The Power of Positive Thinking

[d-nihl]

Does anyone find themselves thinking life is hopeless..I know I do, however I am also suffering from an opiate addiction which does not help the situation.

There is a documentary called "the Secret" which can be found on Netflix, and it basically states that if you think about something and strive towards it you will eventually achieve it.
A lot of me wants to believe that it is all bullshit, because there are hundreds of those self help books out there.
A sound, confident spiritual self is the key to success I believe.

Does anyone have any experience with using a positive mind to accomplish something great?

link to "The Secret" documentary: MUST SEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE5-iFKBMIo

 

[Xorkoth]

I use positive thought to manifest things all the time. If you think positively about something it becomes easier to achieve for a variety of reasons. You focus on the good parts and steps you can achieve right now, rather than ones you can't. You are outputting positive energy and it's easier to feel confident, and other people respond to that in a positive way, so you attract others to you who can help you, and people want to help you. The entire thing becomes a positive thing in your life so you are more compelled to keep at it. The power of positive thought is real... our realities are determined entirely by our perceptions, so if you channel your perceptions in the way you want to, you can change your life. If you're thinking negatively all the time, then the world seems cold and fucked up. If you think positively instead, you see the beauty in the world in addition to the bad parts. It's all in your power but it can take some work to get started.

By the way, I was addicted to opiates for 10 years until April 2014... it's shocking how much being addicted to opiates negatively impacts your state of mind. I found it SO hard to think positively during that period of time, increasingly so as the years went on. I ultimately used the power of positive thought to overcome that too, and build my life back together. To be fair, I also used ibogaine for it, but what I came out of the ibogaine knowing was that I had to put out positive energy to get it back, and that has made it easy to stay away from opiates.

 

[d-nihl]

...By the way, I was addicted to opiates for 10 years until April 2014... it's shocking how much being addicted to opiates negatively impacts your state of mind. I found it SO hard to think positively during that period of time, increasingly so as the years went on. I ultimately used the power of positive thought to overcome that too, and build my life back together. To be fair, I also used ibogaine for it, but what I came out of the ibogaine knowing was that I had to put out positive energy to get it back, and that has made it easy to stay away from opiates.

There is a metaphysical church right in my town. Im not much of the religious type but this church focuses more on good vibes, and how the your output and the earth interact. definitely going to check it out.

Negativity is what makes me relapse in the early stages...

 

[TomK]

'The Secret' is a pack of lies.

 

[Trying2Iso]

Is a metaphysical church like unitarian universalism>
i went to a UU church in my town for a year, it was pretty intellectual there, they don't require a belief in god or even in anything.
You can be agnostic or atheist and still be a UU

We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote:

The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all;
Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

 

[d-nihl]

Is a metaphysical church like unitarian universalism>
i went to a UU church in my town for a year, it was pretty intellectual there, they don't require a belief in god or even in anything.
You can be agnostic or atheist and still be a UU

We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote:

The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all;
Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

yeah that's just about the jist of it.