The first step of programming yourself to be aware of your thoughts, the direction which they are moving, to control these autopilot thoughts and when you are in right path of programming yourself you will encounter a tug of war between positive and negative thoughts, when you enter this stage you need to learn the art of nullifying negative thoughts.
Jesus Christ had gone though this phase, bible explained it as temptation of satan, actually satan is the negative thought that popes up inside the mind which stand against your fulfillment. The negative thoughts are explained as rakshasah ( demons ) in Hindu philosophy, kaliaya mardan by Krishna, fights between devas ( gods ) and auras ( demons ) are some of them, the demons and gods are all inside us and it comes in the form of thoughts. to move to a higher spiritual journey you need to defeat these demons that comes to you as thoughts.
I am lucky to find myself engaged in this tug of war and doing experiments to kill the demons inside me, you guys can also experiment yourself to find the ideal tool to kill your negative thoughts, remember a thought can be killed with another thought by changing your concentration from the negative thought to another postive thought or you can make your mind blank like we do while meditation, more we kill more powerful you feel spiritually, I will write more about my experience in killing these thoughts in this blog 
To get diverted from a negative thought need concentration, these days i do lot of concentration exercises for my mind which are heaping me a lot, there are lot of concentration exercises I do. I am gonna tell you a few techqnique.
Lie down in a relaxed position under the clear sky, relax your self with some deep breath, choose a star, or a planet or moon to focus upon. observe closely the object observe its colour, the changes happening to it if you are choosing a star, watch it blink. dont let other thoughts divert your mind from the object. Do it when ever you get this chance it will improve your concentration and help you to divert your focus from negative thoughts. You the focus exercise by observing a burning candle, a flower or even a tiny spot on your wall.
It is all about controlling your mind and steadying our ship to sail to your destination, when you have a control over your though you can win the universe and move to god dimension, to move to the god dimension you need to radiate the unconditional love .
To be continued and to be edited 
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