Presentation to participants of Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad.

2. POSITIVE THINKING

3. ? PROF. V. VISWANADHAM POSITIVE THINKING

4. POSITIVE THINKING Power of

5. THINKING, WHILE THINKING, ABOUT THINKING, WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THINKING & THE QUALITY OF OUR LIFE !

6. HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF, OTHERS, THE WORLD, THE FUTURE & THE PAST POSITIVE THINKING AS A MEANS OF CHANGING SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR PRESENT CHANGING FOR THE BETTER

7. IF YOU HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART LOVE FOR OTHERS & THE WORLD SPRINGS FROM THE WELL OF YOUR OWN LOVE FOR YOURSELF

8. IF YOU HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART ~ POSITIVE THOUGHTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY FOLLOW

9. LOVE IS THE REAL BASIS FOR ALL POSITIVE THINKING

10. START THE DAY WITH L O V E SPEND THE DAY WITH L O V E FILL THE DAY WITH L O V E END THE DAY WITH L O V E ~ THAT IS THE WAY TO DEVELOP POSITIVE ATTITUDE

11. POSITIVE THINKING HOW TO CONFIRM POSITIVE THINKING BESIDES THE USE OF APPROPRIATE WORDS, IT IS THE EXPRESSION IN THE EYES, THE GENTLE TOUCH, THE SINCERE SMILING, THE ATTENTIVE LISTENING & THE LESS SELFISH HEART THAT FORMS THE REAL BASIS FOR

12. POSITIVE THINKING IS ESSENTIALLY '" OPEN THINKING '"

13. POSITIVE THINKING POSITIVE ATTITUDE POSITIVE ATTITUDE INCLUDES POSITIVE THOUGHTS POSITIVE WORDS & POSITIVE ACTIONS EXTENDS AND EXPANDS TO WHY POSITIVE THINKING ?

14. POSITIVE THINKING HELPS YOU TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS . . . AND NOT ADD TO THE ALREADY EXISTING PROBLEM SITUATIONS THUS, POSITIVE THINKING AWAKENS YOUR CREATIVE POWERS AND ENSURES MORE PURPOSEFUL AND SATISFYING LIFE FOR YOU AND FOR ALL AROUND YOU

15. TWO MEN LOOKED OUT FROM THE PRISON BARS ~ ONE SAW THE MUD, AND THE OTHER SAW . . . S T A R S

16. NEVER FEAR SHADOWS SHADOWS SIMPLY MEAN THAT THERE IS A . . . LIGHT SHINING SOMEWHERE NEAR BY

17. HALF CLOSED ? HALF OPEN ?

18. HALF EMPTY ? HALF FULL ?

19. WHEN YOU DEVELOP THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE YOU WILL NOT THINK THAT IT IS EITHER 'HALF-FULL' OR HELF-EMPTY' BUT THAT IT IS BEING CONTINUOUSLY FILLED

20. YOUR MIND IS LIKE A BANK ACCOUNT DEPOSIT IN IT GOOD IDEAS, POSITIVE THOUGHTS & PLEASANT EXPERIENCES.

21. YOUR MIND IS A . . . " THOUGHTS FACTORY " YOU ARE THE PRODUCTION MANAGER YOU CAN PRODUCE EITHER POSITIVE THOUGHTS OR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS

22. WE ARE SOME COMBINATION OF BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ATTITUDES + & -

23. POSITIVE ATTITUDE . . . PRODUCES REASONS TO JUSTIFY HOW WE CAN, HOW WE ARE QUALIFIED, HOW TO THINK AND ACT TO SUCCEED WHAT IS THE POWER OF

24. NEGATIVE ATTITUDE . . . PRODUCES REASONS WHY WE CAN'T, WHY WE ARE NOT QUALIFIED, WHY WE WILL NOT DO IT, WHY CIRCUMSTANCES DO NOT ALLOW US TO DO IT, WHY WE MAY NOT SUCCEED, AND SO ON . . . WHAT IS THE POWER OF AND THAT WE MAY ULTIMATELY F A I L . . .

25. WHAT ARE YOUR EXISTING THOUGHT PATTERNS ? ARE THEY POSITIVE ? OR ARE THEY NEGATIVE ? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT THEM ? PRACTICE FOR 40 DAYS

26. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CHANGING YOUR ATTITUDE FOR THE BETTER ? MEDITATION YOGA & PRANAYAMA BEING A LITTLE LESS SELFISH, A LITTLE MORE LOVING, CARING & SHARING . . .

27. HURT NEVER HELP EVER PAROPAKAARAH PUNYAAYA PAPAAYAAH PARAPEEDANAM

28. CONSCIOUS AND CONTINUOUS EFFORTS ARE REQUIRED TO I N C R E A S E D E C R E A S E THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE THE NEGATIVE ATTITUDE

29. IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT WE THINK MORE THAN 50,000 THOUGHTS EVERYDAY. AND MORE THAN HALF OF WHICH ARE . . . N E G A T I V E

30. NEGATIVE THOUGHTS PREVENT US FROM REALIZING OUR POTENTIAL STOPPING THESE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS IS LIKE STOPPING ANY OTHER BAD HABIT IT TAKES TIME AND EFFORT BELIEF IN ONESELF AND FAITH IN GOD HELP YOU

31. DEVELOP PRONGED APPROACH 5 CLARITY COMMITMENT CONTROL CHALLENGE CHARACTER

32. THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING WILL CLEAN THE COBWEBS OF BAD HABITS WILL CLEAR THE ENTRENCHED NEGATIVE EMOTIONS WILL CORRECT THE DEMOTIVATING WRONG ATTITUDES WILL LIFT YOU UP EMOTIONALLY

33. UNDERSTANDABLY WE ARE ALL SELFISH INTRODUCE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF U N S E L F I S H N E S S AND T H O U G H T F U L N E S S YOU WILL SUCCEED IN INVOKING GREATER POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN YOUR HEART

34. IS NATURE POSITIVE ? WHAT IS YOUR NATURE ?

35. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE W H O C A N U S E YOUR ABILITIES

36. DISCOVER YOURSELF DECIDE TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER POSITIVE ATTITUDE HELPS YOU

37. WHY POSITIVE THINKING ? IMPROVES SELF - CONFIDENCE & ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTATION

38. MAN WAS DESIGNED FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, ENGINEERED FOR SUCCESS & ENDOWED WITH THE SEEDS OF GREATNESS

39. WHAT LIES BEHIND US IS TINY WHAT LIES BEFORE US IS VAGUE WHAT LIES WITHIN US IS MAGNIFICENT

40. 3 QUESTIONS ?

41. HOW POSITIVE YOUR ATTITUDE IS ? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE FURTHER YOUR PRESENT LEVEL OF POSITIVE ATTITUDE ? WHEN DO YOU WANT TO BEGIN ?

42. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENT LISTENING

43. HOPE I HAVE CONVINCED YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF POSITIVE ATTITUDE & HOW TO DEVELOP THE SAME THANK YOU FOR LISTENING PATIENTLY GOOD LUCK