Overcoming the Tyranny of Negativity

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Overcoming the Tyranny of Negativity

by Baba Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari

Like weeds flourishing in our garden, our negative emotions grow wildly in the mind. At times this, painful baggage is difficult to carry while attending to our daily chores and busy schedules. If we watch our mind at work, we see that it is easily contaminated with a virus of negativity. When we hear, read, or see good things, words of wisdom, and inspirational thoughts, they seem to only impact us for a moment and then take a back seat, leaving the front seat to those thoughts which do more harm to us than good.

Many people are sucked into a negative spiral before they become aware of it. This is a global phenomenon, where fear and anxiety about the unseen future corrode human life, much like rust that eats away at metal. We feel caught in the tyranny of negativity! It is a painful state of mind; yet people still grope in the darkness, trying to find a solution in the external world.

 
Identifying Negativity Patterns

All negative patterns of thinking are the result of living life unconsciously. When we live our life following the dictates of our untrained mind, the lower mind takes over and becomes treacherous. Such a mind functions on the plane of the ego, false identification with the body, and fleeting objectives.

Whenever we repeat the same thought in our mind, it gradually takes root. The thought becomes an expanding pattern that carries us along as it continues to deepen its established groove. Thoughts that are anchored in our being, in the pristine silence of the divine presence within us, in the love of God, will gradually create their own pattern of positive power. Good and mindful thoughts attract positive, joyful, and pleasant situations to our life, following the universal law of thinking which is, “As we think so we become.”

Life memories show us that when we stumbled on difficult situations and circumstances, and did not react in a negative way but persevered with a very positive attitude, something very profound happened. We came to realize that God never forsakes us, but lifts us up as we cross the difficult patch. These were also the moments of true learning, for when we are stuck, we learn. The positive state of mind is the light of our soul. We feel deeply anchored to the Divine within and respond to the higher mind, which allows us to grow in consciousness.

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