How can we stay positive in this world full of upheaval, horror and violence?
How can we stay positive in this world full of upheaval, horror and violence?
It’s quite a tall order isn’t it and not at all easy to achieve. I have often read how simple it is to stay in that positive frame of mind and it took me a while to catch on that simple and easy rarely mean the same thing. It is simple to keep positive vibes going and feel joy of life; when you know how to do it. Like its simple to make your business successful, many people tell us that but again, its only simple when you know how to do it.
Why then is it so difficult to maintain that positive state of mind when all we want is to be happy, joyous and free?
What underlies those three things: happiness, joy and freedom, is peace. When we are able to be at peace with ourselves, the world, our god (if we have one) and life itself then, and only then, can we experience all those elusive, beautiful feelings. The fact is that Life will do with us what it wants, whatever we do to try and change it.
If we can not accept this, and we only have to honestly look at our own life up to now to see the truth of it, then we have to be in a place of conflict every second of every day; Non-acceptance is resistance is conflict and when we have conflict we cannot have peace, its “simply” impossible.
If we can accept every moment for what it is, that is, accept what is going on around us and what is going on inside us, our thoughts and feelings, totally and unconditionally, then there can be no conflict within us and we MUST be at peace. See how simple it sounds?
Okay, so what stops us from accepting every single moment of our life as being the way it is?
Fear!! We are all so full of fear that it makes it impossible for us to accept the now for what it is because we are always too worried about either what’s happened before or what we think is going to happen next
Now, if you are a big, macho, alpha male you will be thinking that you have no fear whatsoever and that this is so much nonsense and won’t read any more. Well, that’s okay and Goodbye!
The fears I’m referring to here; the fears that stop us finding that which we are all seeking, are not the upfront fears of spiders or heights or anything like that, they are those deep-seated fears that we have lived with all our lives. They are those fears that we were born with and that were thrust upon us by our primary and secondary care-givers as we formed our horrid little egos and allowed ourselves to believe that ego was who we are. Ego hides these fears from us because, should we unearth them and deal with them ego would be direly threatened. Its very existence relies on those fears and it will fight like hell to keep them alive.
These fears have become the common fears of most human beings today because by far the biggest majority of us allow our lives to be totally controlled by ego. Ego is simply a self made belief about who we are and is based solely on fear!
These fears are:
1. That we aren’t going to get what we want and/or deserve
2. That we are going to lose what we already have, our very life being one of the things we think we have, of course.
That’s it. All our fears are based on these two basics. You may well disagree but if you can honestly and fearlessly look at your fears as on outsider would you will find that this is true and that those two fears are present in every aspect of your life. They raise their heads in business, in relationships, in play and even in dreams. We have become them!
How then do we overcome these two basic, life ruining fears? First of all we have to see and accept them for being what they are and that they are the root of all our dis-ease. As soon as we can do this they will begin to lose their power over us. They can only control us when we don’t know they are doing it!
The other single most important tool we can employ to rid ourselves of these fears and of ego itself is GRATITUDE. When we are grateful for what we have or for what we are we are immediately free of fear and accepting of the now. This freedom, real freedom, will only last for as long as the gratitude reamins and as soon as the gratitude fails then we are back in the fear.
Try it now, be grateful that you are able to read these words and understand what they mean, be really grateful that your blood is pulsing through your arteries and veins and that breathe is moving in and out of your body. Be really grateful for everything you have right this minute. Please try it.
How do you feel?
Maintaining an attitude of gratitude works! It just worked for me as I wrote this and will for you if you can accept that right at this moment you have every single thing you need. Right at this moment, that is, not a minute ago or a minute ahead? If you can do this and then be grateful for it all then peace is yours and happiness, joy and freedom will blossom in your life.
Arthur J is an ex soldier & offshore worker who is now enjoying more freedom as a Network Marketer and enjoys helping others to reach their full potential and become successful in their endeavours.
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