Positivity - Not a Bad Thing

[the captain]

Ugh, every New Age guru and counsellor and do-gooder seems to be spouting the virtues of being positive these days. You may just want to scream at them “Don’t give me words and platitudes – I need practical help and action NOW!” Well, believe it or not, being positive is exactly the right action you should take. It's all you need to do. Being positive is basically getting out of your own misguided limited little human way and just letting the great and almighty Universe step in and help you – which is what it is waiting to do. Why would you want to be negative anyway? And yes, it is a choice – you can choose to think, feel or behave any way you want. You are the creator of your own life. So even if you risk disappointment when you don’t achieve your goals through a positive attitude, gee whiz, is the alternative of being negatively afraid, depressed, frustrated, angry, sad, mistrustful or hopeless really a better choice? Is that any way to live this amazing experience we called “life”? Is it really living then? Rather than becoming dejected or losing trust in God/spirit when you don’t get what you want, it’s much more constructive to believe that whatever you wanted was not what you truly needed to help you grow and thrive, because the Universe always has your best interests at heart and it knows what your soul truly yearns for.

Or do you think it might be more beneficial to be cranky, cynical, disillusioned, panicked or confused all the time? Because this is the choice you are consciously or unconsciously making every day – to be happy or unhappy. It’s choosing between risking possibly being disappointed over definitely being miserable. Now you tell me, what is the smart choice? Oh, you may say, I tried it for a while, this being positive thingy, but it just didn’t work. But how do you know it didn’t work? Perhaps you gave up just before your goal was reached. Some things take longer than others to manifest, like for example, your health if it has been bad for a long time. You only have to believe to receive, trust that good things ARE going to happen for you, and don’t put a time limit on it. Because the alternative is being permanently unhappy. Or are you completely hooked on complaining. stewing and suffering? If it’s just sympathy and someone to hold you up and say "There, there, you poor old thing!" that you want – forget it, it might be nice for a while and God knows we all need a hug from time to time, but eventually you'll run out of people willing to listen or help. You have the power to help yourself, just by adopting a new attitude. Try it for a month! You'll never return to negativity.

The rewards of adopting a permanently positive attitude are so incredible. Until you fully commit to it, you cannot imagine how wonderful your life can become. Oh no, you might say, I cannot be positive when the world is in such a state of chaos and upheaval and when there is so much pain and suffering everywhere, with only bad people seeming to profit. You press your point, offering covid, climate change, war, recession, etc. Guess what, history tells us that the human race has always lived through crises and disasters and plagues and war etc - but we have always survived, older and wiser. Every generation faces grave threats. It's how we respond to them that matters, to slip into gloom or work for a better future. And you cannot know anyone else’s true situation so you cannot rightly judge - you are just left with your own life to tend to. Of course, it’s right to feel compassion and concern towards those who are suffering, but you don’t help the world by adding to its 'bottomless pit' of misery and negativity. Won’t you be one of the people holding up a light in the darkness instead of adding to the murk? Be a house of light. Once you adopt a positive viewpoint – and hold onto it - things that previously looked chaotic and messy and just plain bad or wrong will turn into a perfect order where everyone is learning the lessons they need to learn in order to become more evolved souls and where the Universe is carefully guiding us all every step of the way.

I mediate every day on positivity. It only takes a few minutes to ask the Universe to fill you up with light and love, to breathe out any negativity. In positivity, out negativity. Simple! Positivity absolutely changes your life. I wake up every day with hope and happiness in my heart because I know I will have a great day, whatever happens. Other people respond to my positivity by being nicer to me. When you are positive-minded, you don’t even have to ask for anything because spirit knows your thoughts and desires BECAUSE THERE IS NO NEGATIVITY IN YOU TO OBSCURE THE MESSAGE and will send you what you need almost instantaneously! Negativity blocks everything. It blocks medicines from healing you or the right treatment being prescribed by your doctor, it blocks your body and heart from working through and understanding past emotional trauma, it blocks you from attracting help or rewards or abundance, it stops you from seeing things clearly, it prevents answers and solutions coming to you, it clouds your mind and your heart so you cannot hear the voice of your guiding intuition. Imagine you are standing behind a towering brick wall with everything you want on the other side – health, wealth, love, a great career etc. The brick wall is negativity, this is effectively what it does to a person. SO WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO BE NEGATIVE?

Please choose positivity and we will turn this world around.

[Native spirit]

Being positive is not always an option for some people. people live such stresfull lives nowadays and it takes all they have to live day to day.
I agree being positive has an affect on your well being.
but this is not always achievable


Namaste

[the captain]

You as an adult have the choice of how you feel, don't you? Does something outside of you force you to be moody or cranky or anxious or sad? No outside circumstance can influence you if you don't give it the power to do so.

Besides, what does being negative do to help your situation if it is very stressful? Being positive allows you to see clearly and find solutions. Being negative clouds your mind and blocks you from finding your way out of trouble.

[the captain]

When people say they cannot do something, such as not being able to control the way they feel or what they do, it is the ultimate disempowerment. I mean what is negativity doing for you that you would consciously choose it when there is a far more beneficial choice? Even if you get nothing else out of being positive, you will be a much nicer person to be around.

Take back your power and own your self-discipline!

[astralsuzy]

I think it is a good thing to be positive. It helps to keep sickness away, makes you feel happier and attracts people wanting to be with you. I like your meditation the captain on light and love. I will try that.


It is hard for many people to be positive. People have lost their jobs because of the virus and are worried how they are going to pay the rent etc. There are many other reasons people can find it hard to be positive.

[the captain]

But how does it help them to be negative? It is worth the struggle to adopt a hopeful attitude that tells you everything will work out in the end. Because if you don't believe that, what are you left with but despair?

[astralsuzy]

It is true it does not help people to be negative. With the virus thousands of people have lost their jobs with little hope in getting another job. Some people succeed and a lot do not succeed. I read a news item that someone lost her job and applied for many many jobs. I forgot how many. She kept getting knocked back and that would make you become less positive.


Some people never find jobs because once you reach a certain age employers do not want to employ you. That would not be that bad to happen if you had enough money coming in to pay the bills etc.



There are a lot of other examples of how it would be hard to stay positive.

[the captain]

The Dalai Lama just tweeted something that sums it up - "If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we’ll not lack inner peace. But if our attitude is negative, influenced by fear, suspicion, or helplessness, even when surrounded by our best friends, in comfortable surroundings, we won’t be happy."

You will not find solutions to the problems in your life by being negative. Once you really get this, you will never have a negative thought or attitude ever again. Negativity is created by fear and a lack of trust/belief that you will always be looked after and that you are getting everything you need, and perhaps also by a subconscious feeling that you don't deserve good things anyway. If you are feeling negative, it indicates that there is work you need to do on your issues. Negativity IS (and must be) something you can work through.

[lomax]

Everyone speaks about positivity,but at the very end,what we think of positive is balance.
And in order to undestand balance,we need negativity as well.

[lomax]

''The rewards of adopting a permanently positive attitude are so incredible''.
Then there'll be nothing to struggle for.It's like being on ecstasy pills 24/24.
You'll become like a cartoon incapable to advance and learn.