The Power of Thought
Lecture by
Charlie Lutes (2/2/90)
"Thoughts are really things just as much as
light, heat or electricity, etc., are things."
- Charlie Lutes
How one thinks and
what one thinks about is very important because thoughts going out have power;
they are emanations which are minute particles going out into the atmosphere. These
thoughts, after the initial force of projection is expanded, float along like
clouds mixing with other thought waves of the same character, and these in many
cases extend to far distant parts of the earth. Some thought emanations remain
close to where they were sent forth, and unless they are disturbed by other
strong thoughts of a contrary nature, they will remain slightly charged for
many years. Thoughts sent forth with a definite purpose, or under a strong
desire, emotion or passion will go forth rapidly toward the objective or
individual to whom they are directed.
Very few persons put
any force or power into their thoughts, and their thinking becomes a mechanical
process. And, their thoughts do not travel anywhere to speak of, unless they
are drawn by someone of a similar nature with similar thoughts who attracts
them to himself. Some people spend their entire lives avoiding thinking; they
only think in cases of emergency and they spend most of their lives trying to
avoid an emergency.
Thoughts are really
things just as much as light, heat, electricity, and so forth, are things.
Also, thoughts can be seen by psychic sight, and they can also be felt.
Thoughts going out also carry the color belonging to it, such as anger which is
dark red, murderous thoughts as dark muddy red, and so forth. Thoughts have
power and they affect people. Thoughts going forth with strength, in most cases
carry with it a certain amount of prana, and this gives them additional
strength and power, and often produces startling results.
Prana has the ability
to vitalize thoughts and, in some cases, makes it almost a living force. Again,
to produce certain results depends upon the strength with which the thought has
been projected. There is another element of strength which also allows thoughts
to manifest power and that is that thoughts have the tendency to attract to
themselves other thoughts of a similar nature, and thus combine force. Similar
thoughts have a tendency to flock together, or to coalesce, or blend with each
other. Mob psychology is an example.
The average
thought-atmosphere of a community is the composite thoughts of the people
living in that community. So places, like people, have their peculiarities,
their characteristics, their strong and weak points, or their prevailing
atmosphere. People coming to such a community, either find themselves in
harmony with their own mental character, or they don't, in which case they feel
uncomfortable and soon leave the place if it is possible. It is also true that
a person new in a place may not be in harmony with the prevailing
thought-atmosphere. Yet, if he stays there a charge begins to be manifested in
him and he rises or, as the case may be, sinks to the level of the prevailing
thought of the area or community.
The thoughts of one
strong thinker will overcome the weak meaningless thoughts of a great number of
people who send forth only negative thoughts. Hence the saying, to accentuate
the positive and not the negative, for the positive is a sure antidote for the
negative.
The spirit of a nation
is a composite of the spirit of its people and the leader of a nation is the
voice of the thinking of the people. Strong thoughts or positive thinking
produces a strong nation, and visa versa. The collected thinking of people form
thought strata in the astral, the same as clouds form in groups of clouds in
the sky here on earth. On the astral each stratum of thought does not occupy a
certain portion of space to the exclusion of all other thought clouds; rather,
these thought particles forming the clouds are of different degrees of
vibrations. So, the same space may be filled with thought matter of numerous
kinds, passing freely about and interpenetrating each other without
interference with each other.
Another great truth is
that you are as you think. If one thinks in a positive manner, one then
attracts unto oneself thoughts from a positive cloud mass, and visa versa. Hate
groups are formed of persons who have harbored thoughts of hate or malice for
some time and eventually they are attracted to each other, and as a group are
given an opportunity to manifest these thoughts into action. This same
procedure produces wars, which start with great energy, are exhausted, and many
lives are lost.
Now is the time when
we have the opportunity to move into much higher thinking of peace, sharing,
harmony and love in this world. As we think this way we will draw on higher and
higher thoughts and in turn we will become cosmic.
If one continues to
think in a certain vein, he will eventually attract to himself circumstances
and conditions which will make it possible for him to manifest his thoughts
into action, and to make use of the thoughts he has been harboring, good bad or
indifferent.
A person possessing
power or a strong will, will send forth a powerful thought and with it a supply
of prana in proportion to the power or force of the thought. Also, a powerful
thinker, whose thought is charged strongly with prana, often creates thought
forms, that is, thoughts having such vitality that they become like living
forces and they possess nearly the same power that the person creating them
has. The higher the order of thought, the stronger it is.
There are many thought
forms sent out of all descriptions, low and evil, or high and loving. However,
as long as one maintains thoughts of love and God, he will repel the strongest
thought-wave which may be directed against him, or which might be encountered
in the astral, and he will only respond to thoughts coming from a very high
source, which will greatly benefit him. Low thoughts, aims and ambitions come
only from those of low consciousness and through selfishness; such cause most
of the trouble that exists in this world.
Again, those of high
spiritual development are constantly sending forth thought waves of love,
strength and help. They are forever dedicated to helping humanity, and those
who need help receive it if they are sincere.
Those who send forth
thoughts of evil and destruction, or desire to injure someone, are usually
injured themselves. For evil thoughts sent to someone who is spiritual rebound
back to the sender. This is why it is said that if someone would harm you, do
not respond, as that has already been taken care of through the immutable law
of cause and effect.
Peace love harmony