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How to Develop Positive Thinking

woman is born as Ms. Different. Indeed, society is an
amalgam of highly disparate elements.
It is this difference that creates problems. When you
face a situation which is not in accordance with your
desires, you become irritated. Then a chain reaction sets
in—leading to anger, vengefulness, negative thinking,
and violence. It is this phenomenon that prevents you
from thinking positively.

Then, the other problem is that everyone is prone
to conditioning. The process of conditioning starts
with every negative experience. And, conditioning
gradually becomes a part of the unconscious mind.
The occasional negative experience, because of the
conditioning process, comes to affect one whole side
of our personality, until a time comes when it becomes
integral to one’s personality. One loses sight of the fact
that it is an evil of which one should rid oneself as soon
as possible.
To overcome this problem, one has to learn the art of
remaining silent. When any negative thought comes to
your mind, do not react. Say nothing. Make your mind
empty for a moment. Then the whole matter will settle
down. If someone makes a harsh remark about you, you
should not take it seriously. Things not taken seriously
do not become registered in the mind and thus do not
continue to rankle.

Fortunately, nature is very helpful towards us in this
regard. Apart from other qualities, there is a unique
quality in human nature, that is, the ability to cool
down. The only condition is that we should give nature

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