Importance of your Thoughts

Raul Kamal, 19.02.04

Who would think that mere thoughts are important in our day to day life? After all, just because you think about something negative or bad, it doesn't mean that you’re a bad person or that you will do something bad, does it?

Well, someone once said:

"Watch your thoughts, as they become your actions. Watch your actions, as they become your habits. Watch your habits, as it becomes your character. And watch your character, as it becomes your destiny."

These are powerful words indeed and made me realise that there could be some truth in this. For instance, whenever I have had a negative thought about something, only unpleasant thoughts have come into my mind. If I have had some negative thoughts and I have acted on them, they have in fact become my habits, then a character trait of mine which has made me a person with some bad character traits!

However, I have now realised that to cure this problem and to become one with this formless God, I must learn to clear my thoughts and fill them with only the purest of thoughts, thinking of only the well being of others.

I know that this is a challenge for me and for a lot of other people to, as if we were ALL perfect, then we would be as great as God! The aim, however should be high and to become as close to reaching perfection as possible! Someone has said:

"If you aim for the sky, you will touch the ceiling, but if you aim for the ceiling your feet won’t leave the ground."

Some people may find it difficult to analyse their OWN thoughts and instead concentrate on the negative actions of others, but by doing this, we are only thinking with more negative thoughts! His Holiness, Satguru Baba Hardev Ji Mahraj once said:

"The human eye is powerful indeed. It can see things from such a distance and it can also analyse the smallest of details when something is close by. It can not however, analyse one self. To do this we need the aid of a mirror".

In essence, we are being told by the Satguru himself, that we should look at our own habits, our own actions and our own THOUGHTS. That's where the whole problem starts! If we could ALL control our THOUGHTS and have nothing but love in our hearts for everyone, we would certainly be on our way to achieving eternal bliss and togetherness with God.

May the tribe of TRUE missionaries be ever on the increase.