Concentrate on the positive

And eliminate the negative by keeping your mind busy with the positive. Push/pull. On/off. It’s that simple. To eliminate bad habits/behavior. Just Stop! Random thoughts are thoughts without constructs.

 

Of course it’s not that simple. For millions of people for various reasons it requires lots of work

 

If you still think it terms of positive/negative you won't entirely eliminate the negative. You may suppress it or ignore it but it still exist inside you.

 

i feel better when i'm not distracted by other people's anger and hate.
that's one of the many reasons in enjoy my own company.

but there are some logical fallacies in how negative and positive are culturally construed.
you can all relax that i'm not going to write an encyclopedia here trying to explain what i mean by that.

 

Yeah its that simple.

Everything is simple.

 

everything except reality, which people insist on adding needless complications on top of the natural complexities already there.
either by deceiving themselves about them, or not looking beyond what they perceive, often mistakenly, to be their own interests.

 

Usually something said by monks or religious figures and role models that don't actually really have a life I which case can stay on the positive.

Take the monks and things for example, they live in a temple in the wilderness and may or may not take natural drugs.

And then take the guy living in a high rise with the traffic and the people and the insomnia and the stress of life.. well I know which person is going to come out on the better side of this phrase.

While positive, uplifting and an entirely bebenifical statement, I believe it's just an unrealistic possibility for many many people.

The other day I for some reason found myself watching 3 religious channel for about 45 minutes. I didn't even realise there were 3 channels I skip past them every time but on Saturday I listened.

I listened to a preacher, young, fit and well spoken. I expected to hear a lot of bullshit, but what he actually had to say was very good. It was in terms of money though, and when you say "I can't afford that" he was speaking that down to a negative emotion. He said you needed to tell yourself "I can't afford that, right now" and reinforce positivity.

And everything he said, although was laughable, he was actually very true in what he was saying or trying to say. For that small moment in time, 45mins I was inspired.

He almost never spoke of God, of course he occasionally but it wasn't the sermon I first imagined when I saw an entire arena full of people. It was like a rock concert.

He spoke of positivity, to keep positive, keep fighting for your dreams, goals, etc. That while things in life we can't control do happen, but much we can control and that it's our negative thinking and attitude that brings us down. This is what God needed us to understand. That he can't help those who will no help themselves, that you need to push yourself to come out on top.

And he was absolutely right in what he was saying.

Now I'm not going to race to any other religious channel for a sermon, albeit I did watch a new age Jewish sermon, and found very similar messages. And although I don't follow the Christian religion or anything like that (I don't deny their existence, it's just not whom I'm devoted to) I found a very sweet, positivity with the whole essence and ambient vibes even. I learned from this reverend, it was beautiful.

Still, I could take the same stance with his message, he doesn't have to deal with the real life that others do deal with, but that wasn't really the point either.

Just thought I'd share that.

 

{{{{{{{{positive vibes}}}}}}}}}

 

I like to concentrate on the positive as much as possible, it's been tough the last three days as I've had the worst cold I've had in probably 25 years.

A couple of weeks ago I met up with an old High School friend, played some guitar together.
But he's even worse about being "all about himself" than earlier in life.

He's a Satanist. Not in that he worships Lucifer, but rather is all about himself, to a fault. In a way that makes me not want to be around him at all. I've read the Satanic Bible (Anton LaVey), so I understand what it's about.

So I drew the line...cut him off Facebook and blocked him (our primary communication), erased his phone number from cell.
I can always find someone else to play guitar with.

Didn't give one bit of a shit about my style of music, was gonna play some for him but he wouldn't let me. He was the boss. I don't coddle to Alpha Males, I make my own mind.
Read him some lyrics of my music, all he could do is nitpick it.

Like my daughter says, "Ain't nobody got time 'fo that!"

 

i like, and try, to avoid situations that remind me how easy it is, to slip into adversarial mode.
that includes having to hear people argue with themselves deceptively.

it simplifies nothing though, to deny reality's diversity. (nor is there any real positiveness in doing so)
on the other paw, we CAN avoid, or at least make an effort to avoid,
needlessly adding to hate and anger.