Article November 15, 1969 Issue

Your Thought Controls Your Experience

RAYMOND JACKSON ALLEN

The widely held belief is that persons, things, and circumstances external to us largely control our destiny. These outside forces are thought of as being responsible for the nature of our experience. According to this belief, if the forces happen to be benevolent, we can expect harmony to dominate our experience; if they happen to be malevolent, then discord.

The acceptance of such a belief keeps us from exercising dominion over our affairs. It encourages us to look upon chance or luck as major influences in life. The door is open for the entrance of hopelessness and superstition, appearing in such forms as fatalism and astrology.

One may find himself on the defensive, spending much of his time and effort in merely reacting to the actions of others and to forces over which he feels he has little or no control. People are influenced by this point of view more than they often realize. How often we have heard such expressions as "that's the way the ball bounces"!

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