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In book 7 of the Ringing Cedars series, the author asks the question on what a person’s life depends on. He gives two possible answers: either a person’s life is already predetermined by fate from his birth, and it is controlled by some higher forces, or a person himself controls his life, with the help of the Energy of Thought.
At the end of the chapter, the author concludes that a person still manages his life himself: “Intuitively, perhaps subconsciously, people understand: their own future life depends not only on some Higher Powers, God’s providence, but also on themselves . (...) Any dream, even one that seems unrealistic and completely fantastic, will be fulfilled if a person takes simple and consistent actions towards this dream.” Since thought is material, it is the main beginning of all events in a person’s life.
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However, seemingly random events and disruptions to plans in a person’s life occur quite often. How can you even plan anything in this life when you don’t know what will happen to you this evening? We don’t even know the date of our death, let alone manage our lives… And a thought may be material, but how many more of the same material thoughts are in the heads of a variety of people, which do not necessarily sound in unison...
Once upon a time, my crisis psychology teacher told us about locus of control. “We cannot be responsible for everything that happens in our lives,” she said. “But how we get out of different situations is our responsibility.” Of course, if a person suddenly dies, there is no way he can get out of it. But until you die, you can always do something.
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A person cannot control his life, cannot control the events in it. But he can control himself. A person can control three things: his thoughts, his words, and his actions.
Let's say a person suddenly gets sick and is given sick leave. He thought he would go to work today, but he had to sit at home. What happened to him did not depend on him. But he can spend his time at home in different ways, and it depends on him. He can just lie there and do nothing, he can engage in self-development and read a book, or he can take his work home if he is a workaholic.
The events that happen to us do not depend on us (or do not always depend on us). But our behavior, and our actions during these events depend on us. The same situation can happen in the lives of different people, and all these different people in the same situation can behave differently.
Having become disabled, someone will become angry with the whole world, start drinking alcohol, or will not want to live at all. But someone, on the contrary, will want to help other similar people, write a book, or master a new profession available to them... And having suddenly become rich, you can spend all your money on luxury and entertainment, or you can invest it in a profitable business.
What do we think about when this or that event happens in our lives?
What do we tell ourselves and others?
What do we do?
These are three things that depend only on us. No one else but ourselves controls our arms and legs, our tongue and our thoughts. And you should always remember this, no matter what happens.
Author: Mari Batinak
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