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February 19Thinking Makes It So

No one doubts—certainly not I—that the mind exercises a powerful influence over the body. From the beginning of time, the sorcerer, the interpreter of dreams, the fortune-teller, the charlatan, the quack, the wild medicine-man, the educated physician, the mesmerist, and the hypnotist have made use of the client's imagination to help them in their work. They have all recognized the potency and availability of that force.

Mark Twain—Christian Science (1907)

Think about the last time you worried about a future event. How did your thoughts about this contemplated situation make you feel physically?

The point is our mind incessantly judges every common and uncommon thing as right or wrong, and this takes a toll on how we show up physically.

If this is true, and numerous studies say it is, then it's not much of a leap to wonder what would happen if we took control over how our mind exercised influence over our body.

Here's the deal: most judgment is borne out of ignorance. When we judge someone or something as bad, it's often because we don't know the whole story and we simply fill in the blanks from our own bias and assumptions.

This is equally true when we judge something as a good result. We're often guilty of taking far more credit for making it happen than is warranted.

Today, take one hour and pledge to practice nonjudgment, no matter what happens. And just observe—don't judge yourself for judging or you'll kind of miss the point.

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