What is the reality of human beings?
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Every one of us might have asked this question at some point in life. This is the question that makes you dip deeper to get the answer. In the search for an answer to this question, I did everything that I could. It took me six years of an intense search for the people who can answer this question for me. I found many teachers, gurus, and Sufis who answered this question for me. All of them explained the answer to this question in their own way. The only thing which was the same amid all those teachers' answers was one sentence. That sentence explained to me the reality of the human being. The answer about what a human being really is was simply put in this sentence by all those teachers. A human being is a thought. This might look weird but this is the reality to it. All the people in this world walk around with different thoughts in their minds. If the person has productive and positive thoughts this life becomes a blessing for that person. If the person has destructive thoughts in mind that person's life becomes a misery for that person. In life whatever you think in mind that is what you become in reality. So this point becomes clear that thoughts are reality and thoughts create a person. The person can become great with his/her thought or miserable with his/her thoughts. To change any aspect of your life first, you need to change the thought that you engage in your life regarding that part of your life. Your thoughts start to affect your body and the people around you regularly. If you go to a Sufi, guru, spiritual teacher no one will ask you to change something outside. All of them will tell you to change the way you think about the things that are outside you. This is very important to understand if you change your thoughts you change the way you approach a situation. Let's say you have anger thoughts in your life and while being engaged by those anger thoughts you will unpleasantly treat people. This brings trouble for you in your life because no one wants to be treated badly. I have been on the journey of self-awareness for over 10 years and in those years of training, I found that I can only control my thought. I don't have any control over other people’s thinking and the behavior people generate as a result of that thinking. Once I got this realization all I need to do in any unpleasant situation is change the way I think about that situation. Once I change the way I think about that situation I respond to the situation rather than reacting to the situation. Most of the time people react to the situations in life rather than responding to the situation. When you react to the situation you are helpless in front of the situation, but when you respond to the situation you are in control of that situation no matter what. Responding to the situation comes when you have awareness of your thoughts. When people spend years on meditation and other spiritual practices they get a gift that is most valuable in life. The gift that they receive is the gift of awareness. They become aware of their thinking. Once you become aware of your thinking it becomes easier for them to change the thoughts that they don't like. But to know about the thoughts that you don't like you need to have that level of awareness. If someone engages in the thought of being miserable then that person will start to feel that misery in his/her body. When someone thinks about being in a bad relationship then that person will start to act according to the thought that he/she has in mind through the actions, words, and behaviors he/she engages in. I want to explain to my great readers that in life become aware of your thinking because your thoughts are either shaping you or destroying you in life. The great news for you now is that you can have better control of your life with this realization. This realization seems small but this realization will have a huge impact on every aspect of your life emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually.