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**tickerinet** · 03-03-2009, 04:02 AM

any advice on how to stay positive thru this very hard time even the weather is bad?

stepping outside the box for just a moment, why does it seem desirable to psychologically occupy, statically, a polarized state, whether positive or negative? if you cannot "stay" neutral, elicit the flavor of neutrality by "staying" in motion, from positive to negative to positive to negative...reduce the degree of motion until you feel the balance.

but how do you reduce the degree of motion; how do you lessen the intensity of negativity or positivity? you can try polluting it with elements of the opposite polarity, recognizing the unreality of the good/bad dichotomy. for instance, what is "bad weather"? wind? rain? snow? anything that's not sunshine, right? that's the popular perception, anyway. when the wind is gusting 40 mph i think, "god, the trees love this! and i love to see the planet work its magic!" thunderstorms have always been my absolute favorite weather! the hot flash of lightning, the crack and roll of thunder, the rain washing through the air in waves; nothing makes me feel more a part of this planet! and the trees love it, too.

but, i don't know you. perhaps i would be as concerned as you seem to be if i hadn't had the lifetime of experience with self-discipline and exploration. since october of last year i've been unemployed after a 19-year career with a single company. my savings are almost exhausted. i will probably soon lose my house. bankruptcy may be my best option. but it doesn't really matter. as long as my life has a place in this world, i will persist. eventually, the earth will reclaim its property: this flesh. i don't begrudge this planet its prerogative to do so. even the life that animates this flesh is not really mine. but the soul i've forged will resist such dissolution (as it must); and the spirit that i am will persist (as it must), even between incarnations and beyond.

negativity? use it. positivity? use it. adopt a balance, and, from there, sink into your depth point, your center of gravity, in perfect silence. set your attitude, your course, by your own design. move in a balanced fashion if you don't want to fall down. and if you do fall down, get up again--unless you've got something better to do. enjoy gravity.

03-03-2009, 04:02 AM	#7
tickerinet Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	any advice on how to stay positive thru this very hard time even the weather is bad? stepping outside the box for just a moment, why does it seem desirable to psychologically occupy, statically, a polarized state, whether positive or negative? if you cannot "stay" neutral, elicit the flavor of neutrality by "staying" in motion, from positive to negative to positive to negative...reduce the degree of motion until you feel the balance. but how do you reduce the degree of motion; how do you lessen the intensity of negativity or positivity? you can try polluting it with elements of the opposite polarity, recognizing the unreality of the good/bad dichotomy. for instance, what is "bad weather"? wind? rain? snow? anything that's not sunshine, right? that's the popular perception, anyway. when the wind is gusting 40 mph i think, "god, the trees love this! and i love to see the planet work its magic!" thunderstorms have always been my absolute favorite weather! the hot flash of lightning, the crack and roll of thunder, the rain washing through the air in waves; nothing makes me feel more a part of this planet! and the trees love it, too. but, i don't know you. perhaps i would be as concerned as you seem to be if i hadn't had the lifetime of experience with self-discipline and exploration. since october of last year i've been unemployed after a 19-year career with a single company. my savings are almost exhausted. i will probably soon lose my house. bankruptcy may be my best option. but it doesn't really matter. as long as my life has a place in this world, i will persist. eventually, the earth will reclaim its property: this flesh. i don't begrudge this planet its prerogative to do so. even the life that animates this flesh is not really mine. but the soul i've forged will resist such dissolution (as it must); and the spirit that i am will persist (as it must), even between incarnations and beyond. negativity? use it. positivity? use it. adopt a balance, and, from there, sink into your depth point, your center of gravity, in perfect silence. set your attitude, your course, by your own design. move in a balanced fashion if you don't want to fall down. and if you do fall down, get up again--unless you've got something better to do. enjoy gravity.
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