Cultivation (nurturing thoughts) is a major force to increase our ability to cope with everyday tasks. It is also very important when dealing with crisis or major problems. There is one and only one internal force against cultivating thoughts and living; it is a negative, disabling and discouraging focus and belief. It is essential to justify our thoughts and beliefs, asking questions like, is this belief disapproving and discouraging me from making a good decision? First and most important rule is what energy we send out to the external world? How do we treat ourselves? What do we think about ourselves? How we focus on ourselves has an impact on what we get in return. The only way to cultivate positive absorption; it is to celebrate living and to celebrate our experiences. This will increase our self-confidence, and create circuits in our life that are life changing and cultivating.
Disruptive and negative thoughts and beliefs are opposing factors to nurturing our thoughts. More than anything else we need to minimise self doubt and maximise believing, we need to believe in ourselves and our strengths. We need to trust ourselves and our actions. We need to be determined to do our best at any given situation and not to doubt ourselves and our actions. This is while knowing mistakes and failing is part of life. In order for us to nurture our thoughts, we need to nurture and respect ourselves.