{"id":37,"date":"2016-09-07T18:43:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T18:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinkbelievemanifest\/?p=37"},"modified":"2016-09-07T18:43:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T18:43:33","slug":"youre-powerful-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinkbelievemanifest\/2016\/09\/youre-powerful-think.html","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re More Powerful Than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have tremendous power, and you\u2019re a lot more powerful than you think.<\/p>\n<p>You have the power to create and shape your life so that you live the kind of life you want to live.<\/p>\n<p>Right now you may not have everything you want and desire. You may not be happy where you are, you may feel like you\u2019re powerless. You\u2019re not.<\/p>\n<p>You just have to begin working with your power. You can call this power God, your subconscious, the Universe, your infinite power \u2013 what ever you want. Just know that you have a power within you that you can tap into right now to help you change your life and achieve all that you want to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Now here\u2019s the caveat: you have to give this power the right instructions. Those instructions are your thoughts and beliefs, and this is where most people struggle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stop The Negative Thinking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Negative thoughts, negative beliefs and negative emotions create more negativity. They foster doubts, fears, resentments and a host of negative emotions. They eventually create negative beliefs which get re-enforced with more negative thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Before you know it, you have negative energy. That negative energy then attracts more and more negative situations.\u00a0 That\u2019s when things can quickly go from bad to worse.<\/p>\n<p>When things don\u2019t work out or don\u2019t go your way it\u2019s because you\u2019re not using your power to help you succeed and live the kind of life you want to live. Instead, you\u2019re using your power to help you create more of what you really don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n<p>Now I know that\u2019s not what you really want to do, but that\u2019s what happens when you don\u2019t work with your power and give it the right instructions.<\/p>\n<p>So if you really want to enjoy life, experience greater success, meet the right person or just be happy then you really need to change the message you\u2019re sending to your power. Remember, the messages are your thoughts and beliefs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Send The Right Message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What you think and believe is what you will eventually manifest in your life. So be careful what you think, because you\u2019ll likely get it.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can turn things around and begin using your power to help you live a better, more successful and happier life.<\/p>\n<p>Think about what you want. Get a clear idea of all that you want. Create a list if you like, one that you can keep adding to or making changes as you go through life.<\/p>\n<p>As you think about what you want and about some of the changes you want to make you\u2019ll have a number of thoughts that come up. Make a note of the negative thoughts, because these are often tied to negative beliefs. It\u2019s these kinds of negative thoughts which hold you back and prevent you from achieving your goals.<\/p>\n<p>These negative thoughts are also sending the wrong message to your power. You communicate with your power through your thoughts and beliefs. And when you have negative thoughts and negative beliefs you end up telling your power to create more negativity. That\u2019s not what anybody wants.<\/p>\n<p>So once you\u2019ve identified the negative thoughts begin replacing and changing them. At first you\u2019re mind will put up resistance and it will want to bring back those negative thoughts. That\u2019s okay. When that happens realize that you\u2019re making an impact and you\u2019re already creating changes.<\/p>\n<p>You can simply replace your negative thoughts with any positive thoughts or any thoughts that bring about a positive feeling. You can think about what a wonderful day it is, or think about something pleasant that happened during the day or in the last week.<\/p>\n<p>By changing the negative thoughts you eliminate the influence they have over you and you change the message you\u2019re sending to your power. You\u2019ve at least stopped sending negative instructions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Think And Believe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That brings us to the next step. Now you want to send the right messages to your power so that it helps you create and live the kind of life you want to live.<\/p>\n<p>That means you have to think about what you want and create thoughts and beliefs that allow you to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>For example: if you want to make more money you have to now create thoughts and beliefs that say you can make the amount of money you want.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to meet the right person, you have to now create thoughts and beliefs that allow you to meet the right person.<\/p>\n<p>You can write down some of your new thoughts and turn to them when ever you need. You can also post them on your mirror so you see them when you wake up in the morning and remember to focus on these new positive thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>These new positive messages are like affirmations the only difference is that you\u2019re creating thoughts and beliefs that are focused on the exact outcome that you want.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day when you catch yourself having a negative moment, call up some of your new thoughts and let them play in your head. You\u2019ll immediately cut off the negative chatter and send new messages to your power.<\/p>\n<p>You can and will achieve anything you want when you think and believe that you can.<\/p>\n<p>So today change the message you\u2019re sending to your power. Give it the right messages so that you get your power to help you succeed and get what you really desire in life.<\/p>\n<p>You are more powerful than you think; a lot more powerful. Now just start using your power the right way by thinking about what you want and believing that you can have what you desire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have tremendous power, and you\u2019re a lot more powerful than you think. You have the power to create and shape your life so that you live the kind of life you want to live. Right now you may not have everything you want and desire. 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