{"id":811,"date":"2020-05-02T13:55:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T18:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/?p=811"},"modified":"2021-12-08T17:05:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T23:05:25","slug":"week-20-did-i-do-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/?p=811","title":{"rendered":"Did I Do That?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What was the last moment when something bizarre happened to you and you were stunned?\u00a0 Like the Steve Urkel<\/a> character on Family Matters, you may have been tempted to question, \u201cDid I do that?”<\/p>\n

Well, most everyone would agree that you can only say something or do something if you think it first.\u00a0 Even automatic natural functions and actions come from our brains.\u00a0 The heart beats, the lungs take in air.\u00a0 So when thoughts, words and deeds are so interconnected, how much control do we actually have over our lives just by thinking?\u00a0 And did I really create whatever that was that just happened to me?<\/p>\n

Haanel, in lesson 20, section 28 writes, \u201cThought which is in harmony with the Universal Mind will result in corresponding conditions. Thought which is destructive or discordant will produce corresponding results. You may use thought constructively or destructively, but the immutable law will not allow you to plant a thought of one kind and reap the fruit of another. You are free to use this marvelous creative power as you will, but you must take the consequences.<\/p>\n

Have you witnessed \u201cinstant karma\u201d?\u00a0 It\u2019s quite the show to watch.\u00a0 Someone yells at someone else and stubs their toe, or is so full of anger that they turn to leave the scene and run into a door, or fall down steps.\u00a0 Negative thinking, negative words, negative deeds, destruction is sure to visit.<\/p>\n

So, if I have positive thoughts, thoughts based in harmony, I could have corresponding conditions in my life!<\/p>\n

Positive thinking has been recommended by many a theologian, doctor, psychologist, and by others who know the effect and the outcomes it can create.\u00a0 But it isn\u2019t easy.\u00a0 My friend, Mark J, in his Master Key Experience course, recognizes that all of us have been trained most of our lifetimes to focus on the negative.\u00a0 With his experiential course, over just a few months, he has helped me and many others, to retrain our brains to find positivity in life, to create it within our personal spheres and to recognize more of it when it shows up.\u00a0 Still practicing, but so worth it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What was the last moment when something bizarre happened to you and you were stunned?\u00a0 Like the Steve Urkel character on Family Matters, you may have been tempted to question, \u201cDid I do that?” Well, most everyone would agree that you can only say something or do something if you think it first.\u00a0 Even automatic …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14,13,12],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1402,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/1402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}