1. The Spiritual Centering Process Identify the circumstance and the accompanying negative thought. Critical Question # 1. How does thinking this thought make you feel?  Good or  Bad  Powerful or  Powerless If good and powerful, focus your attention on the thought. Your energy will follow your attention. If bad and powerless, move to critical question #2. Critical Question #2 Choose one of the following:  Give my attention to the negative thought.  Don’t give my attention to the negative thought. You can not stop thinking what you are thinking. However, by not giving your attention to a thought, you discover an opening to create an alternative thought. Go to critical question #3. Critical Question #3 What alternative thought can you generate that:  Makes you feel good.  Makes you powerful.