Introduction

INTRODUCTION

From the very beginning of time, people have been making statements such as, "Be Positive", "Laughter is the Best Medicine", etc. Many famous people-Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Hugo, Beethoven, Lincoln, Emerson, Edison, Einstein-were aware of the power of positive thinking. But until the end of last century, nobody did much research on the subject as to "how" or "to what extent" the power of positive thinking actually works. Now we see growing evidence all around us on how positive thinking can bring about miraculous healing of relationships, health, finance and career. People have also tried to provide scientific explanation, using quantum physics. We know now that each thought has a frequency which can be measured. Dr Denis Waitley instituted a Visual Motor Rehearsal program, where Olympic athletes were hooked up to sophisticated biofeed equipments and were told to run their event only in their mind. Surprisingly, the same muscles fired out in the same sequence when they were running the race on their mind as when they were actually running on the track. This can be explained by the fact that the mind can't distinguish whether they were really doing it or if they were just practicing it in their mind. Dr Denis concludes by saying that "if you have been there in your mind, you'll go there in your body". That is how powerful our thoughts are.