Thought Train

#003-  As we discussed in Episode 2, we have an energy within us that gives our bodies life, which a lot of people call their soul.  And you will remember that the Latin word for Souls is anima-  this is where we get the word animation.  Today we are going to talk about how we are letting our thoughts animate us.  Every moment we are being animated by what we think and what we feel.  

Because whatever a person thinks they are going to feel.  We think a thought, which creates an emotion, and our bodies dynamically create a feeling based upon that emotion which was created by a thought that we grabbed and held onto.

According to the National Science Foundation, an average person has about 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those, 80% are negative and 95% are repetitive thoughts. If we repeat those negative thoughts, we think negatively way more than we think positive thoughts.

Thoughts are coming and going continuously.  And we have no control over which thought pop-ups in our head at any given moment.  But what we do have control of is if we hold onto a thought and breathe life into it. 

I want you to picture yourself standing at a busy train station.  Trains are coming and going in all directions.  You jump on a thought train and ride it for a while.  But the moment you want to think differently or ride another train, you can jump off and get on another train, or you can stand at the station marveling at all the trains going by.

At a moment’s notice, we are free to hop on any train, we are free to experience love, compassion, understanding, joy,  and happiness, in spite of the fact that we might have some negative memories. 

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