Can positive affirmations change anything?
Voices of Faith ‘As we think, so we become’ Lama Chuck Stanford, Rime Buddhist Center & Monastery: From the Buddhist perspective, all we can work on is our own mind. So, a positive attitude will definitely help us deal with the world in more effective and compassionate ways. The Buddha said 2,500 years ago, “The thought manifests as the word; the word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit; and habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care; let it spring from love. Born out of concern for all beings …. The shadow follows the body and never leaves it. In the same way, as we think, so we become.” If we examine our mind, we can see that all of our actions, by body, speech and mind, begin first as a thought. And where do thoughts come from? They don’t arise from nothing. Thoughts manifest as a result of past causes and conditions. Therefore, in Buddhism we often recite supplications or aspirations to remind us of the positive or virtuous mind stat
