Relationships - Think Positive to Attract
Here's some good news! If we think positively about something, it is highly likely to appear in our lives.
The same applies to thinking positively about ourselves.
Sometimes it takes a while, but the good stuff usually appears, because we value it.
So what can we do, in a practical way, to change our lives enough to begin to have a happy relationship with someone? You've probably heard of the Attraction Principle, espoused by a number of 'spiritual advisers'.
Well, it turns out there's a philosophical principle first explained last century that underlies this knowledge.
It's part of a syndrome called phenomenology - and it accounts for the effect of seeing examples of something once it's been pointed out to you.
A friend gives you some new information, that mushrooms are high in...
and before you know it, you're noticing them as you walk by fruit & veggie shops, in magazines, on menus for several pizza toppings and then you open a book of short stories in a bookstore, and see a story with mushrooms in the title.
What is this about mushrooms, you think? This syndrome is exphilosophical phenomenon is called phenomenology, expounded by an Austrian mathematician and philosopher, Edmund Husserl.
On a wholly positive note, once we get into the habit of thinking positively about our lives, things generally do pick up.
Don't labour the point, or turn it into a big chore.
Just think, 'Hang on...
I feel great because of 1, 2, 3...
great things about me and my life.
' The same applies about realising that you're at a great age, you've got some skills and talents at work, several special body characteristics and your mind is fresh and ready to be flexible and learn new things.
According to current thinking, when you're feeling good, your thoughts and feelings are in tune, and you're likely to attract good activities and people into your life.
You need to follow your instinct, and catch adverse feelings and thoughts as soon as you realise they are occurring.
If you tune into positive thoughts and moods you can avoid people who are negatively disposed towards you, and move instinctively towards people who are helpful for your emotional growth.
And they'll also be attracted to you.
The same applies to thinking positively about ourselves.
Sometimes it takes a while, but the good stuff usually appears, because we value it.
So what can we do, in a practical way, to change our lives enough to begin to have a happy relationship with someone? You've probably heard of the Attraction Principle, espoused by a number of 'spiritual advisers'.
Well, it turns out there's a philosophical principle first explained last century that underlies this knowledge.
It's part of a syndrome called phenomenology - and it accounts for the effect of seeing examples of something once it's been pointed out to you.
A friend gives you some new information, that mushrooms are high in...
and before you know it, you're noticing them as you walk by fruit & veggie shops, in magazines, on menus for several pizza toppings and then you open a book of short stories in a bookstore, and see a story with mushrooms in the title.
What is this about mushrooms, you think? This syndrome is exphilosophical phenomenon is called phenomenology, expounded by an Austrian mathematician and philosopher, Edmund Husserl.
On a wholly positive note, once we get into the habit of thinking positively about our lives, things generally do pick up.
Don't labour the point, or turn it into a big chore.
Just think, 'Hang on...
I feel great because of 1, 2, 3...
great things about me and my life.
' The same applies about realising that you're at a great age, you've got some skills and talents at work, several special body characteristics and your mind is fresh and ready to be flexible and learn new things.
According to current thinking, when you're feeling good, your thoughts and feelings are in tune, and you're likely to attract good activities and people into your life.
You need to follow your instinct, and catch adverse feelings and thoughts as soon as you realise they are occurring.
If you tune into positive thoughts and moods you can avoid people who are negatively disposed towards you, and move instinctively towards people who are helpful for your emotional growth.
And they'll also be attracted to you.
