Strange problem

[birajc]

I don't know if anyone faced this situation.I have realized that sometimes it happens that you are facing a problem, you are very positive and enthusiastic and putting all your energy to get it solved.Then another problem comes, you are now trying to get both sorted out with same amount of positive energy and then another problem comes and you feel as if there is a force working against everything you are doing making it all the more difficult, I feel by the time, the tide of bad times settle down you are already in so deep negative that in the tide of good times you end up coming to zero or may be little bit positive.

What is more difficult to understand is this tide of bad times(when an invisible force works against you) always seem to appear every year around the same time.And the tide of good times(when an invisible force works for you) also seem to appear around the same time of every year , with more or less intensity.

If anyone can explain why this happens it would be great.

[Strokes]

Do you believe in GOD?

[Rhythman]

The only force I have ever seen work against myself is my ego. Knowing that, I watch it as I would a thief and that reduces it's power.

Rhythman

[Mato Kinze]

The first thing that popped into my mind when I was reading your post was my dad. For the longest time growing up, it seemed like more than just the trees went to sleep in the winter.

After almost a lifetime of this, he got an answer - of sorts: Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression characterized by a pattern of episodes tied to changes of season. Research indicates that SAD is caused by variation in the length of daylight, which affects levels of the neurotransmitter, Serotonin, in the brain. It can be very subtle or very profound depending on the person. In my dad, it was fairly subtle. In my Grandmother, however, it was extreme.

Now, I don't know your personal situation, nor am I saying this is your issue. However, a LOT of people do have different strengths and weaknesses tied to the change of the seasons.

There's a Spiritual side to this too, though. My Totem is Bear. As a result I tend to sleep more in the winter than the summer. You could easily say it has nothing to do with my Guide. It would be logical and scientific to say that what I experience in the winter is simply an off-shoot of me being genetically predisposed to SAD through my father and grandmother.

Maybe that's the case. But maybe, there's more to it than that. Maybe, the one is a reflection of the other.

In the winter, my Dreamtime experiences become very strong. I'm lucid more than I'm not, I engage spiritually more than at other times of the year, and most of the personal Medicine I get from my Guides, I get during this season. I recognize this, accept this aspect of my being and use it to better my life and the lives of those around me. Therefore, I'm "congruent" in my spiritual being - not depressed.

Perhaps for you, there is spiritual Medicine at work that centers around certain aspects of the seasons or the year. Perhaps the negative energy/situations you encounter is a result of you not being in congruence on a Spiritual level at that time.

In some ways, it's similar to what Rythman was saying about ego getting in his way.

Anyway, just my $.02. Take that for whatever it's worth.

[birajc]

Hi people, thanks for your response.Special thanks to Mato.

Actually i find no connection of ego with whatever i have stated, it is just like you are swimming in a river and at certain times you feel the currents are against you and at some other times the current pushes you forward.When the currents are against you , irrespective of how much you try to move ahead it is tough , you have to spend all energy of your energy reserve just to stay afloat as a result,when the tide is pushing you, you don't have any energy to move much ahead .

I want to what forces are these , what determines their direction and intensity ?
How to be able to have a pre knowledge of their coming and how to tackle them in the most effective way to have minimum losses so that when the tide pushes you , you are not spent up with your energy reserves to move ahead rapid and fast.

I would request anyone who faced this and found out an answer to reply, Steve if you happen to look at this post and have some time, your inputs would be very valuable.

[veranadine]

Birajc,

It is important not to see these things as an invisible force working against you but instead as an invisible force working WITH you.

I can understand completely your frustration when all manner of difficulties seem to pile upon you at once. This happens to all of us, sometimes more frequently than others.

It is like the tarot cards DEATH and THE TOWER. They do not mean the end of life or anything major like that but instead signal the power of change. The Death card being a complete 360 degree change and the Tower being chaos all around us.

New beginnings, which on their own happen in a yearly cycle, often come from endings, from chaos is born the new dawn, creation.

If you can, try to see these difficulties instead as a challenge, an opportunity offered to you by the universe to put down all in your life that is no longer needed for the next stage of your journey.

Looking at the opportunity in bad situations can make it so much easier to see the opportunity in good ones as well. When we know that the universe is working with us to reach our best version of ourself, then we know that everything that happens in our life is not being brought to us from someone or something outside of ourself but by the value and true nature inside of us.

I hope that this helps a bit.

Blessings,