I wanted to extend a quick thank you to all my established patients and all the new patients that have found their way to our clinic. I have been genuinely touched by the kind words and well wishes sent my way. The truth about all this is – I could not be happier to be back practicing general medicine and integrative medicine in an environment that is supportive and open to new concepts. As you know, there are several facets to medicine as a “healing art.” I am far from traditional, but can use the full spectrum of western medicine and dashes of holistic, functional and herbal medicine to help myself and my patients.
Let me ask you a simple question,”Do negative thoughts enter your mind?” Of course they do. What we do with those thoughts and how long we let them linger in our consciousness is critical. Here is a simple exercise for our mind and spirit – cast out the negative thoughts. Sounds simple enough, but trust me it is a mega-challenging exercise harder than any crossfit routine. Unfortunately, or not, for our human mind it is open to all the environment. The upside of our “open mind” is we are receptive to nature, art, music, good sounds and positive things. We also unwillingly allow the negative into our minds.
Now – for the exercise. So knowing we are permeable like sponges to all energies and thoughts, I challenge you with purging your mind of any negative thoughts for three days. This exercise is amazingly difficult. I am not speaking only of negative thoughts about yourself, but of other people and daily situations. So even if things really aren’t going your way – no negativity. You will find the bad thoughts magically “pop” into your mind. The challenge is to eliminate them from your conscious mind as quickly as possible, and replace them with something positive or an old positive experience. The negative thought will then be forced into your unconscious mind, where guess what – it will still try to damage the mind and spirit.
The negative mind – is never resting or healing. So Dr. Sanchez – if the negativity just moves what’s the point? This is where it really gets interesting. Our mind is a vortex of energy, thought, emotion, creativity and so many indescribable things. Our human mind is tirelessly working every second of our lives and even for a few after our body has died. The unconscious mind will try to make your thoughts, wishes and desires come true. So if you fill your unconscious mind with negativity and let it work – you will still have negative energy flow your way. This is where the power of meditation, positive thinking and sheer force of thought come into play.
The final part of the exercise is to write down three to seven hopes, dreams, goals or positive changes you want to make in your life. Write this list down on several pieces of paper, post-it notes or whatever. Place these notes in all kinds of places, especially those places where you will be alone for a few minutes. I have used the car, desk drawer and “taped to a water bottle” with extreme success. The idea here is to repeat these positive things over and over again, until they predominate the unconscious mind. These good thoughts will keep your unconscious mind occupied and help the negative thoughts disappear forever. The mind will then drive you toward the positive things and bring the positive energy your way. This is a corner stone of Napoleon Hill’s classic best seller, “Think and Grow Rich.”
So say lots of “please’s” and give lots of “thank you’s.” I’m positive you can do it.