| Thought leads to belief, and belief leads to attitudes. | | | | that arises in the mind after observing a thing or |
| Attitudes influence while beliefs inform actions, and | | | | phenomena for a number of times, yet there are |
| ultimately actions become habits which shape | | | | variable factors and elements yet to be considered |
| character that then forges destiny. This is the | | | | that do not qualify that observation to be a fact. |
| growth path that is taken by that powerful entity | | | | Then there are perceptions. Perceptions are |
| known as Thought. | | | | impressions or observations about certain things and |
| But what is a Thought, anyway? Are thoughts | | | | how they behave. For example, if you were to live in |
| things? What constitutes a Thought? What cannot | | | | a time where the concept of gravity has not been |
| be considered a Thought? | | | | explained or introduced yet, you would wonder how |
| For a thing that occurs about 50,000 times a day in | | | | or why things stay rooted to the ground or why |
| an average person's brain, I have come to believe | | | | things fall, but you would not know that it was |
| that there are actually 6 dimensions of thinking and | | | | because of the force called gravity. You would |
| at least 1 way of steering your thoughts so that a | | | | assume that it is just the way things are. |
| desirable destiny can be dictated by you. | | | | Kinds of thoughts just describe what shape a |
| This is probably a relief to those of you out there | | | | thought takes - in the form of a Question or an |
| who are nearly going mad over the 26 (or was it | | | | Affirmation. |
| 23?) dimensions of quantum physics. Perish that | | | | To give you an analogy, questions are like the |
| thought! Let us get on with the 6 dimensions of | | | | keywords you enter into a search engine such as |
| thought, shall we? | | | | Google, while affirmations are the results that Google |
| The 6 dimensions of thought are divided into 3 pairs | | | | generates because of the keywords you had |
| of dimensions, and they are:- | | | | entered. |
| 1. The 2 Polarities of Thoughts: | | | | When you are asking a question, depending on your |
| - Positive | | | | intention, you are actively seeking out an answer, a |
| - Negative | | | | truth, a reality that you would either adopt or reject, |
| 2. The 2 Qualities of Thoughts: | | | | that you would either hope for or dread. There is |
| - True | | | | that element of surprise still, the element of |
| - False | | | | possibility of things being better or worse (again |
| 3. The 2 Kinds of Thoughts: | | | | depending upon your outlook - whether optimistic or |
| - Questions | | | | pessimistic). |
| - Affirmations | | | | But if you are stating an affirmation, you make it |
| I dub them 6 dimensions and not 6 qualities or 6 | | | | seem as if what you had just said is already true or |
| types because these are actually elements that | | | | you strongly believe is true. Therefore, you will |
| construct a thought and some elements can intersect | | | | always get experiences that confirm or somehow |
| with others from another pair. For example, there | | | | 'prove' to you that what you had just affirmed is |
| can be a False Negative Question such as, 'Why am I | | | | true. Objectively speaking, affirmations can be true |
| such a miserable failure in everything I do?' and there | | | | or false. But to your inner mind, everything is |
| can be a False Positive Affirmation such as, 'I am the | | | | accepted as truth, in one way or another. |
| wealthiest, most opulent person of all time' (if that | | | | For example, an affirmation such as, 'things fall to the |
| person is a shabby, unemployed but fully able-bodied | | | | ground because of gravity' is a truthful one and a |
| degenerate). | | | | useful one because it keeps you from thinking you |
| Polarities of thought reveal whether or not a thought | | | | can fly off tall buildings; whereas a false affirmation |
| would be positive or negative to a person's | | | | such as, 'there is no such thing as gravity' is an |
| well-being, or more specifically, if it would be useful, | | | | extremely dangerous and harmful one especially if a |
| functional and purposeful to a person in any given | | | | person intends to act upon such beliefs. |
| situation. For example, a surgeon who is performing a | | | | Ideally, there should be a healthy mix and balance of |
| brain surgery would categorise (if he still has the | | | | thoughts comprising the varying elements of the 6 |
| capacity to do the mental act of categorisation while | | | | dimensions. |
| performing brain surgery) as Negative or Non-Useful a | | | | In this case, I hold to the school of thought that |
| thought such as, 'I have shaky hands. My hands are | | | | Truth should, above all, outweigh Positivity. I prefer |
| shaking. My palms are sweating.' But he would | | | | Reality to Delusion. But then I also prefer Possibility |
| probably welcome (if he is giving any attention to | | | | to Grim Pessimism. |
| any thought outside his brain surgery procedure at all) | | | | Strive always to seek out the truth behind what you |
| thoughts such as, 'I have firm steady hands. I know | | | | think you know. Find the truth behind the truth. Once |
| where to perform the incision. I know what tools to | | | | you have found it, find the truth behind the truth |
| use. I know what exact steps to do, and the | | | | behind the truth. Until you are satisfied with a |
| back-up steps in case my previous steps fail.' | | | | conclusion that is functional and useful for your |
| It is important to note here that the 6 dimensions of | | | | working model of the world. |
| thought are qualitative gauges for thoughts after | | | | Let Truth and Positive Possibility both guide your |
| they have been generated. It is possible to know | | | | beliefs, decisions and actions. Let not Positive |
| whether or not a present thought is positive or | | | | Expectancy cloud your perception of what is true |
| negative, true or false, a question or an affirmation, | | | | and real. |
| but it would usually take a measure of time and a | | | | One habit that employs both Truth and Positive |
| measure of practice with the act of observing in | | | | Possibility in a balanced and healthy mix, that is |
| order to determine the 6 dimensions of thoughts. | | | | constructive and offers hope for improvement, is |
| Qualities of thoughts refer to how the thought | | | | that of asking Positive, Objective, Constructive and |
| relates to objective, empirical reality. Despite recent | | | | True Questions. |
| philosophical movements to the contrary, I still believe | | | | When you have formulated a Question that is all at |
| we cannot reject the fact that objective, empirical | | | | once positive, constructive, objective, truthful and |
| reality still exists and is still an important factor to be | | | | does not deny reality in any way, you have a potent |
| taken into consideration when making decisions and | | | | tool for transformation that no amount of |
| living Life in general. | | | | affirmations-chanting can hope to do. |
| There are many ways we can determine whether or | | | | The habit of asking the right, most useful and truthful |
| not a thought that we generate is true. Even then, | | | | questions are what helped prisoners of war and |
| there are varying degrees of the truth or falsehood | | | | sufferers of concentration camps survive their |
| of a thought, despite the Boolean nature of the | | | | ordeals and live to tell their stories and be an |
| matter. | | | | inspiration to millions, not just positive expectancy or |
| There are facts, then there are opinion, and then | | | | consistent optimism. |
| there are perceptions. Facts are simply observations | | | | Asking the most perfect questions is not a thing that |
| about phenomena or things that have been made | | | | can be learned or acquired. It is already in-born, just |
| permanent in the mind because of the frequency and | | | | that we were de-trained and de-programmed to be |
| consistency of an observation concerning a | | | | deficient and ineffective in wielding it (because we |
| phenomena or thing (for example, ever since the | | | | were often chastised for asking too many questions |
| Earth was still void of Life and until now, the fact | | | | of our teachers). It is not a matter of suddenly |
| remains that triangles have three sides and one plus | | | | deciding that we should start asking positive, |
| one equals two). | | | | effective questions from now on. It should come |
| Opinions too have varying degrees to them - there | | | | naturally, from a sincere desire to know the truth and |
| are deep-rooted beliefs and then there are flexible | | | | reality of things as well as the most positive, most |
| opinions that would change once an observation has | | | | constructive and most possible way of changing |
| been proven wrong. Opinions are simply a formulation | | | | things to our liking and shape the Life that we want. |