Negative Thoughts.
When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.
Question:
I was wondering if you could shed light on speaking words or having thoughts of the negative nature that either just bubble up in thoughts or are spoken in anger/rage. After viewing some public rages. I have become acutely aware of this whole vocabulary in my head that bubbles to the surface in thought…that are not the most wonderful thoughts. Are these programmed belief systems from life…that we as adults fight internally, as we realize them to be false and wrong thinking.
And when these thoughts come to the surface, do we just acknowledge the thought, and let it go. Or do we affirm the wrong thinking and counter it with a positive thought about the person or thing.
Response:
This kind of effusion of negative thoughts in the mind for someone who is on a spiritual path is generally indicative of a purification of the old mental tracks. As such, the less attention given to it the better. Certainly at a minimum you should resist the impulse to give voice to this mental toxicity. Even overanalyzing these thoughts can have the effect of reinforcing them and giving them more importance than they warrant. Think of it like letting the smoke from a burned pot go out an open window. It’s enough that the smoke is leaving and the air will be fresher, it’s not necessary to analyze the smoke as it goes.
Love,
Deepak
Negative Thoughts.
When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.
Question:
Where do negative thoughts come from?
Response:
I assume you mean recurring, unbidden persistent negative thoughts. They arise from the unconscious thought patterns established by past habits. You can’t change them by trying to push them away or with will power. That is just the surface of the mind trying to control the depths of the mind. To change the thought patterns, you must go beyond the mind to pure consciousness, your true Self. That experience of your Being eventually dissolves those deep impressions and frees the mind from the past.
Love,
Deepak
Negative Thoughts.
When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.
Question:
Hello Deepak,
When I try to meditate I begin to think of negative things compounding my issues. How can I increase my ability to block these things out, my inner peace is gone.
Response:
You don’t need to block these thoughts, you only need the willingness to leave them and return to meditation once you realize you aren’t thinking the mantra. For that you need to understand the role that thoughts have in meditation. When you begin meditating you are engaging a process of diving deep into silence, and then emerging out into thoughts as old conditioning and stress get released. This then allows you to now dive more deeply. This inward and outward mental cycle continues throughout your meditation period. All thoughts that occur during this time indicate that something has been released and now you are ready to return to the mantra and dive inward again. It doesn’t matter if the thoughts are negative, positive or neutral. They all are just signals that the outward phase of mediation is complete and you are ready to resume the inward phase.
Love,
Deepak
well articulated reply-and it rings true in the gut-however how can one be sure that it is as a result of being on a spiritual path? ML
well articulated reply-and it rings true in the gut-however how can one be sure that it is as a result of being on a spiritual path? ML
well articulated reply-and it rings true in the gut-however how can one be sure that it is as a result of being on a spiritual path? ML