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Originally posted by Manula
reply to post by Frira
If you want to continue letting the storms outside enter you all the time, storms you cant control, storms you will never control, you are bound to live between heaven (positive) and hell (negative) forever.
Go ahead. Its not my choice.
I choose to master my emotions, turn all my negative emotions into positive ones until there is no more negativity to burn.
I choose to control my temper, to stay calm and confident before the storm, i choose to cry with compassion (great feeling), i choose to love life, i choose to feel joy, i choose to smile, i choose friendship, i choose light.
I can choose, so can you, the difference between me and you is that i know this is true and you still believe its not possible.
The light is inside us, its not outside, one day you will know this.
I hope you will.
I'm happy that you have managed to stay happy despite what you may have gone through in your life...but i think your stretching things when you say that what seems negative has some positive behind it. I fear that you may not have truly experienced some of the "negative" things that others have experienced.. and to say there is always something positive in a situation may seem very cruel .
The doctor who experienced the home invaders come into his home tie up his family , then burn the house , while he managed to escape...might be hard pressed to find the "positive" in that negative event. I'll always remember him being on Oprah, and Oprah asking him what he had learned from the experience...like she was some Guru of taking every experience and learning some fantastic spiritual lesson from it. The look on his face was that of disbelief.. and he was clearly struggling for words . This man looked shell shocked
I have to say that was one time I wanted to put my hand through the TV screen and slap Oprah , then ask her what she has learned from that slap.
The plot thickens, so you think Oprah is capable of something more then regurgitating what the script says the scene is to be like. Hey gabby your like the only person I know of who has learned anything from watching Oprah. In fact your like the only person I know of, even among internet acquaintance's who actually watches Oprah. “"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. ....Bruce Lee"”
What a wonderfully assumptive and judgmental post my friend.
You want to judge me for that?.. Go ahead.. would you like to judge me for reading the nonsense on here at times as well.. have a go at it. I tend to do things to kill boredom.
Did I say I have ever learned anything from Oprah? no..all I said is that I was infuriated with her that day.. and how she dared try and use this man's terrible loss and very horrific sorrow, in reference to her nauseating spiritual teachings.. on seeing the positive in all things.
Me thinks you may need to practice what you preach... ..and also understand why I would choose to use it as an example of reference for this thread..after all it is on topic... and your comments are not.
hmmm... what was that about a wise man learning from a foolish question?
What my comments are always on topic, I could say the most craziest and unbelievable of thing's and it will still be on topic, in the most craziest and unbelievable of threads. So as you can see it is you who is off topic, with your perfectly rational thoughts and points.
Originally posted by Manula
reply to post by ThoughtForms
Negative feelings arise, we should turn them into positive ones.
Example: I am jealous of a friend that got promoted. I say: Dam i am jealous, cant believe i am jealous (awareness) Thats why i was thinking of not calling him to say congratulations. Thats so stupid, i should be happy for him. Get over it.
Once you got aware and you rationalized it, you make a choice to not continue with it, it lost all its power, so now i feel happy for him and i am going to call him and say congratulations, doing the right thing.
In this example i am in control of my emotions, i transform them.
From darkness to light.
What can I say gabby, if i wanted to I can be sneaky to, and yes even turn your words upside down, inside out, and all around. But I am to sleepy to do that now...Maybe tomorrow.
but to deny negative feelings altogether & meticulously reprogramming yourself to find every single frustration a 'positive' occurrence is foolhardy if it is done to avoid natural emotions & experiences. there's a difference between being able to look back on bad things & see how they had changed you or your life for the better and sugar coating reality.
I will leave you with one of my favorite quotes..
"I amz what I amz ,and thats all that I amz." by popeye
You ma'am are a genius.
Originally posted by gabby2011
quote by Thoughtforms
but to deny negative feelings altogether & meticulously reprogramming yourself to find every single frustration a 'positive' occurrence is foolhardy if it is done to avoid natural emotions & experiences. there's a difference between being able to look back on bad things & see how they had changed you or your life for the better and sugar coating reality.
That is part of one of the best posts on this thread..very well saidedit on 1-11-2011 by gabby2011 because: (no reason given)edit on 1-11-2011 by gabby2011 because: (no reason given)
if I don't feel like the things I'm communicating are worth the time of others I just don't communicate....which gets boring fast.... so thank you for letting me know you liked my thoughts....