Turning The Other Cheek to Negative Thoughts

You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.”
But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also. Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.
Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. Matthew 5 38-42

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Contrary to what I was taught in Sunday School as a child, this passage attributed to Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount, is NOT about the physical body or Self Defense. The topic of the entire Sermon is this: Do not push against what you do not like, keep positive loving thoughts, create the reality of love, forgiveness, and abundance through offering it first. As you think it so shall it be.

Turning the other cheek is simply not allowing yourself to fall into a negative thought cycle. If you encounter a situation in life which “Slaps you on the right cheek”, do not resist it, because through such resistance, you focus your thoughts and emotions upon it creating even more of that type of negative situation for yourself. Do not use negative thoughts and negative energies to push back against negative situations you do not want. Instead focus your thoughts upon LOVE and other positive energy, by doing so, you release yourself from bondage. You cannot end negative unwanted situations with more negative thoughts and emotions, you must radically change the focus of your thinking. It is our nature to strike back and resist what we do not like, and what Jesus was so vividly trying to teach was that type of defense was in error and would not produce a real change. Only through offering what we want to others and in the form of thought to the Universe, will we receive what we desire.

To turn the other cheek on negative situations, is to deny it as your reality, no matter how real or painful it may be at the moment. Once you turn away from your instinct to resist it through negative thoughts and actions, you have freed yourself to choose positive thoughts instead.

Throughout your day, when confronted with negative situations, try ‘Turning the other cheek’ and remove your focus from those situations you do not like, turn your attention and thoughts instead to gentle & positive thoughts. Choose positive thoughts for yourself, and you will experience more positive things.

Physical Healing and The Law of Attraction

“There is no order of difficulty in miracles. One is not “harder” or “bigger” than another. They are all the same.” A Course In Miracles

Manifesting physical healing using the principles of the LOA is not a difficult thing to do. It does require a little study, belief, and practice, but it is absolutely possible to create perfect health.

There are only four steps necessary to manifest healing for yourself:

1. Desire

2. Belief

3. Focused Thought

4. Acceptance & Gratitude

Desire - This first step may seem obvious, but it should be looked at carefully. The first thing to ask yourself if you are ill is “Is there any benefit to me in being ill”? This is a tricky step, because usually if there are any benefits, you will be hard pressed to accept it, or even to acknowledge that there may be something you are getting out of your illness, such as rest, sympathy, love, or attention. If you can honestly say there is no benefit to your illness for you, then it is a logical step to desire complete healing.

Belief - In my opinion this is the most difficult step in the healing process, and also the most important. It is important to believe that you can be well. No matter what your physical state at the present moment, you must believe that anything can happen – at any time. I started my own physical healing with this thought: “Pain is an illusion, I create the illusion of pain”. Each time I felt what I believed was pain, I said this statement, sometimes outloud, sometimes just in my mind. What this one thought did was assist me in creating a belief that I could create wellness for myself if I desired to. Once you accept that you create everything you experience, it is easy to decide to create something different for yourself. The next step is to focus your thoughts on the wellness you desire.

Focused Thought – Remember, when using the Law of Attraction, we are asking the universe for what we want through focused thought. One of the most important steps in the healing process is to NOT focus on it. If you have had pain, then each time you think you feel that pain, do everything within your power to focus your thoughts on how it feels to be well and healthy, on being pain free. Never push against pain with strong negative thoughts which only validate it, such as, “I’m in pain” or “It hurts so bad” but choose more positive expressions of healing and wellness, “I have been feeling out of balance, but I choose to feel well now” or “I feel better each moment” or even, “I feel much better than I did just a minute ago”. Does it matter if these statements are congruent with the pain messages your brain is receiving from your body? Not really, just keep saying how well you feel, how much better you are getting, and really try to feel the emotions of that for yourself. Pretend, imagine, rehearse your total healing in your mind, envision yourself being completely healed and allow yourself to feel the excitement, joy, and gratitude that will fill you when it happens.

Acceptance & Gratitude – I lump these both together as gratitude is a natural outcome of acceptance. If you accept the fact you are creating wellness and health for yourself, you can then feel grateful for each bit of wellness and health you experience. Remember, each time you have a moment without pain, to feel the joy and gratitude of that experience, and you will receive more of it.