"I believe that thought precedes feelings that precede action. Think, feel, act. If you can change a thought, the rest will follow. . . . "
May I add something to that perspective? Human beings are highly complex entities. What we consider to be ourselves, what we experience in our day-to-day awareness or consciousness is only "the tip of…
"I believe that thought precedes feelings that precede action. Think, feel, act. If you can change a thought, the rest will follow. . . . "
May I add something to that perspective? Human beings are highly complex entities. What we consider to be ourselves, what we experience in our day-to-day awareness or consciousness is only "the tip of the iceberg" of what we actually are. We posess, as beings functioning in this three-dimensional time-space universe, a very limited ability to focus on or be aware of what is actually going in around us and inside of us at any given moment. MOST of what we are is operating "below the surface" from our limited perspective constrained in this physical experience. Our "subconscious self" is huge! We hold many, many memories and BELIEFS on that subconscious level, and it is beliefs held and expressed by parts of our subconscious (including our "worldview") that influence our thoughts.
So a more complete rendition might look like this:
Beliefs held by subconscious parts > inspire those parts to guide or direct our actions/behaviors > parts exert influence by generating "feelings", both physiological and emotional > feelings are the means of communication between the subconscious and our conscious self > feelings "drive behaviors" and push us into responding to the desires of the subconscious (that originate in its belifs).
As a side note: the "Word" referred to in the Bible (as in John 1:1) has nothing to do with written or spoken language, or pen and paper recording letters. The Word is ENERGY, the primordial Consciousness from which everything else is derived. The physicists call it The Quantum Field. Religious people call it God or the Name of God ". . . and the Word was God". Which is why it cannot be uttered. It IS God itself!
"I believe that thought precedes feelings that precede action. Think, feel, act. If you can change a thought, the rest will follow. . . . "
May I add something to that perspective? Human beings are highly complex entities. What we consider to be ourselves, what we experience in our day-to-day awareness or consciousness is only "the tip of the iceberg" of what we actually are. We posess, as beings functioning in this three-dimensional time-space universe, a very limited ability to focus on or be aware of what is actually going in around us and inside of us at any given moment. MOST of what we are is operating "below the surface" from our limited perspective constrained in this physical experience. Our "subconscious self" is huge! We hold many, many memories and BELIEFS on that subconscious level, and it is beliefs held and expressed by parts of our subconscious (including our "worldview") that influence our thoughts.
So a more complete rendition might look like this:
Beliefs held by subconscious parts > inspire those parts to guide or direct our actions/behaviors > parts exert influence by generating "feelings", both physiological and emotional > feelings are the means of communication between the subconscious and our conscious self > feelings "drive behaviors" and push us into responding to the desires of the subconscious (that originate in its belifs).
As a side note: the "Word" referred to in the Bible (as in John 1:1) has nothing to do with written or spoken language, or pen and paper recording letters. The Word is ENERGY, the primordial Consciousness from which everything else is derived. The physicists call it The Quantum Field. Religious people call it God or the Name of God ". . . and the Word was God". Which is why it cannot be uttered. It IS God itself!