Meditation to remove unwanted thoughts and become happier

Welcome to meditation day 2. I am Sidhika Goenka, your emotional wellness coach, and with me you're going to become emotionally free and emotionally independent, which means dependent within. Our thoughts create our reality. Whatever we think is creating the reality within. Our thoughts trigger an emotion, which then triggers a body reaction and drives us to act in a certain way. For example, if you have a negative thought when somebody meets you and you think they are ignoring you and your thought is, "Why did they ignore me?" It's a negative thought. The negative thought that, "Oh, somebody ignored me because I did something bad," triggers an emotion and that emotion could be of neglect or sadness. Or just feeling lonely, loneliness, and this emotion then triggers a body reaction. So the body reaction is maybe crying or feeling sorry for yourself or feeling extremely upset and pessimistic, and then this drives us to act in a certain way. So the action could be ignoring that person who ignored you or distancing yourself from that person, or being in your own cocoon, not wanting to meet other people, becoming an introvert, avoiding other people— that is your action. Or just feeling extremely alone. This action shapes your reality. If you think of it, it was actually the initial thought that you had that got you to feeling lonely today, right? What if you change your thought? Instead of thinking that, oh, that person ignored me, that means she doesn't like me, what if you think that person ignored me because she was having a bad day, right? Automatically your thought changes. You don't feel so bad anymore. You start in fact wanting to help the other person who ignored you because of her lack of feeling good. That's how our thoughts shape our reality. And honestly, if you want a happy life, if you want a life full of abundance, a life full of control, a life full of fulfillment, you need to control your thoughts. You need to decide what you think, and you can. You have the power to control your thoughts. So today I invite you to start our meditation of controlling and choosing what you think about, because your thought affects your feeling, then your behavior, then your action, and then your reality. Remember, you are constantly creating your own reality with what you think, what you believe, what you perceive, and how you process all of that. Once you recognize that you are creating your reality, you will understand the responsibility that you have to actually live the way that you want. So let's start with our meditation today on choosing what you want to think. Get into a comfortable position, please. Welcome to this guided meditation for choosing your thoughts. Please start by coming into a comfortable seated position where you will not be disturbed. Please close your eyes. Start mindfully paying attention to your breathing. Breathe in through your nose for the count of 4 and out for the count of 4. Keep breathing. As you breathe, feel yourself getting more and more relaxed. Every breath that you take Feel the air going in through your nose and going out of your mouth. Set an intention right now. Today's intention is: I control what I think, and I only choose to have growing thoughts. Thoughts that help me grow. I choose what I think, and I only think thoughts that help me grow. I choose what I think, and I only think thoughts that help me grow. Keep repeating this to yourself. I choose what I think, and I only think thoughts that help me grow. I choose what I think, and I only think thoughts that help me grow. I choose what I think, and I only think thoughts that help me grow. I choose what I think, and I only think thoughts that help me grow. Continue to focus on this intention. I choose what I think, and I only think thoughts that help me grow.' 'I choose what I think and I only think—' Thoughts! That helped you? Grow?! "Choose." What do we mean by Choose?' And then ask yourself this question... Okay so it's not about choosing between two things or three options but to just be conscious of our thinking patterns because they affect us every day right now when there was no internet if anything else happened like let's say an earthquake came down your street how would you react today versus 10 years ago before all these technologies were available for everyone who could afford them anyway okay yeah good point Debora go ahead please uh yes thank God technology has come up which helps people learn more quickly than ever also um on top and I only think thoughts that help me grow.' 'I choose what I think and I only think—' Thoughts—that helped me go? 'I chose but they take—and-I-only-think-thoughts-that-help-me-grow?' No! Okay... okay then let's try again. I choose what I think, and I only think thoughts that help me grow. Please continue this thought in your mind and repeat it to yourself again and again. I choose what I think, and I only think thoughts that help me grow. As you train your mind to choose thoughts that bring you growth, that bring you improvement, that bring you progress, success, peace, and happiness, you start feeling powerful because the biggest thing and the only thing that you can control is your mind. With your eyes closed, as you breathe in, think of one thought that you want to keep in your mind for a long time. With the inhalation, inhale this thought: I am responsible for my happiness. With the exhalation, let go of any negative thoughts in your mind. Bring this thought in front of you: I am responsible for my happiness. Keep that thought in your mind and tell yourself, may I always continue to have control over on my thoughts. May my happiness grow. May I be present for everything in the moment. May I appreciate the joy in my life. I have full responsibility and full control on my thoughts. And my thoughts define and create my reality. As you meditate on this, tell yourself, I am responsible for my happiness. I only think thoughts that help me. I only think thoughts that help me grow. Imagine a golden light surrounding you, making an aura around you. This aura is of the positive thoughts that you are thinking. I only think thoughts that help me grow, that help me be happy. Now allow yourself to sit in your cocoon of light. Absorb the energy that you're feeling right now that's coming from your thoughts of being happy. Let each and every cell of your body absorb these thoughts of happiness and of responsibility. Because you are responsible for your thoughts and the reality that you create. Take full responsibility today for your thoughts. Control your mind and train your mind to have beautiful automatic thoughts. Feel your whole physical body getting the energy from your thoughts that you're thinking. Imagine your body full of abundance and happiness of the thoughts that you just thought. I'm feeling happy. I'm responsible for my happiness. I only think things that help me in life. See the smile coming on your face. Feel the completeness in your body. Feel all the parts of your body bursting with energy and enthusiasm. There is a huge surge of energy with the thought that you control what you think. Whatever your external surroundings may be, however people may react to you, remember, you control your responses and you control what you say to yourself. You control how you think, and with your thoughts, you control your emotions, your actions, and your reality. Once you're feeling satisfied with this positive energy that's in your body, gently bring subtle movement back into your body. And with this new thought, I am responsible I am responsible for the thoughts I think, and I choose to only think thoughts that serve me, that help me grow. With this realization and responsibility, slowly open your eyes. Now, with this feeling of fulfillment and this feeling of you have 100% control in your own reality. Take action throughout your day. If you're ever feeling depleted of energy or you're sensing negative energy from others, visualize this glowing aura or this cocoon of light that you have created around you. Of thoughts that you are in control of, of the positive thoughts that help you grow. Imagine this aura surrounding you and protecting you. Have a conscious, beautiful day because you control what you think, and what you think will help you grow. So please only think thoughts that you want to invite in your life, as thoughts are energy. Thoughts create your reality. Create the best reality for yourself through your thoughts. Sidhika Goenka.