Negative thinking = negative feeling

" No shame, no blame"
If it is our feelings about things that torment us, rather than the things themselves, it follows that blaming others is silly. Therefore, when we suffer setbacks, disturbances, or grief, let us never place the blame on others, but on our own attitudes....there is nothing to be gained in blaming, whether it be others, or oneself."
(Epictetus, a Greek Stoic philosopher and a one-time Roman slave)
(a must read - 'e surely did pick at us!)

If you have a negative thought or feeling (especially of yourself and others)-which you may even consider to be positive, look at it closely, and ask yourself:

• is this thought, or feeling, true?
• if it is, is it useful - to learn from - or use positively in your life?
• If it is a positive it should be kept in your memory banks, if very important.
• If it is not true or useful, then just get rid of it, (like switching off a light in the mind) as it'll be hurting you or creating barriers to better understanding and/or fulfillment.

We cause our own "Depressions" (by negative thinking, which stops the flow of the right chemicals-neuro-transmitters, the ones which create positive thinking!)

Positive thinking means problem solving, inspiration and safety.

Negative thinking means inablity to solve problems, no inspiration, lack of motivation, anxiety and therefore ...Danger. So, when there's a Depression or Recession on, when an awful lot of people are very anxious or stressed, take the most care when out and about, or you'll end up in "Accident and Emergency"!

As long as we're positive, and united in ourselves, in our families (who are our most important support system), in our country and also in our humanity, we can solve pretty well all of the world's problems (at least the ones we cause ourselves).

De-escalate that conflict or else it'll be conflict you have.
And that's just a pa- pa- pa- pain for us all !!

Some exceptions to this can be made - for example, when intransigent people, leaders or Nations are themselves aggressive or rotten to the core. If reason and persuasion does not affect the necessary change, then conflict can unfortunately be necessary, in order to effect change.

However, it has long been in this in this person's head, that:

If we choose:

• the right words
• at the right time (when all are calm and feel safe)
• with the right open and caring attitude
• with understanding and forgiveness

then:

• anything can be said to anyone
• and if valid, change can, and will be effected
• all will have a weight lifted off their shoulders
• the relationship will be repaired!

Barak Obama showed us this, in a small way, with George W Bush, during his inauguration speech.

Positive change and problem solving

Though fear may prevent us from leaving our safe houses (making changes in our life/habits), especially when these houses seem to be collapsing around us, we should not fear.

Let go of the past, as we all step through the “door” of the present - with a new faith in ourselves and each other, with renewed hope - into the future (or any possible future we choose, as long as we have that vision**) that is waiting for us with outstretched hands.

Our visionary Scientists (of all areas of research), Engineers, Architects and Technicians already have many, many necessary and very important ideas ready for us to put into action and on the market.

**As long as we have a clear vision of what we seek (tasks, goals, or even love, a good relationship), imagine looking down on the path we have to, or want to, take (as though seen from above), of:

• what we want, or where to go, and how to get there
• which bridges to cross
• which barriers to bring down, climb over, or find a way around
• which problems we need to solve
• how much effort we need to put into it

Once you've been able to do all that, in your head, you can do it all for real!
Though in most cases you'll be needing money, so money is only a means to an end and therefore a good and positive thing-just another resourse (for those of us who have a negative attitude to wealth).

Just keep our children in mind, love and teach them well. They should be inspiring us, as it is for them that we all strive like mad, to help make the world a better place, than we had it for oursleves, in whatever way we can.

Have faith in yourself, others, our nation, other nations and races, and in our Humanity!

We are not doing too badly, really, the human race.

Its all just neuro- transmitters (and electricity, increased or decreased), citicoline, acetylcholine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, seratonin, adrenaline, noradrenaline, etc, all working as a team to inhibit or arouse our systems and our emotions/moods, either:

• positive (generating connections and assembling thoughts and emotions that inspire us, excite us and drive us forwards) or
• negative (holding us back, closing us down, taking away our "vision" (to solve the necessary problems), causing us anxiety, confusion and fear)
• "in the middle"/balanced (generating calm, contentment and relaxation)

Some words that are used incorrectly

Natural
Everything is "Natural", as everything we make is just a mix of natural substances. If honey and the paper that certain wasps make and many other "animal" "synthetics" can be called "natural" then so is everything we make!

We do, however, need a new bio-degradable, injection-mouldable material to replace oil-based plastics as soon as possible!
We have, in fact, had 100% bio-degradable plastic bags already for some years!

How is it that the governments of the developed world have not forced all supermarkets etc., to use these bags instead of the old ones that are helping to kill so much of our sea- and bird-life (not to mention clogging up our landfill sites)??

I'm sure that we'll soon have bio-degradeable plastics to suit all product-lives, eg, computers, TVs, etc. But we need to fund it and enforce it's introduction, if necessary.

Creativity
To "create" really means to make something out of nothing - rather difficult this one. I don't think we have got there yet have we?
We can only "re-create", like making a new recipe out of existing ingredients, or "synthesize".
All life forms, science/knowlegde, ideas, art, music, anything that has life in it, evolves, from a new mix of what has been there already.

"Creativity" is just energy plus inspiration (which is just positive thinking), which just connects elements or ideas already in the mind, 99.999% (+/-) of which have come from other sources than one's self, ie others. Of course there could be some genius somewhere who's had no contact with any outside source of knowledge or language since birth, who has figured out how to be anything other than an animal, if it had been fostered by an animal.
Or dead, if not!
Personally, I doubt it.

Everything can be said to be fated in this respect.

For example, there would not have been:

• a Picasso with his "cubism", without the influence of African Art. He wasn't the frst to be inspired by African Art anyway.
• Impressionism couldn't have existed without the camera.
• Jazz, Rock , Blues, or Soul (and so much other wonderful modern) music, without the incredible influence of African music.
  Don't Africans just have the Rythm? Hm Hmmm!
  And pure and simple Happiness!
  
  They have given us all so much of their spirit-what a wonderful gift!
• all scientific discoveries happen because of research that has gone on before, or more often, at around the same time!
  It just takes a visionary one to bring the strands together, like string theory?
  
  

Originality
Once there was no life, then there was some, then there was lots, and then there was less, and then again there was more, and everything lead to the next, backwards and forwards, up and down, and the world was dark and light, hot and cold, never a real balance, which is impossibe, and which I was always taught as a fact-the "Balance of Nature".
Balance implies stability, and there never has been stability-it is not possible, in life. It's always ups and downs and losses and gains, population explosions, population reductions, etc.

However, the earth, as with all living systems, has the equivalent of the autonomic nervous system and other body systems - a homeostasis - which will (normally) restore the body to ...normality.

So, everything evolves and the only original thing is life itself!
Though that must have had an origin, or source as well, as nothing can be made out of nothing..aahhh, another of those tantalising imponderables of life!

Freedom
This is an absolute. So, like perfection, is unobtainable in life. The word and concept can only be qualified, as in "freedom from hunger", "freedom of speech" "freedom from slavery". But we are all "prisoners" of, or "tied to" our time, our bodies, our society, our ideas, our Internet, our nature, our thoughts and feelings, no matter whether good, bad or indifferent.

We are tied up by life itself!

Toxicity/poison
Either nothing is poisonous or everything is. It depends on the dosage, or amount consumed. The very air we breath (ie oxygen) can be toxic.
Carbon Dioxide is a very rapid onset killer, in the right dosage. See the Lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon.
Deadly poisons are routinely used therapeutically, in the right doses.
They can have amazing properties that can benefit us all.

We eat every day, and force our children to eat, toxic vegetables ("They're good for you") Of course, they are only very mildly toxic for us, but not for the pests the plants have evolved the toxin to repel.
It's the toxins of course that give the bitter taste that most children love to hate!

Our bodies can cope with toxins in our non-organic foods, though of course Organic food is definitely tastier!
Whether it is healthier or not, I cannot say, though surely it must be, if only to a small degree.
However, if we start building "vertical farms" as I do hope we do, asap, we will be have a plentiful supply right on our doorsteps! Direct from the farm to our shops, with no packaging necessary!

Negative "taboo" words

We can all project negative connotations onto certain words (words which maybe, should be seen positively). These negative interpretations can become entrenched in our minds, and talk of such things can then become "taboo"!

Words need to be used carefully-they have great power!

These taboo, or firmly held, negative words have the power to mislead and create barriers to:

• better understanding
• the healing of one's inner self, if there is an inner conflict - whether one is conscious of it or not. Most often, we may not be conscious of it, because generally, we can sort out our inner conflicts, when we are aware of them!
  However, if we are not, then confusion can arise and the conflict will remain.
  Just ask what Donald Rumsfeld felt when thinking about the" unknown unknowns", never mind the rest!
• a better relationship with those who may be so negatively labeled
• healthy, positive thinking!

Power should not be seen negatively, unless it is misused, as we all need to find our own, though to be used with all the gentleness possible, unless absolutely necessary.

The same negative attitude seems to be applied with these words:

Pride
Discipline
Routine
Control
Men (and women)
Humanity
Depression (this can be a positive as it is often the springboard for inspiration- positivity giving the flow of ideas, and therefore problem-solving and "creativity")


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