinking happy thoughts? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A:<\/strong> Because you\u2019re still at the mercy of past momentum, the momentum of past thoughts and actions that haven\u2019t yet come back around. You\u2019re still awaiting the karma, the consequences of past actions. Consequence as in you open your hand and the ball drops. Consequence as in you let go of the string and the balloon floats to the sky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Q: How do you know when your past momentum is caught up?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A:<\/strong> You\u2019ll know you\u2019re free of past momentum because you\u2019ll notice that what you were thinking and feeling the day before is what you can expect to think and feel the following day, and that is okay with you. If you\u2019re a good mood person, life will begin going smoother for you. People will be less combative and you\u2019ll experience less conflict. Thanks one way to know. If you\u2019re having a challenge finding a silver lining and thinking happy thoughts on purpose, then do something that makes you happy. Whatever it takes for you to feel happy. Look for things around you to be happy about. Skip over the unhappy things, they are not for this exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Think, \u201c<em>I\u2019m standing, I\u2019m walking, I\u2019m breathing, the sun and wind feel good on my skin. I can move my arms and legs, I can hear crickets and birds and see them in the trees and the rain is making everything grow. We really live in paradise and every day is a new beginning. I never know what good awaits me right around the corner. Anything is possible and I know the Universe loves to delight me<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Begin practicing good thoughts and visualizing happy scenarios. Soon enough, you\u2019ll be free of past momentum and begin creating day to day. And once you\u2019re beyond past momentum and have begun creating on purpose on a day to day basis, it\u2019s very unlikely you\u2019ll find yourself \u201cbeing raped\u201d or \u201cjumping off a cliff.\u201d You\u2019re simply unlikely to be within vibrational range of those scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You\u2019d most likely be within vibrational range of asking inwardly for help, having insights, enhanced intuition, finding shortcuts, seeing increased opportunities. Sure, every thought is a choice in every moment every hour of every day in your life, but you can keep yourself within vibrational range of all sorts of good stuff once you learn to think happy thoughts on purpose. And then take time every day to think them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Is &#8220;thinking on purpose&#8221; the same as <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=3379\">creative visualization<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=40722\">pre-paving<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A: \u00a0<\/strong> They are focused techniques for thinking on purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=3379\">Creative Visualization, Technique and Links<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=40722\">Pre-paving techniques for better tomorrows<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/heres-how-that-think-happy-thoughts-stuff-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Here\u2019s How That \u201cThink Happy Thoughts\u201d Stuff Works&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/heres-how-that-think-happy-thoughts-stuff-works\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/heres-how-that-think-happy-thoughts-stuff-works\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/heres-how-that-think-happy-thoughts-stuff-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Here\u2019s%20How%20That%20\u201cThink%20Happy%20Thoughts\u201d%20Stuff%20Works&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/heres-how-that-think-happy-thoughts-stuff-works\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote in A FB friend picks me to bully that someone was giving me heck and playing it up for their Facebook friends. It\u2019s funny when people you don\u2019t even know start making up things about you. But it gave me the chance to put in writing how the &#8220;think happy thoughts&#8221; stuff works. 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