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Before deciding whether positive thinking is practical, its conditions of effectiveness must be understood.
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Positive Thinking Is a Mental Gym
Positive thinking does not happen automatically. It is a mental exercise, much like physical fitness. Just as muscles do not strengthen without deliberate training, the mind does not shift its Internal Dominant Focus to a positive vibration without conscious effort.
Due to gravity, thinking is automatically tilted to negative. It has to be uplifted to a zero or neurtral zone before you can enter a positive zone in your neurophysiogical systems of operation. Positive thinking works on hormones , neurotransmitters and the internal dominant focus of the body which affects the person's choices, desires, actions and conquent manifestations. Just thinking is not enough. Actions have to be taken, reviewed. accepted or discarded continuosly in aligmnet with positive thinking . If the action taken is dissatisfying you , you need to go back, rethink, and check what can internally satisfy you with external acknowledgement i.e the internal and external worlds have to be aligned at the mental level, and then at a physical level and at a meta physical level. The meta physical level affects your neurophysiolology and neurons activation needed for manifestation.
Positive thinking requires action on short, achievable outcomes before focusing on distant or difficult future goals. When the brain repeatedly experiences small, attainable successes, the nervous and immune systems register these as signals of safety and efficacy. Through repetition, this sense of “victory” reduces stress signalling, lowers cortisol, and stabilizes inflammatory responses. As the system becomes accustomed to successful regulation, confidence, motivation, and cognitive clarity increase. Only then does the mind naturally expand toward larger goals, intuitively understanding the evidence, resources, and actions required to achieve them. In this way, positive thinking becomes biologically reinforced rather than imagined, allowing bigger goals to manifest without overwhelming the system.
The Role of Allostasis: Why Positivity Fails Under Chronic Stress
Positive thinking can only work when the mind is in a normal stress state, also called balanced allostasis.
If a person is chronically stressed, anxious, or hyper-alert, they have an allostasis overload. In this situation , their focus remains fixed on the deprived state, the nervous system reports anger, dizziness, health problems or stress , and positive thinking once aday, cannot override this biology. In such cases, the nervous system must first be stabilized by deliberately activating repetitive breaks in negative thinking eg. by having no thought at all, looking upwards for two-three seconds often.
The temporary stabilization is achieved deeply through formal practices of mindfulness, meditation, breath regulation, and grounding practices. These methods shift the brain from negative stress activation into a neutral allostatic state, reducing anxiety and reopening access to problem-solving networks. This neutral allostasis state is called a GAP state as its a bridge between a state of negative thinking into a state of positive thinking. This state of gap has neutral focus, as being totally in the present moment.
Neutrality is not happiness. It is the gateway state in which stress-driven neural firing quiets, cortisol output reduces, and new cognitive patterns can be introduced. Only when the gap state is accessed does positivity become biologically acceptable to the brain, rather than resisted by survival circuitry.
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Neutrality Alone Is Not Enough
Remaining permanently detached or neutral is not sustainable. The sequence that must be maintained for effective positive thinking is: deprived state → gap state (a moment of silence or neutral pause) → positive state, often imagined or felt with focused attention for ten seconds to one minute, followed again by a gap state, and then re-entry into positivity. This cycle must repeat. This creation of a gap state is similar to the exercise of creating mindfulness but it needs to be sustained with positive thinking.
Metaphorically, Neutrality is similar to diet control without exercise. It prevents damage but does not build strength or vitality. Mindfulness or a proces of creating the gap state initially feels meaningless because it only quiets the system. It transforms into emotional stability and well-being only when positive thinking is added, allowing the dominant focus to move from neutrality into constructive engagement.
Negative states automatically arise in the body. This is a natural property of the nervous system and does not indicate failure.
The true beginning of positive thinking is the deliberate creation of a gap state, the moment in which the mind feels calm even if only for a second or a minute. This brief pause applies a neurological brake to repetitive negative circuits, reducing active cortisol and inflammatory cytokine release. The gap state does not eliminate negativity; it interrupts its momentum.
After the gap state, the mind will naturally fall back into negative thinking unless positivity is deliberately introduced. Positive thinking at this stage must be intentionally activated, not awaited. Neurophysiologically, this occurs by consciously and mentally evoking feelings of good health, desires, optimism, and faith that problems will find sustainable solutions. This positive state must then be followed again by a gap state, and the cycle repeated.Skipping the gap state makes positive thinking feel forced or unreal.
Just taking physical action does not lead to positive thinking . Satisfaction needs to be felt in the mind first and then action needs to be taken only if it supports a positivily satisfying outcome or it should be avoided as action taking can increase momnetum of negativily running neurological circuitry . Positive thinking can be followed by neutral thinking to reduce the momentum of stress driven thinking .
This exercise of entering neutrality and then positivity must be practiced repeatedly, especially whenever overstress, anger, or doubt arises. One must rise above the pull of mental gravity and refuse to remain trapped in repetitive doubt by choosing to focus on what is desired and allowing satisfaction to be felt before manifestation occurs. Neurological activity strengthens through repetition, and joy remains temporary unless it becomes familiar to the brain. Only when positivity is repeatedly rehearsed does it stabilize and become sustainable.
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Positivity Requires Action, Not Just Thought
Positive thinking does not work in isolation. It must be supported by lifestyle alignment.
Emotional balance improves only when positivity is accompanied by healthier eating, lighter and digestible food, conscious hydration, and reduced stimulant and alcohol intake. Heavy, fatty foods overload digestion and often increase anxiety and irritability. If someone practices positive thinking yet remains anxious, the cause is often physiological rather than psychological.
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Anxiety, Strength, and the Warrior Mindset
Chronic anxiety is linked to survival conditioning.
Historically, warriors required constant alertness with mindfulness wherein the gap states were followed by negative thinking . Strength maintenance demanded focus on the body, negativity driven desires which fuelled negative thinking & anxiety because a killer mentality was required to hunt or win.
Modern, urban life no longer requires this state, yet many people remain neurologically conditioned to it. , to the extent of being trapped in rituals that increase stress, to get fame and acceptance.
But positive thinking can create more satisfying outcomes , just by imbalancing an inner allostasis overload and tipping the neurophysiology towards feeling internally positive in balance more than allowing the self to feel dizzy, overwhelmed or imprisoned in the body.
As positive thinking increases and the internal dominant focus shifts out of the deprived negative state, people naturally withdraw from conflict-oriented relationships, avoid emotional battles, and disengage from constant competition. This is not weakness. It is nervous-system self-regulation.
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How Positive Thinking Changes Consumption Patterns
Positive thinking gradually alters preferences because it changes the internal neurophysiological balance from anxiety-driven survival to regulation and calm.
As the inner system stabilizes, people naturally begin choosing products and experiences that soothe rather than stimulate the nervous system. These may include organic food, soups and light meals, pure milk or ghee, collagen or nutritional supplements, and naturopathy-based healing practices. Eg.bitter gourd juice or effervescent tablets , available online, are a good supplement for beer.
However, such choices often appear “expensive” or unnecessary to individuals living in chronic anxiety, who tend to rely more on alcohol, heavy comfort food, stimulants, and short-term mood fixes to cope with stress.
When thinking positive, inner frequency guides outer decisions more than hearsay. Often, alcohol is first replaced by soft drinks, and later by healthier alternatives such as effervescent health and anti-ageing tablets. These taste similar to soda but support digestion, reduce acidity, slow inflammatory ageing processes, and improve overall neurochemical balance. This transition reflects a gradual shift in Internal Dominant Focus rather than moral restraint. Moral restraint does not work much as neurophysiology of the body does not understand cognitive ideology. It only understands energy trasmissions created by emotional energy felt under words spoken , energy intake under foods or vitamins or medicines or junk eaten etc .
In work environments where stress levels are lower, changing eating habits becomes easier because cortisol-driven cravings reduce. When immediate dietary change feels difficult, due to stressed work, the process of optimizing the mind's focus can begin with cultivating positive thinking through manifesting other realistically possible external goals.
Problems Do Not Disappear, Perception Changes.
Positive thinkers do not have fewer problems.
They simply refuse to let external chaos dictate internal chemistry.
Negative thinking often drives unhealthy food choices and addictive comfort behaviors. Positive thinking shifts the nervous system toward regulation that feels happy, rather than escape, restoring access to clarity and solutions.
Positivity is practical when goals can be followed by concrete action, available resources, and evidence-based steps. It becomes impractical when it remains a hypothetical idea unsupported by current capacity or circumstances. Desires and action steps need to be reviewed with gap states activation.
Positive thinking also requires alignment between inner imagery and outer behavior. When internal self-perception conflicts with external expression, psychological friction arises, increasing stress and emotional incoherence.
Neurophysiological balance determines whether a person radiates peace or conflict, regardless of conscious intention. If one’s deeper purpose is to contribute to peace or to help others, it becomes essential to spend at least a few minutes twice each day, preferably in semi-drowsy states, consciously feeling calm and regulated. These states allow stress chemistry to settle and emotional patterns to realign. Without such inner alignment, unresolved stress tends to amplify personal sorrow rather than support one’s life purpose.
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Positive Thinking as an Exit from the Matrix
Over time, positive thinking becomes the only sustainable way out of repetitive emotional suffering.
Psychodynamic regression and therapeutic rescripting work because they identify subconscious negative loops, neutralize emotional charge, and reprogram positive cognitive patterns. This process moves information between the conscious and subconscious mind, stabilizing emotional cycles and releasing IDF from repetitive negative circuits.
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The Cost of Positivity: Relationship Shifts
Positive thinking requires a shift in allostasis, changes in food and drink, and changes in social dynamics.
Positive and negative thinkers struggle to coexist for long periods. This can lead to conflicts, separations, or emotional distancing. These changes are not failures. They are protective adaptations necessary for psychological growth.
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Final Insight
Positive thinking is practical only when understood correctly.
It is not denial.
It is not forced happiness.
It is a discipline of Internal Dominant Focus regulation, gap-state activation, and biological alignment.
When practiced correctly, it helps significantly in reducing anxiety , sadness and therapeutic interventions .
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