Middle Tennessee hypnotist, philosopher and motivator M.C. Radford encourages everyone to think positively and live life with a healthy, optimistic attitude. Here, he shares more points from his book Higher Thoughts for Everyday Living, suggesting that readers meditate on one each day—and be amazed at the positive changes that transpire in their lives.

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1 In the near future the medical textbooks will list hate, resentment, frustration, envy, loneliness, jealousy, worry, stress, tension, anxiety, etc. as the cause of all illnesses. And the word “prevention” will mean being on guard and policing your mind regarding all these things. This will be the greatest day for the human race. Many medical doctors already know this and are working on it. Anything a drug can do, the mind can do better with the proper training.

2 The Creator gave us an immune system that will keep our body healthy. But we can interfere with it by introducing negative emotions. When we come to understand how our mind, brain and body work, we can float through this life like a beautiful sailboat on a windy day.

3 The goal of the universe is harmony. Anyone who is not working to make themselves and the world a better place is living in limbo.

4 Success means peace, harmony, happiness, good health, prosperity and abundance in your life.

5 In order to be a successful human being, you must have all of the above in your life. There are many people who have plenty of money but are unhealthy, so they are not successful.

6 There are many people who get along with their coworkers but can’t get along with their families, so they are not successful. Do you get the picture?

7 In order to make the world a better place, you only have to make yourself a better person.

8 You must come to understand that the most important person in this universe is standing in your shoes. You must learn to love and respect yourself; then you will love and respect all people as your brothers and sisters.

9 Some of the ways you can make yourself and this world a better place is to understand who you are and how you got here in what we call the physical or visible world.

10 I will tell you this: there is a sea of intelligence from which we all came. This sea of intelligence knows everything, can do anything, has always been, and will always be.

11 We started out as a potential electron. You may know that an electron is so small that you cannot see it with the naked eye. But it has intelligence. Through the law of attraction, electrons are attracted together and become a molecule; then two or more molecules are attracted together and become an atom. Atoms are attracted together and become an amoeba, or a one-cell organism. And from there we evolve to our present development. Now this information does not wipe out God; in fact this sea of pure intelligence is God, the creator of all things.

12 As the man said over 2,000 years ago, “In every generation there will be a few who will enter into awareness.”

13 At the least, 95 percent of the ministers and theologians have no inkling of what this man Jesus taught. And for all the people who knock hypnosis, he was the greatest hypnotist who ever lived. He was what the wise would call a mastermind.

14 Most of Jesus’ teachings have been misunderstood. He said the kingdom of heaven was neither here nor there, but behold it is within you, and God dwells in His kingdom. Fools have been looking for heaven outside of themselves ever since. He also said that the kingdom of heaven was at hand. He was trying to tell you it is here—now. Accept it.

15 Heaven is peace of mind, or mind at peace. Hell is confusion and restriction. Jesus said that when the blind leads the blind, they will both go into the ditch. And there are a lot of blind guides out there to lead you in the wrong direction.

16 Jesus, unlike most ministers, was not in business of selling fire insurance. He was trying to sell you on the positive side of life. In other words, He was teaching plain old common sense or how to create peace of mind (heaven) in your everyday life.

17 You must come to understand that most everything you know is only the opinion of other people. When you listen to the doctors, the lawyers and the politicians, keep in mind that it is only their opinion. You must learn to think for yourself. There is always a voice inside of you telling you the truth if you learn to listen. This voice is your higher self or your better half, if you like. Jesus referred to it as His Father.

18 In a research program, they took sweat from an angry man and poisoned a dog.

19 If a crawfish loses a claw, it will grow a new one. The reason it does this is because it doesn’t know any better.

20 Researchers put parasites on a plant and let the plant dry out. The parasites, needing water, actually grew wings and flew to the window.

21 A giraffe at one time was a deer and grew a long neck so it was able to reach the food that was high in the trees.

22 The ugly caterpillar through desire turns itself into a beautiful butterfly.

23 The caterpillar, the giraffe, the parasites and the crawfish are all using the power of the universal mind to do spectacular things. They do these things because they have intelligent ignorance. We humans know better.

24 Every experience you have will affect and mold your future.

25 Your desire is only the Creator seeking expression through you.

26 Your attitude will attract people or repel people—you decide. Your attitude will attract money or repel money—you decide.

27 When we hate someone, we are giving them power over every aspect of our life.

28 Each of us is a focal point for the Creator, just as a light bulb is a focal point for electricity. We should strive each day to be closer to perfection.

29 Every mistake you make should cause you to learn more ways to be better and more successful. You will learn much more from doing something wrong and having to correct it.

30 You should come to realize that you live forever. Because God lives, you live.

31 The battle of Armageddon is the fight between your soul and your ego.