Coping with difficult times through the power of thoughts.

Our world is currently facing increasing violence, terrorism, and tribulation. Under the prevailing conditions of material greed, hatred, conflict of ideologies, pride of power, and, above all, wrong conception of life, it is important to recognize the powerful law of thoughts. Thoughts are expressed in words and executed in action. They travel far and wide in all directions. Thoughts travel faster than light! 

The law of thought works at an individual level. If we send out a loving thought to a person, it leaves our brain, goes directly to that person, raises a similar thought in that person, and returns to us. If both the sender and the receiver of the thoughts are in tune with each other, there will be clarity in receiving messages. For example, when we think of a noble person, a unique calmness is felt. This vibration of calmness and peace constantly comes out from the breath, look, touch, word, and thought of a noble being. 
 

Actually, every thought produces a vibration in every cell of our body, and leaves an abiding impression there. Many electrical and chemical changes take place in our nerves and brain due to our thoughts. Thoughts of depression, failure, weakness, doubts, and fear are negative thoughts, which destroy the cells of our body and induce various diseases of the heart, liver, kidneys, and stomach. 

As soon as we get negative thoughts, we should imagine positive thoughts of strength, confidence, courage, and cheerfulness. The negative thoughts will give way to the positive thoughts. Positive always overcomes negative; this is the law of nature. Remember, our minds are seriously affected by the thought waves around us. To protect ourselves from bad thought waves, we must mentally dwell on positive thoughts. This will lead to meditation on the inner Spirit, bringing up the waves of bliss. “Just as the fragrance of a flower spreads out naturally, the bliss that you feel inside during meditation spreads out to others, thus building a noble world.” (Building a Noble World by Shiv R. Jhawar, p. 80; www.nobleworld.org). 

Those who have positive thoughts will have calm, serene, and charming face, endowed with a sweet voice and lustrous eyes. A human being sows a thought and reaps an action; sows an action and reaps a habit; sows a habit and reaps a character; sows a character and reaps a destiny. In this way, a person is a master of his/her destiny. To build a noble world, nobility must increase in a greater number of people, and this is possible only by reading a noble book, by being with a noble person, or thinking about a noble person.

 (featured in India Tribune, Jan. 28, '06)

[Shiv R. Jhawar, the founder of Noble World Foundation, is the author of the book, Building a Noble World. By profession, he is an enrolled agent licensed to represent taxpayers before the IRS. Want to participate in building a noble world? Visit www.nobleworld.org to receive FREE eNewsletter].