There is a suit we wear that has a life of its own.
It is knitted of the fabric of words, images and sounds, mischievous characters that no one else can see—or would care to know.
You, however, hear them day and night, chattering, buzzing, playing their games in the courtyard of your mind. They are all the threads of the garment of thought that envelops you.
Leave your thoughts to play on their own, and they will take you for a ride to places you never wanted to see.
Grab the reins, master them, direct them, flex your mind, and they will follow. Provide them a script, and they will play along.
Do something quick, because you, after all, are dressed up within them.
Hayom Yom, 16 Cheshvan.
Thoughts are energy and are the most powerful forces in the world. Our limited awareness does not let us see how our thoughts influence our life.
Currently our thoughts are directed to favour our selves and can cause destructive results on others.
If only we would all realize this fact and direct our thoughts together towards goodness and peace - we could change the chaos and crises exploding in our world.
Brenda, I see a few of your sentences differently and choose to express my experience.
1. "Our limited awareness does not let us see how our thoughts influence our life". There are many whose awareness does allow this and I would not take that away from them. Rabbi Freeman is one. You are another if you choose to be. To assist I consider the objective universe as a composite of thoughts, feelings and actions. I use it to see the results of my thoughts so they can be corrected or enhanced.
2."Currently our thoughts are directed to favor our selves and can cause destructive results on others". Your use of the word our is too general for me. A preferred method is to keep your ideas noble and grant others the ability to express their unlimited divinity.
The concept "there is no one to change but self" helps me see clearly when at times I do not wish too.
May your day be filled with the joy, wonder and the beauty of life.
Certainly, everyone is at a different stage of their development. If you read my reply to a comment in DD "Seasons Of Essence", I explain what our essence is. G_d created us with one force: a desire to receive pleasure for me or egoistic force - referred to as Pharaoh who rules our life.
.... until a new force awakens: the desire to benefit others. Then our nature can use both forces to behave in G_d's quality. This is called 'equivalence of form'.
This second force is what gives us the awareness to check our automatic egoistic actions. We are only then in control of our Pharaoh and are able to exit 'Egypt' - the place in my heart they only feels me. I now have real free choice: to act with the intention to benefit me or others.
In Gmar Tikkun (the Final Correction) all humanity will reach this state of divine quality and G_d will dwell amongst us.
When we change ourself with this divine force, we change our world - we merit a clearer perception of G_d's world.
Thank you. Your understanding is considerable. I wish you well!