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Jul 07, 2008, 01:55 PM
 Re: The Power of Positive Thought
I believe strongly in the power of positive thought. Even when one can't be cured, positive thought can help them to heal. We all need healing, & for some, there is limited time to do just that. At the end of life, a positive outlook can help someone with their closure. A negative outlook can be disabling.
We know what stress does to the human body-mind-spirit. Positive thought is a stress remedy.
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Jul 07, 2008, 03:24 PM
Re: The Power of Positive Thought
There is a "Universal Law", called The Law of Attraction. This law is working constantly with everyone and everything at every single second through time. It talks about what you think is what you will attract. Ie. Birds of the same feather, flock together. Like attracts like, etc.
Positive things come to those who think positive things will happen. It is proven, over and over and over again through this universal law.
For some, it might be hard to understand, but if you research it and start slowly putting it into play, you will see that it works. As bizarre as it sounds, it works. I've tried and am continually trying to play my life game with it. So far, so good 
There's a book and movie called "The Secret" which talks in detail about it. Very interesting!!
The power of positive thinking works and if it doesn't, it is because there is that little voice somewhere in the back of your mind whispering "failing" words to you.
Check out the movie, or read the book | | No. 14 |
Jul 07, 2008, 06:18 PM
Re: The Power of Positive Thought Originally Posted by Jules A  I was right there with ya until this part. Not that this was your intention but I have seen this statement used in a pathetic attempt to justify poor results related to alternative type medical treatments. Like the clinics in third world countries that prey on sick people especially those with terminal cancer. If the person's cancer returns or never resolved it is blamed on their lack of faith in the "cure". 
No no, it was not my intent and I apologize, but it is difficult to explain the law of attraction when I am NOT an expert on it. But I believe it and I've seen it work daily in my life. When dealing with the law of attraction, you have to think about positive results and goals. IF, you begin to think something is not possible or "bad" thoughts, you actually suppress the law of attractions power or your good thoughts of what you want and so, you attract what you think about. It's complicated for me to explain properly through online words. If you watch the movie or read the book, you will understand what I was trying to and am trying to say. Or, you can google it. There is a ton of information on it and I believe Albert Einstein was the one who figured it out. I might be mistaken.
According to the law of attraction, everything and everyone in your reality is a result of your thoughts. It's goes along with quantum physics, but quantum physics takes it a bit further and is far more difficult to understand. I hope that clears up what I was saying | | No. 15 |
Jul 07, 2008, 07:00 PM
Re: The Power of Positive Thought Originally Posted by StudentNurseBean No no, it was not my intent and I apologize, but it is difficult to explain the law of attraction when I am NOT an expert on it. But I believe it and I've seen it work daily in my life. When dealing with the law of attraction, you have to think about positive results and goals. IF, you begin to think something is not possible or "bad" thoughts, you actually suppress the law of attractions power or your good thoughts of what you want and so, you attract what you think about. It's complicated for me to explain properly through online words. If you watch the movie or read the book, you will understand what I was trying to and am trying to say. Or, you can google it. There is a ton of information on it and I believe Albert Einstein was the one who figured it out. I might be mistaken.
According to the law of attraction, everything and everyone in your reality is a result of your thoughts. It's goes along with quantum physics, but quantum physics takes it a bit further and is far more difficult to understand. I hope that clears up what I was saying
Oh no worries! I figured that was what you meant just wanted to mention that sometimes it can be used for bad as well as good. A friend of mine with Lupus had a big blow up with her sister because sis thinks that if she would only be more positive her disease wouldn't have progressed the way it has.  | | No. 16 |
Jul 28, 2008, 02:41 PM
Re: The Power of Positive Thought Originally Posted by StudentNurseBean There is a "Universal Law", called The Law of Attraction. Positive things come to those who think positive things will happen. It is proven, over and over and over again through this universal law. There's a book and movie called "The Secret" which talks in detail about it.
There is also a movie called "What the Bleep do we Know". It is about quantum physics which is not as hard to understand as you might think. Two of the people i quoted in my initial post are in that movie (though only briefly).
When you look at physics, and quantum physics, this existence we share becomes much more mysterious. Did you know that Einstein's special theory of relativity proves that time travel is real? People travel into the future everyday! Also, quantum physics has discovered that matter (electrons) are both particles and waves at the same time. If you are not looking it is a wave, but as soon as you look, it collapses into a particle, as if it knew it was now being observed. What this means is that an object can be in two or more places simultaneously, and still be that one object. It is called, particle/wave duality, and further shows that we influence the world around us, just by observing it. These seemingly science fiction examples are real, and illuminate a world that we know very little about. With open minds, we could stumble upon some amazing discoveries about a larger role we are playing at shaping our own realities. | | No. 17 |
Jul 31, 2008, 05:46 PM
Re: The Power of Positive Thought
Do you think a negative thought would be better? I think people can " will themselves to death" Elderly men who lose their wifes usually check out quickly. I believe positive thoughts make the loss of life easier for the ones who are left. Everything you could do, you did. Just think how bad the people who believe it is all over ,just throw in the towel, feel after the death. What if I had tried to pray, what if I had believed they would improve, what if? Death is final, you can't go back. Being positive, in my opinion, is about the ones who will continue living as much as those who will die. We all wil die, but, wouldn't it be great if when the time came the ones who loved us the most felt good about themselves?
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Oct 01, 2008, 06:52 PM
Re: The Power of Positive Thought
The Power of Positive Thought --IF first learned by nurses and THEN
taught by nurses to patients will have a GREAT impact on health care (which is not really health care but disease care). 
Recommended reading: for ANYONE interested in the Power of Positive Thought --Anything by Joseph Murphy, you can find some of his books on www.abebooks.com
a listing of his books are on this website
http ://josephmurphy.wwwhubs.com/
Also, books and movies like: "The Secret";
book: "Hung by the Tongue" by Francis P. Martin or "The Tongue A Creative Force" by Charles Capps..  |
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