The Law of Growth
When The Master Key Experience brought up the Law of Growth, one of the 7 Laws of Mind, it made so much sense to me. It says that something is always growing based on the kind and quality of the seeds we plant. This is true in nature and in our minds. If we plant pure corn seeds, we get more corn plants. If we plant negativity, the negativity grows.
My mother used to irate me because every time I would complain about how bad everything was, she would start singing, “Count your blessings, count them one by one.” Couldn’t she just acknowledge that things were bad for me? Couldn’t she just feel sorry for me?
Then when I got in Alcoholics Anonymous, they did some of the same things except in different terms. Whenever I would complain and feel sorry for myself, they would say, “Why don’t you go make a gratitude list!” People in my AA group also told me that what I focused on would only get stronger. Boy, I couldn’t get away from it!
I was reminded of this when I attended a zoom meeting where people were discussing physical pain. I too suffer from physical pain because of arthritis and fibromyalgia, but I know that the more I focus on that pain, the worse it gets.
Someone in the group asked if I don’t focus on it or focus on something else, is that the same as just ignoring it? I don’t think so. I think that is choosing to exercise the Law of the Mind, The Law of Growth.
When I ignore something, I am pushing it down and it always seems to get worse and eventually explodes. When I choose to exercise the Law of Growth, I focus on something else which grows more and crowds out the pain or negativity. So, today I choose to count my blessings, make my gratitude list, and focus on things other than the pain and negativity.
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Week 10 – I Will Share It and It Grows
Linda, good for you for choosing to count your blessings and focusing on creating your gratitude list. From your blog rover friend John
Thanks for the encouragement John.
I absolutely LOVE this post, and agree with you 100%! It’s funny how you mentioned “Count Your Blessings…” because that has been going through my head this past week too. Carry on strong… If you persist long enough, you win!
Wow Ron. That is great. I don’t know if it happens a lot to you, but whenever I am thinking of something or needing to hear it, I start getting bombarded with it. It is like the Infinite sends me the message I need to hear over & over until I get it. I love how this works.
Love love love this! Obviously we can never hear about focusing on the positive enough! Thank you:)
Thanks for the encouragement Nicole.