With all the negative messages that we get fed each day, we need some tools to help build a positive attitude to life and meditation is a great way to do this. By calming the mind we allow ourselves to experience the joy that is inherent in living. Your mind is a blank canvas when you're born, and straightaway you begin to absorb messages from the world around you. The cultural values from your parents, TV, peers, are all accepted, usually without analysis. All of these influences combine to make up the internal personality that makes you different from anyone else. Rainy days may upset you, because of a childhood experience when you fell in a puddle. This is probably not at a conscious level, but you still end up being in a bad mood every time it rains. On the other hand maybe you fell head over heels in love in the pouring rain of a monsoon. And had an incredible affair. Then you're most likely going to have a different perspective on rain aren't you? Most messages will penetrate to the subconscious level if they're repeated enough and we often find ourselves saying something simply because we heard it, not that we even agree but it's hovering in our mind, waiting for a chance to express itself. This can be good thing if it's a positive message, but all too often it's a negative attitude that we express. This saps our own energy and that of everyone we come into contact with. That which you sow, you shall reap especially within your own mind! By having a positive attitude you'll experience fewer negative events in your life. So as time goes on, there are more helpful and uplifting experiences and fewer negative ones, al because you changed the way that you look at the world. So what is the best way to start this process? You can select what information and influences you have in your life. What books do you read? Do you religiously watch the news every night to support your view the world is going down the drain? Why not try watching a joyous movie that lifts your spirit instead? How about a book or magazine that focused on the positive aspects of life? This isn't to say that you want to sick your head in the sand, but it's about choosing where you want to spend most of your time, in a world where wars are rife and we're powerless to do anything to help, or where there's a beautiful flower at every corner and a smile on the lips of people you pass on the street. It's up to you. But this is only a part of the story, you want to find out what is inside you, find your unconscious triggers and make them conscious and then you can make a choice about whether or not they serve you. If not, let them go and replace them with something that helps you to live your life with joy. Meditation in whatever specific form it takes will unlock hidden parts of your personality and help you to get in touch with the true source of joy in your life. Meditation has been described as a calming of the mind and a development of the ability to focus on one thing alone with all your mind. We all tend to think the same things over and over, rarely having a new thought. This is how we can blink and wonder where that last year went because we are too caught up in the incessant, often negative internal dialogue. As you become aware of your thoughts and each moment, you begin to truly live your life as it was meant to be lived Through meditation, we can tame this beast of negativity and replace the self doubt and judgment with acceptance of ourselves and all those around us. Issues get smaller and people who bother us seem to change. How we view and experience life, truly is up to us. Nobody else has control over how we react, only we have that power. If you take control of that power, you can control your life, take everything with a smile whatever happens. Meditation has helped to cultivate a positive attitude for thousands of people across the world. Simply by detaching a bit from the day to day bustle of the world around us gives clarity and insight into life. There's not really any such thing as a negative experience only the negative perception of events.
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