positive thinking

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to Celest

i can tell you somethinkg from my experience:

after sticking to positive thinking method (reading books)

making positive affirmations etc.. I had a euphoric feelings for about 3

days ... I was glowing and it showed outside.... felt an inner light,

felt omni-potent , optimistic etc...people around were amazed!

 

but - this euporic period ended with a collapse. i started feeling

even light depression after feeling " flying "

 

I explain this by a natural urge of the body to balance the euphoric

thoughts,,, because euphoria may also mean carelessness, so there is an

intrinsic need to protect us by making us more on ground!

do you see what i mean.

 

i learned " not to play " with the natural course of my thoughts although i

want to master it.

 

what do you think?

 

Anat

Jerusalem

Israel

 

 

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celeste m sullivan <csull3

 

ùáú 17 îøõ 2001 10:26

Re: Re: fear - was seeking protection

 

 

> Hi Linda and Crow and all,

>

> This " feeling thing " is so problematic. It seems to me that we deal

> adequately with our feelings when we don't repress them or act them out.

> Supressing them (consciously controling them) is often necessary to get

> along in society. However, when we are unconscious we repress them and

> then they can do their damage. When we act out, we also hurt ourselves

> and/or others.

>

> The big question is----how do we accomplish this satisfactorily? I know

> that different approaches work for me at different times. Sometimes, I

> need to explore their cause and finding it is very enlightening (i.e., I

> have recently discovered that there was much deception in my childhood

> that was very unresolved until I uncovered the source of it. I was very

> perceptive and discerning that something was very wrong. However, it was

> many years before I learned to trust myself enough to discover the truth.

> When I discovered this, I became freer than I had ever been before.) At

> other times, it is more productive to just deal with the feeling

> (acknowledge it, accept it as a human experience and move on (i.e., calm

> myself through meditation, etc.)

>

> I do not adhere to the positive thinking philosophy, indiscriminately.

> It has it's good points as " As a man thinketh... " but I have often seen

> it be a means of repression when " negative' feelings need to be

> acknowledged and dealt with. It can lead to very serious denial and

> repression and , then, of course, projection.

>

> This is an interesting dialogue for me. I would be interested in others'

> thoughts and experience in dealing with feelings.

>

> Thanks.

>

> Celeste

>

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