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THE ART OF THINKING ____ By BK JAYANTI

Here I refer the first few pages from the easy reading book "The art of thinking " :

The basis for the art of thinking is the art of living and the basis for the art of living is the art of thinking.
Whatever my thoughts, that is what I become.
We achieve our dreams and aspirations on the basis of our own thinking.
If I want to make may life full of truth and beauty, then let my thoughts be full of truth and beauty.
This sounds very simple but our thoughts are rather like a ball of mercury, difficult to capture.
The mind moves in a thousand different directions and at great speed.Sometimes we don’t know where it is going or why, and only after the experience do we begin to see what has happened. Then we say, “Why did that happen?” We don’t realise that it is I myself who allowed it to happen.
If something happens which we don’t like, very often the human tendency is to point "out there”.
Gandhi made the famous observation that IF YOU POINT ONE FINGER OUTWARDS,
YOU ARE ACTUALLY POINTING THREE FINGERS TOWARDS YOURSELF ! Try it ! This little gesture is an indicator that when I start thinking that what’s happening “out there” is responsible for my experience , I need to remind myself that I am the creator of my own thoughts and responses. I am responsible for my own state of peace, wellbeing, happiness and love. It is not somebody or something else that is responsible for any of these things.Realising my responsibility, I am challenged to make a decision whether to take on all that negativity or rather to respond creatively with positive thoughts and responses from my own inner world.

Where do I begin? I can begin with DETACHMENT (DETACHED OBSERVER)
This is a word that is very much mis-understood. Detachment doesn’t mean cutting off.
It doesn’t mean running away.
It means learning to separate two different things, the world outside and the world inside,
and being able to see these worlds separate.
Out side are my job, study finances, relationships, etc.
Inside are less easily measured, things that are non- physical - my emotions, conscience , consciousness and personality - all of which happen in my inner world, within my own spiritual identity.
These are the ingredients which I , the detached observer, can creatively experiment with in
the “ART " of THINKING and can use in the ART of LIVING .

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If you want to take responsibility for your thoughts, then study and practise the art of thinking.
In this little book, Sister Jayanti explains how to separate our inner life from our outer life,
and how to train the mind to create and sustain positive thoughts. (Available @ http://www.bkpublications.com/productdetail.asp?prodid=2811)