The most powerful thing in the world (Facebook repost)

 

 

What is the most powerful thing in the world? The most powerful thing in the world is formless, invisible and intangible. It has no physical attributes, but it can summon all the powers of the universe to do its bidding. It can unleash the power of a thousand suns or comfort a crying baby. It can create beautiful music and give joy to millions or it can initiate policies that destroy life and cause innumerable tragedies. It has the potential to make you see the world as a heaven or a hell, to have a good day or a really bad day.

I'm talking, of course, about the power of a single thought. One thought might seem insignificant. You could ignore it, and nothing would happen. Maybe another one will come along. Maybe you'll get distracted and it will have no effect. But it's that one that takes root, that sticks in the human brain and gets to work like a virus, self-replicating exponentially, hijacking all of your perceptions, that is potentially the most dangerous. It can start an avalanche of other destructive thoughts, which, if believed and acted upon can turn a normal, everyday person into a serial killer. It can lead someone to discover a breakthrough in medicine or invent the world's most lethal bio-weapon.

Very powerful, indeed. But they have no power of their own. They rely upon the belief and actions of the humans in whose brains they become implanted. The power of choice and intention are our only defense against their potentially harmful effects. Look deeply at the beliefs you hold. They are made up of thoughts. Take them out, one by one and examine them. What makes you believe this thought or that one? Are they one hundred percent true? Is the whole structure built around one core thought which may, just possibly, be a fiction?

In trying to unravel the mess I'm in, the mess I get into daily, I find it all comes down to thoughts, intentions and decisions. What I believe determines to how I perceive the world, and how I perceive the world affects my actions and interactions with others. I can be a little ray of sunshine or royal pain in the ass. A blessing or a cosmic disaster. The things I say or do can also change how others perceive and experience certain things as the seeds of a single thought that I entertain find their way out into the world, into the fertile ground of other humans' consciousnesses. If you've read this far, it's too late. You've gotten a dose of the randomness that goes on inside my cranium.

I don't know if what I'm saying will be helpful to others or not, but it has helped me. Perhaps not everyone is as thought driven as I am. Some folks may be more intuitive or instinctual. But behind every action there is a thought, a basic operating parameter inputted by someone, somewhere. Who is doing your programming? Can you wrest the keyboard from their hands and take control? These are just questions. I don't have the answers. But I hope I can do my part by cleaning up my own faulty programming, do the weeding in my own backyard, so to speak, and then maybe I'll be of some use in helping to untangle our collective mess. Or at least help someone to have a better day.

In the meantime, my thought for the day: "Be Nice." Not too original, I know, but it's a keeper. My, aren't I preachy today?