Rene' Descartes' philosophy, "I think, therefore I am," has been debated, quoted, discussed, written about and THOUGHT about for centuries now. I have only recently begun to understand this philosophy and I fear that it is absolutely true!  My own healthy thought life is something that I have struggled with for years. It was the reason I fell into depression. It was the reason I could not climb out. My own thought life literally made me spiritually, physically and emotionally unstable!  I thought unhealthy thoughts, therefore I was unhealthy.

"In my most recent post, I talked about the impact of what we see, hear and read on our lives. I am determined that what we put into our minds is vital to a happy healthy lifestyle. After all, where do thoughts come from? Obviously, they come from what we see, hear and read. They come from our parents from the time we are born. They come from our education and the things we experienced as children. They come from the world around us; television, books, the internet. In other words, our thoughts come from borrowed perspective. A perspective we borrowed from other people.

It is frightening to THINK about it, but our thoughts are really not our own. Obviously, we take all of the input, toss it around, choose to believe what we want and throw away the rest, but it is still a borrowed perspective. In a sense, we are all connected into an invisible grid of borrowed thoughts. I believe this grid, may be the world that Jesus called us up and out of. You could almost rephrase Descartes' famous quote to "The World thinks, Therefore I am."

The world we live in is a frightening, busy place. There is an overwhelming wealth of information, much of it negative, swimming around us at all times. It is not enough that we have the TV on all day. Now, when we turn off the TV, we go to the internet. That is not enough either. Now we have cell phones and IPODs that enable us to carry the internet around in our pockets. Have you ever heard the phrase Too Much Information! Too Much Information and from the wrong source is crippling our thought life. A crippled thought life equals a crippled person.

I believe that the best way to beat anxiety and depression is to rise above the grid of thoughts that keeps us enclosed in a web of deception and darkness. I believe the way to freedom from the web is the word of God. Read it, believe it and most importantly talk to God about it. Let Him replace your thoughts. Let Him BE your thoughts.

Here is some borrowed perspective from Jesus Christ:

Matt 6:27
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
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Matt 6:27
27 And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life? [Ps 39:5-7.]
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And then from Paul:

Rom 12:2
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
KJV

Rom 12:2
2 Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
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