You Can't Afford The Luxury of a Negative Thought

CONTENTS:

• Introduction
  
  
• Part One -- The Disease
• The Power of Thoughts (Part One)
• The Fight or Flight Response
• Negative Thoughts and the Mind
• Negative Thoughts and the Body
• Negative Thoughts and the Emotions
• The Addictive Quality of Negative Thinking
• The Power of Thoughts (Part Two)
• The Creative Power of Thoughts
• Intention vs. Method
• Where Does Negative Thinking Come From? Or Why Are We Doing This to Ourselves?
• Negative Thinking and Life-Threatening Illness
  
  
• Part Two -- The Cure
• ONE: Act-Centuate the Positive
• The Case against "Positive Thinking" (Part One)
• Focusing on the Positive
• The Case against "Positive Thinking" (Part Two)
• Learn to Mourn
• Choose by Doing
• Commit to Life
• Live Your Life Now
• Strengthen Your Intention to Live
• The Willingness to Change
• You Don't Have to Do Anything
• Avoid People and Situations That Upset Yo
• Don't Worship the God of Other People's Opinion
• Do You Like Your Job?
• What You Do Strengthens You
• Commitments
• The Thought-Feeling-Action Pyramid
• If You Want to Feel Good about Yourself, Do Good Things
• Write Down the Good
• Doing Things with Joy Will Create More Joy
• You Can Have Anything You Want--You Just Can't Have Everything You Want
• What Is Your Purpose?
• What Do You Want?
• Do It
• If You're Not Actively Involved in Getting What You Want, You Don't Really Want It
• The Two Sides of Hope
• Poor Charity
• The Joy of Service
• Let Others Serve You
• Get Off the Excitement Treadmill
• Take It Easier
• What Would a Master Do?
• Complaining
• If It'll Be Funny Later, It's Funny Now
• Laugh
• Do Things That Make You Happy
• Learn to Play Again
• Be Creative
• Choose Well Your Companions
• The Miracle of Modern Medicine
• Explore Every Medical Option
• Know the Disease
• Focus on the Cure
• Don't Believe Everything You Read in the Papers (Magazines, TV, etc.)
• Learn to Separate Opinion and Projection from Fact
• If One Has Done It, You Can Be Two. If None Has Done It, You Can Be One.
• Be the Perfect Patient
• Consider Therapy
• Consider Alternative Therapies
• Take Good Care of Yourself
• TWO: E-lim-i-nate the Negative
• E-LIM-I-NATE THE NEGATIVE
• Separate "Noticing the Negative" from "Negative Thinking"
• Depression
• Freedom from Addiction
• Take It Easy, but Take It
• Keep Track of Negative Thoughts
• The Power of Partnership
• Burn 'Em
• Activities That Contribute to Negative Thinking
• The Twelve Steps
• What Are You Getting from This?
• Accountability
• Guilt
• Resentment
• Getting Out of Guilt and Resentment
• Monitor What You Say
• Endurance
• THREE: Latch on to the A-firm-a-tive
• A Is for Acceptance
• Observe
• Patience
• Altitude and Attitude
• Reach for God
• Nothing Is Too Good to Be True
• Uplifting Acronyms
• Visualization
• For the Highest Good of All Concerned
• Light
• The Colors of Light
• Make a Sanctuary
• Healing Memories
• Healing Your Body
• Visualize Health
• Listen to Your Pain
• Meditate, Contemplate, or "Just Sits"
• Affirmations
• Words of Encouragement
• Forgiveness
• The Attitude of Gratitude
• Loving

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