It may surprise a good many of us to know that we have been dealing with a pandemic since time immemorial. It is not immediately noticeable but is, in fact, highly contagious.
Lately we’ve all been focused on Covid-19 and we haven’t noticed the pandemic right under our noses.
There is enormous spreading in the collective energy of our planet and it is generated by individuals. What’s worse is that the great majority has not applied the treatments that are under our noses as well.
Doesn’t it seem to you like the world is full of hate and negativity? I seems to me there is always something bad happening around us. And every time I turn on the news, I only get to hear the negative news of the world. When I try to counter negativity with positivity, it doesn’t work. I become negative myself.
A study conducted by psychologists at the University of Indiana revealed that the opinions of the others affect us and influence our behavior. These psychologists have found that negative opinions have a greater impact and generate a change of attitude more than the positive thinking.
People don’t like to be emotionally contradicted, and if you try to convince them that they shouldn’t feel something, they’ll only feel it more stubbornly. If you’re a leader trying to be positive, it comes off even worse, because you’ll appear aloof and out of touch with the reality that people are experiencing.
Vacationing, exercising, socializing, sports, entertainment, etc. are some of the ways I try to counter, or escape, the negativity and hate I am unable to deal with. Unfortunately, their effect is very short-lived.
Is negativity ever the way of dealing with any situation? If I look closely I see it never is a good way of dealing with any situation.
What then is the long-term solution to the problem of negativity surrounding us?
Some say finding a spiritual path can provide us with a permanent solution. They believe spirituality has the power to empower us with positivity and essentially render negativity, hate, and stress, useless.
Others say the power of prayer is the salvation. By sending out positive vibes through prayers, we encourage positive vibrations to gather and quickly counter the negativity prevailing in this world.
I think this is better than the act of adding fuel to fire through our negative actions, thoughts, and intentions, in reaction to the negativity and hate that exists in the world. Even in cases where we find it really difficult to deal with some specific negativity and hate that exists in the external world, we can pray to the “Source Energy” residing within the affected (negative) person(s) to turn the tide.
Gratitude is another powerful tool that can be used to extinguish negative emotions. I try to practice gratitude every day. When I start to feel anxious, stressed or angry, I just say the word “gratitude” and my mind is flooded with all the things that I’m grateful for. It will immediately wash away that anxiety. Whatever it is that you’re grateful for, take time to think about it and do it every day. Do it even when it doesn’t seem necessary.
It is everybody’s task to be alert so that when negativity arises within them, they recognize it. Then they can ask themselves whether that is what they choose.
When you recognize it, you have the choice.
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