Not a thought that you think originates with you. Paramhansa Yogananda wrote, in Autobiography of a Yogi, “Thoughts are universally and not individually rooted.” Your most precious inspirations are not your own! You have merely caught a current of thought that was already flowing through the universe. Thoughts, in turn, are only manifestations of divine consciousness. Therefore Yogananda said also, “I suffer when you have moods, for I see then that Satan has a hold of you.” Think, when negativity wells up within you, “Satan is trying to catch me!” To rid yourself of such “possession,” chant to God and raise your level of energy in the spine. Soon you will find positive thoughts and feelings fairly pouring into your mind.
