How do you stop the mind from conscious thought of something in particular? The moment you task yourself with not thinking about something, the mind starts wandering over to the very thing you don't want it to go to. It leads to trouble popularly called anxiety and drives one away from a peaceful, satisfactory and a happy existence.
One way to stop this from happening is to replace it with something else altogether. Since one cannot stop the process of thinking in itself and the thoughts which occur are not in our control, the easiest thing to do is to try and consciously substitute the ones you don't want with the ones you do. Its not as difficult as it may initially appear but needs constant mindful attention and practice. Its just like purposeful day dreaming or wishful thinking. Hopefully, once the habit is cultivated, it shouldn't require any conscious efforts. If I say - elephant, get in the habit of thinking about a meteor.
As the "double slit experiment" has proven the age old theory of mind over matter, the exercise to reinforce oneself with consciously positive thoughts should provide an added benefit of fulfilling ones desires.
Its not as easy as it appears though, specially when in a rut. The frog doesn't usually think of a world beyond the walls of a well because its vision is restricted to the tunnel formed above, but that doesn't mean there's no world beyond it. Similarly, our lack of knowledge shouldn't stop us from thinking beyond the limits of our perception. The first thing to do when realization of being in a grave dawns, is to stop digging.
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