Understanding The Mind And Its Functioning

The mind is a faculty of the soul, the main function of which is to produce
thoughts. The thoughts we create are energy. In one day we produce an
average of thirty to forty thousand thoughts. How much energy does this
represent? What do we do with it?

The mind works constantly, even when we are sleeping. We cannot separate
ourselves from it, it is our inseparable companion. If you study your mind
you will see that, as well as thinking, it imagines, remembers, dreams,
associates, desires and even produces your feelings.

If you think about some incident that made you unhappy ten years ago, you
will feel that unhappiness again, perhaps even more deeply than before. If
you think of something that made you happy, you will also feel that
happiness when you repeat the event in your mind.

If you create positive thoughts about yourself, you will feel good and your
self-esteem will be strengthened, and if you create negative thoughts, you
will feel depressed, with low self-esteem. The mind opens up the way to the
self. By creating the right type of thoughts you can open up your inner
potential again, and rediscover that as people we are full of positive
qualities.