1/10/23 &&& Everything is true to those who believe

 This is the caveat.  It is not an exclusive arrangement.  All you have to do is believe.  Don't let that slip away.  In the end, it falls back to what you believe.  If you believe in nothing, you are nothing.

The filter to belief is perception.  Depending on perception pain can be pleasure and vice versa.  The ability to manage perception to remain positive is the most crucial talent a person can have.  Otherwise, we are subject to stimulus-response.  Managing perception it seems to be the mark of a champion.

In this case, positive thinking is not just fake-it-til-you-make-it.  It is the bedrock of successful living because only through positive thinking we sow the seed of greatness.  Positive thinking then acts as the coloring agent to the filter; which is the perception.  Nothing positive comes out of negative thinking.  The example given is my father, who was a major case of negative influence.

So in summary, positive thinking leads to a sound perception which leads to a strong belief and eventually leads to a massive action that leads to a successful result.  Effort alone is not good enough. We need a conducive environment to thrive.  If the environment is crappy, our thoughts will be skewed to negativity.  For example, because of the Stone Worshipers' defiance, I was unnecessarily stressed and that led me to smoke cigarettes.  Therefore to quit smoking, I should insulate myself from the negative influence.

Now, to put it into practice.  I have always been a fighter.  I live by my empowering credo namely:

- What I can imagine I can do
- What I can imagine is real to me
- With my thoughts, I create my world

Unfortunately, I am a Person With Disability. I have Bipolar Affective Disorder.  I am subject to mood swings.  The worst is the Dark Depression.  That leads me to self-medicate using cigarettes and marijuana.  Now, I can live with my disability or I can choose to shine.  As it is life has been generous.  I have a loving family that provides me with a nurturing environment.  I also had been bestowed with the gift of undivided faith that what I imagine is real.  To date, my belief has led me to create a consciousness of absolute delight.  In this consciousness, I am a Benevolent God and I rule Sparta 4964, my Alternate Reality Dimension.  It is so real that I believe in it wholeheartedly that I am who I am; the luckiest man alive.   

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