Have you noticed what happens when you stop blowing air into a balloon? Silly question I know but bear with me. Let's imagine a scenario! You have a number of balloons you are trying to blow up at once with a canister of helium. You start blowing up balloon #1 so it starts to inflate and rise but then you move on to balloon #2 and start pumping the helium into it. Balloon #1 goes down and sinks and balloon #2 rises. But then you go on to balloon #3 and it rises. I don't need to continue as I am sure you have got the picture. The balloon you are giving attention to is the one which rises. Your thoughts are the same because you always feel the one you are paying attention to. It's your awareness or consciousness which gives the thought it's energy otherwise thoughts are neutral like flaccid balloons. 

Knowing this is how your system works can help you stop endless self-development, feel calm and think clearly more of the time, connect to you innate confidence and resilience and fall into a place of natural self-acceptance.

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