The Power of Thoughts in Personal Development

Eric Stone
4 min readSep 2, 2023

What if your thoughts were just silent actors on a stage?

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Do your thoughts know they exist? Consider this: what if your thoughts were just silent actors on a stage? They would not be aware of themselves. What if you were the director? They would be like the paint on an artist’s palette — just colors void of a creative expression until you decide how to use them. In the labyrinth of our minds, a profound revelation emerges: thoughts, like whispers in the night, possess no innate consciousness. They exist as fragments, fleeting and formless aspects of reality.

In this intricate cognitive dance, one truth stands resolute — thoughts don’t know they are thoughts; their transformative potential into action is solely within our control. Are we not the guardians of our consciousness?

Venture further into this cerebral maze, and you encounter another stark reality: thoughts alone are innocuous specters, incapable of inflicting pain or performing healing. It is the hands that use them, the voices that utter them, that render them kindhearted or cruel. Thoughts don’t kill; people do. Thoughts don’t hurt; words do.

We literally buy into our thoughts or not:

This distinction is a cornerstone of our existence, one we must confront with unwavering clarity. Here’s another way to…

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Eric Stone

In personal growth & development, great outcomes come from authentic shifts in perspective! These essays aim to catalyze awareness and empower creative thinking