“He who can follow the small thoughts manages the big decisions.”
Small thoughts are like the small pebbles that turn a car around. To notice them, we need uncommon observation and honesty. In terms of self-knowledge, these skills are the same as the microscope in the biology lab. That is why the knowledge that Maha Chohan, a spiritual teacher in the tradition of agni-yoga, presents in his book At the Foot of Shambhala is of great help.
“You have to understand what small thought is.
Like an insect, it cuts down all the strongest impulses. The most steadfast character is shaken by the pricks of little thoughts. The noblest resolves are deflated under the layer of shameful thoughts.
The feat is hindered not so much by doubt as by formless thoughts born of old habits.
I claim that it is not difficult to break free from habits if we carry the mind into the future long enough.
Disordered thoughts are like lice and fleas. They plague the subtle substance and bring often deadly poison. It is the small thoughts that are foolish, and they are the chief obstacle to the convergence of the Subtle and the dense world.
Most harmful of all are the so-called involuntary thoughts. Every conscious thought already contains some organization, but worst of all are the little wanderers who clog the road without meaning.
Clean thinking is the best disinfection. You have to accept thinking as a chemical reaction.
Thought as higher energy is insoluble and can be deferred. Thoughts are firmly layered on various objects. Rarely can one imagine that by surrounding oneself with poisoned objects, one prevents intercourse with the Higher Worlds.
Often an inherent or accidental thought for a long time clouds the surface of the ocean of achievements. One has long forgotten one’s thought, but it continues to fly before one, brightening or darkening the way. Little lights join the shining ray, enriching it, and dark, dusty parts cling to the rubbish, obstructing the movement.
Action, even the most sublime, affects the relatively lower strata. Only thought by its nature can affect the primary substance. Many thoughtless actions remain on the surface of being, indistinguishable from the actions of the animal world.
Thought spirals into substance, filling the whole universe. The transformation of thought into substance must be accepted and understood. Thought is inexhaustible. People are afraid of brain fatigue, but this is ridiculous, since thought cannot overwork itself.
Many horrors of darkness give the overwork that is attributed to thought labor. Thought does not tire. It facilitates the metabolism of the higher substances. If in the process of thinking you notice fatigue, look for other causes. Perhaps poisonous air has penetrated the window or the heat is not pure. Thought is health, renewal, exchange of substance.
When I say, “Load harder!” you should know that loading increases the resistance of the spiritual grain. Just as load is necessary for the ship and its stability, so load is useful amidst earth storms. Fear not the load; it will only manifest the fire of the heart. (8-647)
How to put thought into action? It must begin with the discipline of the smallest thoughts, which will be the beginning of the healing of the heart. Don’t rely on various external pranayamas. The path of Agni Yoga is through the heart, but it has to be helped by getting the thoughts in order. Disorderly thoughts afflict the subtle substance.
He who can follow the small thoughts manages the big decisions.
The quality and consistency of small thoughts layers the foundation for big actions. Speaking of psychic energy, we remember the causes and effects of our little everyday thoughts. For these worms weaken the higher energy. But they can also be the forerunners of giants.
The discipline of thinking will inevitably draw us to the higher realms of fire. Instead of an infector, one can become a purifier of space. Pure thought purifies the aura and is the best protection from the dark entities. They cling to every dark thought.
Every thought is a kind of magnet and attracts the self. Every pure thought is the birth of good and every dark one is the cradle of evil.
We need to make sure that several times a day we send a thought not for ourselves but for the whole world. In this way thinking will become accustomed to selfless aspirations. It is not necessary to look upon sending thoughts as some supernatural act. Let it be as food for the spirit, as fuel for the hearth at night! No tiring meditations are needed. The thought of the world should be brief and the renunciation of self expressed quite simply: “May it be well with the world!”(7-300)
Moods are called silent thoughts. They do not translate into words, but they influence thought energy.
We call thought the devourer of time because when one is immersed in thoughts, one ceases to feel time.”
