Yep, it's just like it says: starve yourself of negativity! For anyone who wants to find deep happiness and peace, it starts with your frame of mind. Okay, we all know that. So, why aren't people happier?
For one thing, the company that you has the potential to elevate you, or drag you down. We are naturally influenced by the company and places we visit. Are they building your joy, or tearing it down? Your energy is precious - don't waste it by keeping company that lowers you mood, state of mind, or energy.
Love and joy are natural states when we are balanced. Negativity and tension creep in when we are stressed. To be around love and positivity fosters more of that energy. To be around negativity fosters more stress and tension. Yoga, time in nature, inspirational reading, chanting, music, and dancing all help to remove the tension, bringing you back to a state of love and positive energy.
So, back to where I began: to gravitate back to your nature of love and joy, fast from negativity. Exercise caution about the messages you allow into your head. Don't allow negative words to enter your ears, and you will have fewer negative thoughts. Just the same, practice mindfulness and refrain about the words you speak. Drop your negative vocabulary. If something negative is happening, then stick to the facts without analyzing deleteriously. In other words, speak criticisms from your throat, but not your heart. Speak praise from your heart, and not your throat. Do you see?
Words are sacred. Their purpose is to bring us back to harmonious silence. Words that agitate, injure, or destroy are harmful. Words that connect, foster love, and expand your consciousness are healing. The nature of the words that you speak will boomerang back to you. For the sake of happiness for all, choose the words going into your ears and out of your mouth with great awareness.
Here is my challenge to you: Speak no harmful words for five (5) days. If you slip into negative speech, put a quarter into a jar. At the end of the five days, observe your thoughts. Are they a different quality? Notice the state of your energy. Notice your overall outlook. And then report to me. :-)
Namaste.
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Hi You, Thanks for the note on The Daily Coyote - Charlie does an AMAZING downward dog! And he'll go from there to Dolphin and hang out like that for ages. It's hilarious. Love your words, Shreve
Frances I love the suggestion to put a quarter in a jar for every harsh word spoken. Trying to put the Ashtavakra knowledge into practice has been so difficult....but nowI will be rich!
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