Quote:
Originally Posted by DEEJ  there is not much point in forcing yourself to and trying to think positively and its more effective to just be the watcher of your thoughts |
I totally agree with this. Albert Einstein said, "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." When you are trying to 'think' positively, you are still being in the consciousness of negativity. As long as you are in the consciousness of negativity, how can you be positive? It's like saying "I am a smoker and I want to quit smoking". As long as the person identifies himself to be a smoker, he won't quit smoking. But when he stops identifying himself to be a smoker, he has already quit smoking and there is no more any 'want' to quit smoking. 'wanting' and 'trying' are just deceptive illusions the ego creates to resist change. That's why they say, "What you resist persists and what you look at disappears." When you live with awareness and when you realise that negativity doesn't serve you anymore, it just disappears. You just need to watch and let go.