Little Deep Thoughts

Spirituality helps to clarify goals and objectives. It helps to motivate individuals, which is the step prior to setting goals. One must be motivated to do something in order to set a goal to accomplish it. When a goal is set, one's internal cognition is constantly thinking about accomplishing the goal and purpose for setting it, which leads one to thinking about one's larger purpose in life. It is possible to have aspects of positive thinking without necessarily being a positive thinker. It is possible to be spiritual, or religious, without having the three vital relationships for complete positive thinking. When a person has one aspect of positive thinking, they feel some of the very powerful outcomes of positive thinking, which motivates and opens up the opportunity for that person to attain the other aspects of positive thinking.

Passion is the intense emotional drive or excitement. It often gives individuals a deep want or craving for something that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way, which happens to be the definition of motive. The word ‘motive’ is used in the definition of ‘motivation’, which is to provide with, or affect as, a motive or motives. Not only does passion serve as an extremely strong emotion, but passion is strongly linked to motivation, as well. Spirituality promotes passion. One of the main aspects of positive thinking is having a strong sense of spirituality, which is often seen through religion. Religion is a vehicle to allow one to find a bigger meaning in life. If one has a “passion” for religion, the other aspects of positive thinking (e.g. having one’s internal cognition aimed to one’s purpose and having the three vital relationships) are not far behind. Religion often serves as an intrinsic motivation tool within itself, which leads one into positive thinking.

Positive thinking is based in a spiritual foundation. Positive thinkers have faith in the way the world works, and also have faith that everything in life happens for a reason. Positive thinkers know they have a purpose and meaning on Earth, and they were put on Earth for a purpose. Positive thinkers know there is opportunity in every situation because there is purpose for every situation, which will help them get closer to their larger purpose in life. Faith is defined as having confidence, trust, and a belief in a phenomenon without empirical evidence. In that context, a positive thinker has trust in nature, the ticking of world, or one's God, and they have been given a purpose that will help them achieve that purpose throughout life, without actually physically seeing evidence. Spirituality is "the subjective experience of something sacred, numinous, or greater than self." The main aspect of internal cognition in positive thinking is having a purpose that is larger ...