Thinking vs. Misthinking

There was only one problem I used to have before my development. I didn’t know, however, what that problem was.

As a result, I also didn’t know what the solution was. This much should be obvious. I haven’t met anyone who both has the solution and yet still consciously chooses to remain in the problem.

Therefore, the only problem was my ignorance.

Being that I was born in Argentina, not only did I not know how to speak English, but I didn’t know how to speak Spanish, also.

You see, I used to believe I had a problem with my thinking. That’s what most people said when I was seeking a solution.

Then, when I began to develop an understanding of the English vocabulary, I actually used an old dictionary to look up the word thinking. What I found out was that thinking is for constructing!

I can guarantee you that during my first 37 years of life – which was the time up until I started developing consciousness – no one would mistake what was going on in my mind with thinking.

The contents of my so-called thoughts were destructive, negative, and derogatory. I was constantly destroying myself, and others, with my misthinking. The person I was destroying the most with this misthinking mind was me.

If somebody was treating me the way that this mind was treating me, I would’ve killed them.

How is it for you?

When I started my development, I saw that I needed to develop understanding about what was going in between my two ears – that I had to delineate between thinking and misthinking. Just like behavior and misbehavior. Deeds and misdeeds.

Typically, people immediately know the difference between these two regarding physical actions. I could see it was the same regarding mental activity – there was a difference and it was easily distinguishable, once I began to pay attention.

Furthermore, I saw that when a misthought – or bad directive – came to me, I didn’t need to follow through on that insane, destructive idea. I could choose. I immediately began to appreciate the many times in my past where the worrying, anxious mind had prevented me from following through on good things. I then saw the flip side where I was able to disobey a destructive mental impulse.

These concepts crystallized for me when I heard a speaker say “When you get a thought, you don’t have to follow it!”

I have now come to see that although I have no control over what comes into my mind, I can choose for how long each thought remains there. The first step is learning that I have a choice.

When a negative misthought enters my mind today, I sometimes laugh and go “Really? After all this time?” Then, I let it go by telling it to go bother somebody else.

I am not bothered that I haven’t achieved perfection and total positivity. Tomorrow, I will be perfect. Today, I am just working towards it. I’m also the most positive person I know today – but maybe I just haven’t met you yet.

I didn’t get to this ‘happy place’ overnight – and I certainly didn’t start here.

Up until I was 37 years old, the person that bothered me the most was me. Every day, it seemed like my mind had nothing better to do than to attack me – with either this, or that, or the other. These bad things were happening inside my head, and I have no power over them whatsoever – they just kept coming to me without me asking for them.

Therefore, these negativities could only come from what I call the ‘tape recording machine’ installed within me. The goal of the book ‘Who’s in Charge of My Mind?’ is to establish the reality of that same situation for you – and to provide the outline of the path we call the ‘Highway of Happiness,’ so that you can do what so many others have, which is eliminate this defective tape recording machine, and become happy!

Stay happy,

Richard