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The thoughts of cheerfulness, joy and courage, heal, 'soothe, instead of irritating and immensely augment efficiency and multiply the mental powers. Be always cheerful, smile, laugh. Violent fits of hot temper do serious damage to the brain-cells, throw poisonous chemical products into the blood, produce general shock and depression and supress the secretion of gastricjuice, bile and other digestive juices in the elimentary canal drain away your energy, vitality, induce premature old age and shorten life.
(7) Thought brings things into existance. It develop the desires and excite the passions. So the contrary thoughts of killings the desires and passions will counter act the former idea of satisfying the desires. So when a person is impressed with this, a contrary thought will help him to destroy thought his desires & excited passions.
He who knows the workings of the mind and has controlled it by practice is really happy. “Like attracts like." operates in thought world also. People of similar thought nature are attracted towards each other. A man is known by the company he keeps. Thoughts are your private property and you can regulate them to suit your taste entirely by steadily recognising your ability to do so.
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