Frank’s Coaching Blog

We have the New Thought school that is lately getting a lot of publicity through the success of the movie ‘The Secret’. It is based on the idea that we attract what we think about (Law of Attraction). Somehow, this school claims, our thoughts actually create the reality we experiece, and attract the topics of our thoughts into our life. As a former scientist, I will not debate the validity of this concept here. I can well imagine that it is all true, and I’m also open to learning that the opposite is true, and everything inbetween.

The reason I mention this idea here is that the argument I’m putting forward in this post is not based on the premise of “The Secret”, it works with or without.

We become what we think about. If we keep thinking about how to pay the bills, we are unlikely to come up with a plan to create abundance. It’s all about paying the bills, those numbers are what we focus on. If we don’t think about big numbers, they are very unlikely to show up in our life. We just don’t get inspired to go for something big. The next bills will set the bar.

The Chatterbox. That’s one name for the neverending process that creates the thoughts we experience. If we identify with all our thoughts and think that this is ‘us’, we’re screwed. Then we not only become what we think about, we also become what we already are. Ouch.

The only way I can see to take the power away from the thoughts that pop up from nowhere and design our life is to learn to disregard them to a certain degree. We can actually filter them, and just ignore those we don’t want to give credit to. And what is the filter? Let’s make two classes: one with the thoughts that are supportive, and one with those that aren’t. How we figure out which thoughts are supportive? Good question! When they are aligned with our intentions and our Higher Self, then they are supportive.

I’m not going to explain what I call the Higher Self here and now. Maybe you figure(d) it out anyway. : - )

Frank