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Use at least four appropriate illustration (drawn from cultural practices) to justify the claim that "we are what we think"; clearly demonstrating philosophical foundations your cultural practices and the role of critical thinking in bringing about the desirable change

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Answered by urmivedant2009
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English philosopher James Allen wrote: “As a man thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.” Stoic and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote: “A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.” Poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “A man is what he thinks about all day long.” Author Earl Nightingale said: “We become what we think about,” and Mark Twain wrote: “Life consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one's head.”

All these great minds discovered the secret to living a happy, purposeful and productive life, and it’s this:

We live in a world of thought.

Our thoughts create our experiences, and thus, we experience what we think.

Our thoughts create our experiences, and thus, we experience what we think.It is the quality of our thoughts, then, that create the quality of our life.

Our thoughts create our experiences, and thus, we experience what we think.It is the quality of our thoughts, then, that create the quality of our life. When we’re unhappy where we are in life, we seek to create change.

So we go about transforming our environment believing that doing so will create the necessary change we hope to see. We buy things for a materialistic boost of happiness. We travel to escape our problems. We seek substances to numb the mind and help us forget.

But of course, we fall back to where we had started: unhappy with where we are today.

And so the cycle repeats itself. We buy, we travel, we forget—always focusing on the external factors we need to alter in order to create better circumstances.

This happens because we falsely assume that change begins from the outside. In truth, the environment does play a role in changing your circumstances, but it doesn’t address the root of the cause (your thinking) that is the driver behind why you feel the way you do.

Here’s what you need to realize:

If you want to change the outside, you must first change the inside. You must change the attention of your thoughts because what you think directly influences how you feel, and how you feel directly influences how your body reacts, and how your body reactions directly influence how you behave, and how you behave comes to define who you are and what you experience in life.

“If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.”—Eckhart Tolle

It all begins with your thoughts—our life experiences spring from the thoughts we actively engage in: You are what you think.

And to comprehend the essence of this statement, you first need to understand the link between your thoughts, emotions, and behavior.

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