-James Allen
I have thought about this quote for years and years, as someone who has quite literally been through the fires of Hell, I know a thing or two of James Allen's philosophy. I have found, if we think of filth, it is much easier for us to be attracted to squalor. It's easier for corrupt thoughts to creep into our minds. and more importantly, it's harder for us to try and get them to relinquish it's hold on our minds.
I know of this malady well. as someone who has participated in things that surely I wish I hadn't, I know that things that we take part in surely become embedded in us are most certainly hard to get rid of.
Also, I have had the pleasure and blessing to find that when we do what is right, when I do what I should be doing, it is much easier to turn bad thoughts away. it becomes habit, when a deleterious thought comes to mind, to turn it away, to say a quick prayer to my God, to ask for help through this trying time, and to eventually, be relieved from such uncleanliness.
"A man is literally what he thinks." when we think of estimable things, we are good, we are closer to our heavenly father, we have a desire to do better, to become closer and closer to our Deity. an excitement comes into my life, an excitement to see the next blessing that will come.
On the other hand, when we do bad. we attract the iniquitous things in life. and we slowly spin farther and farther away from the lucency of our lives. we become closer and closer to our brother Satan. often we think of Satan as an unfeeling, evil, hating individual. But I truly believe, he wants to be close to us, he wants to spend time with us. he knows when we are close, we become more vulnerable to his enticings. Satan knows our weaknesses. he knows what he must do to get us to start our spiral into hell.
We are that which we think. let us think of good. let us become the best we can be. and we will all be happier, stronger, and a more prosperous people. this I can promise, for I have seen it in my life. we can be better! lets try!
