Re: Question about dreams and the need to control thoughts
Just a thought. Try forming the affirmations in the style of a question, rather than a statement. For example:
Why am I so happy all the time?
Why does money flow effortlessly and abundantly into my life?
Why is it so easy to lose weight?
How does it get better than this?
The idea behind this is that when you make a statement that you know isn't true (at least at this point in the space-time continuum), your mind automatically answers with a negative response or, in my mind, a sarcastic one.
I am fit, with a healthy body weight..... (and my mind answers) ...uh, no, actually...
When you form it as a question, it bypasses that tendency, because you're actually creating an opening, or maybe a bit of a puzzle-paradox. It's like making a way for your reality to flow to answer the question.
I haven't worked much with this, though I have a little. I really like "How does it get better than this?" because it can apply to ANYthing, whether you perceive it as good or bad. I can't really speak about specific results, because my reality is pretty fluid and one thing flows into another without a lot of clear "cause and effect" type things (my reality is not like most peoples', though there are probably some folks around here who will identify with what I wrote there about it). I do think it can help break down negative thought patterns, beliefs, etc., and, hey, it can't hurt, so you might as well try it. And if it doesn't work for you, well, try something else.
As for controlling your thoughts, the best thing I know for that is meditation, practiced regularly. You can learn to observe your own thoughts and eventually stop believing them, because you see them for what they are (you'd have to see that for yourself; I can't really explain it other than to say that just because you think it doesn't mean it's valid or important). Developing mental discipline to keep your focus on the things you do want in focus and off the things you want to have fade away (because reality grows where your focus goes!) is just a matter of practice, in my experience. When you find yourself putting focus on stuff you don't want, just gently redirect your focus to what you DO want, instead (and there are lots of ways of doing that).
Mental discipline is just like physical discipline. If you want to learn to play the piano, you practice playing the piano, and you keep at it until you develop good control, etc. Same with physical endeavors like sport or building strength or stamina. You just keep at it until you develop the discipline. It's not especially mysterious. Developing discipline is developing discipline in any area, mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual.
May the light surround you, may you be blessed. May the light surround us, may we be blessed. May love and light surround us all, and may we all be healed and blessed. And so it is, and so it shall be, now and ever after.
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