An Emotionalized Follow Up

The foundation needed to understand the concept of “emotionalized thoughts” was laid out in a previous post. At this time, I would like to continue the discussion. We have seen that emotionalized thoughts are simply thoughts linked with strong feelings. We have also seen that such thoughts “speed up” our mental operations—one example of which has already been given. But in what other ways can such thoughts possibly affect us? While the previous example was concerned with Lesson I: Perception and Belief, the example provided below will involve Lesson III: Goals and Dreams.

As stated in the third lesson, the second step to bring a thought, goal or dream into reality is called Focus, which means concentrating on the thing you wish to accomplish. Concentration itself is a mental activity, and therefore a form of thinking, and as such the concept of Focus essentially refers to the activity of “thinking about” whatever it is you want to accomplish. When this (focus) is done, consistently over time, your mind will begin to identify various methods of how to accomplish the thing you want. This occurs in the form of thoughts or ideas which “flash” into the conscious mind, thereby providing a person with a basic set of possible methods which may then be utilized to bring a given thought, goal or dream into reality.

As you might expect, the time component needed to complete this process is very much dependent on the amount of feeling or emotion involved in a person's thoughts. With little excitement or enthusiasm to accomplish a given goal or dream, a person will struggle to produce the creative ideas needed to accomplish it. However, if a person's thoughts (concentrations) are emotionalized, that is, if a person's thoughts are passionate or enthusiastic about the prospect of accomplishing a given thing, then the same person will quickly experience possible methods or ideas “flashing” into their conscious mind, which may then be employed to accomplish their objective. If a person is sufficiently “fired up” about something, ideas on how to accomplish it may begin appearing in their mind immediately. Contrariwise, such possible methods or ideas rarely develop without feeling or passion.

As elementary as it may sound, a strong desire to accomplish a given objective is necessary to accomplish it. Such desire is not only beneficial in order to cultivate creative ideas, but also to develop persistence. It is worth noting that oftentimes initial “ideas” or “possible methods” (which are employed by a person to achieve their goals) prove faulty or problematic. If such is the case, without a strong desire, many people will give up or quit. It seems, in this case, our emotions provide us with a twofold benefit: the acquisition of creative ideas which may be utilized to accomplish our objectives, as well as the staying power needed to persist through failure.