As a Man Thinketh in his heart so is he

It's a very profound idea that we can't take for granted.

I mean we do, like all the time, but if we want to get the most out of life you really need to control your thoughts so your life is how you intend for it to be; not merely how others and society have imposed their wills onto you.

This brings me to the point where some people argue that a lot of the self improvement success books are all the same. But i think there's a definite purpose there that needs to be embraced positively.

Some call these books "shelf help books" because they appear to fill the pockets of the authors who write them. Their content is nothing really unique and hasn't been since somewhere around the 1970 - 80's where there was a revival of thought emergence about creating your ideal reality through your mind.

But we keep forgetting over and over and over and so we make the same mistakes and forget how powerful we are thereby creating a reality that suits how we feel often in reaction to trivial crap (getting cut off while driving, not having small stuff work out for us etc).

When we react habitually and continually in this way we create our reality as a reaction to the bad crap out there, which is not an optimal way to live. This cannot happen if we really want a life of our own design; something greater than simply "reacting" to our world.

I keep a number of success books and tapes on constant cycle. I read and listen, read and listen on and on and on because it's empowering and it helps me not forget what's really going on. I am the one creating my reality as i want it, and it won't be just me acting out of fear or something else that i don't want.

I see the success books that talk about this "as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" as reminders about who we really are.

You can think of self help success books as a way to make the author richer, but is that thinking helping you in any way...really?

I just think we tend to forget how powerful we really are sometimes and keeping yourself in check with whatever works as a reminder for you (like for me the books and tapes help a ton) as often as possible is the way to ascend and embrace our true essence.