May 23, 2006
Thoughts Of Concern
When Worry Becomes A Prayer
If prayer is an intention that we announce to the universe in order to create a desired outcome, then our every thought is a prayer. This includes thoughts of worry as well as of hope. All thoughts are subtle creative energy. Some thoughts are more focused or repeated more often, gathering strength. Some are written down or spoken, giving them even greater power. Every thought we have is part of a process whereby we cocreate our experience and our reality with the universe. When we use our creative energy unconsciously, we create what is commonly known as self-fulfilling prophecy. In essence, when we worry, we are repeatedly praying and lending our energy to the creation of something we don't want.

The good news is that we can retrain our minds and thoughts to focus our energy on what we do desire to bring into our lives. Since most worry is repetitive, it will take more than one positive thought to counteract the energy we've created. The simplest antidote to worry is affirmations. When we hold these positive thoughts, repeat them often, speak them and write them and refer to them throughout our day, we are using focused energy to create positive results.

We can start right away, together: I am a creative being, using my energy to cocreate a wonderful world. I know that I create my experience of life from within, and as I do so, I also create ripples of energy around me that echo into the world. My positive thoughts gather together with the thoughts and prayers of others, and together we create enough positive energy to heal not only our own lives but the world we share. I am grateful for the ability to cocreate good in my life and in the world.

A lot of times we have concerned loved ones that worry about us. When this happens they are also sending out a worry prayer to the world. A loving conversation letting them know what is happening is the easiest solution. Also, ask them to send you positive affirmations rather than worry about you. After all, worry doesn't do them any good either. Explain to them that worry can actually be energetically harmful to you and that wishing good things for you is much more beneficial and much more fun too.

[Junerain]

I hope I can re-train my mind. You say some thoughts are repeated over and over, for me, thoughts about how mentally ill I am do repeat, and you say when you write them down they get more power. I have journals ans journals about how angry I am that I happen to be mentally ill. I will try to re-train my mind....yet it is more easily said than done.

[walkswithspiritbear]

You say that writing down your thoughts give them more power, then why does everyone say to keep a journal of how you are feeling, whether it is physical or emotional? Is this in turn just making me sicker than I already am. Just keeping track of how I feel on a daily basis gives that thought more power, then I am truly in deep doodoo..Both of my doctors want a daily record. How do I overcome this then? You have raised alot of questions in my mind here and I am unsure of how to even think let alone feel...... Please help me to clarify this in my head... Linda

[Junerain]

let's start the debate: when we write down all our deepest and saddest things...are we giving them more power over ourselves? Or is it a release? Anyone try online journaling? Do you keep it private? Where or when do you journal?

I DIDN'T write this. I, personally, see journaling working two different ways. It can be positive and it can be negative. After I write something negative down, I either burn it or flush it. It's gone then. The positive things that I do for myself, I keep in the journal.

I can go back and see what I accomplished and how I accomplished it. I don't dwell upon the power of the negative because I got rid of it.

However your T wants you to deal with journaling is between you and the T. I can see it being useful when you're in counseling. All of it. Processing it would help. I don't see a T and I have to do my own processing. Flushing or burning it is part of my process.

I have moved light years in the past 6 weeks by using worry as a prayer. I've also asked the people around me to quit worrying and start sending me something positive. I think it has really helped.

xoxo pat

I journal but not on line. I feel journals are private and where I can just write the first things that come into my head and then on to the paper.

I do have a type of on line journal - my blog here. But my blog I keep focused specifically on my therapy for Dissociative Identity Disorder and information about Dissociative I dentity Disorder.

Because it is on line I do not put into it anything that is private and that which I do not share with everyone such as - names, addresses and so on. or anything else that would reveal who I or those in the situations that I write about in my blog are.

My private home jounaling is a release among other things for me, whereas my blog is not only someplace where I can write about my thoughts about having DID and what I have been through this past 5 plus years to learn about that disorder and how to take care of it not for a quick band aid fix but permanently but I am also writing my blog for others too who are at the same level of therapy and so on that I am who are ready to go beyond just surviving, medications that don't work and so on, so that they too can benefit from what I have learned about DID and how to take care of it permanently.

[Rhapsody]

to Journal is to accept the great divide between staying insane (a feeling of) and remaining sane (a hope for).... to Journal is to release all the hate and sorrow, mixed with just the right amount of LoVe, to allow you to live again, if but one day.

((((((( HUGS ))))))) ~ ~ ~ ~ ((((((( HUGS )))))))

LoVe,
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