Issue 10 March 2011


Quantum


HEALTH


(Harness the Power of your Biofield. Raise your Energy Intelligence - EQ.)


Question: Will thinking positively and


suppressing my urges help me to keep my addictions at bay?


by Yuliya Cohen W


e as humans have learned that everything has a cause and effect. At some point, you’ve probably heard the idea that ‘what you focus on is what you get’ and that if you think positively and have the best intentions, then good things will happen to you.


As for the negative things, the advice is to ‘try not to think about it’. Thought suppression is the method most frequently employed for controlling negative thoughts or habits. So, you might think that if you could only stop focusing on the negative, your potential problems will go away? Right? Not so simple. . . . In this article we will explore how understanding the role of negative forces in your life can set you free.


Suppressed Thoughts Suppress Energy Flow Surprisingly, thought suppression is likely to backfire, particularly when you work with addiction. This is the result from a recent study reported by James A.K. Erskine, of the Division of Mental Health, St George’s, at the University of London. Researchers asked two groups of regular smokers to spend a week either suppressing or allowing thoughts about smoking without changing their actual smoking habits. When they compared the results of the two groups, those who had tried to block their thoughts ended up smoking more the following week. The researchers also found that those who tended to suppress negative thoughts in their everyday lives reported having failed more in their attempts to


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