Get Negativity Out Of Your Life!

Written by Doug Harvey


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Your Positive Energy Booster! Take a hardback notebook and your most comfortable pen and start writing. Don`t write about just any old thing, but concentrate on your achievements. Write about your successes. Write it so thatrepparttar pages flow with excitement and enthusiasm and emotion as you reflect on all that you tackled and won. It could be major projects, or it could be small tasks that were major things that you achieved. Keep going. Fillrepparttar 128601 book if you feel up to it. Add torepparttar 128602 book as often as you are able and recognize further successes. During those times when you are not writing inrepparttar 128603 book, make sure it is readily accessible and not left onrepparttar 128604 shelf to gather dust. In those moments when negativity is thrust at you, take that opportunity to open up and loose yourself inrepparttar 128605 pages of your treasure trove of success. Remind yourself. Relive those experiences seeing yourself right there. Feelrepparttar 128606 emotive elation you felt at that time. This is your positive energy booster that will thrust you pastrepparttar 128607 negative surge and set you back on your path to your goals. Still need more? Let`s talk about what you believe. Here is something of a deep question for you that I cover in more depth in another article: Why do you believe what you believe? Ponder on this question and you will findrepparttar 128608 answer to be not so complex as it might sound. You believe what you believe fundamentally because of your experiences andrepparttar 128609 experiences of others in whom you trust. At this moment in time, you believe that you will at some point receive negative input from someone who is able to affect you. Why do you believe that? Simply because it has happened before or because there has been a similar scenario whererepparttar 128610 support or positive input simply has not been there for you. This is a scene you do not like, but for some reason up until now, you have not been able to change it. All that is about to change. You are taking positive control of your life. A True Story Have you noticed what happens when you receive unexpected news that just might have negative repercussions? Suddenly every negative thought, experience, and even other people`s negative experiences in such scenarios flashes before you and you embrace them with loving arms! I recently had personal experience of this within my extended family. My 19 year old niece had cause to visit Germany as part of her university education. Her father took her torepparttar 128611 airport and waved her off. Her normal behaviour was to keep in frequent contact with her parents to let them know she was okay wherever she happened to be. Forty-eight hours later, there was no word from her. Panic and desperation took over. Suddenly every evil act that was ever inflicted upon a young girl came to mind for her parents and others around her. The more time that passedrepparttar 128612 deeper those impressions took hold. Great lengths were taken to locate her. She became a name onrepparttar 128613 official missing persons list. Many people became part of what almost might be described as hysteria. Her father followedrepparttar 128614 flight path himself and flew to Germany even though he was not able to speak German in an effort to find her. After some searching, he found her alive and well. She simply had not decided it urgent enough to phone home and had written a letter instead. Whatever you think ofrepparttar 128615 scenario, look atrepparttar 128616 known facts. Very simply, she had flown out and not reported back. Inrepparttar 128617 end,repparttar 128618 reasons were very simple but lack of mental control took over in a whole range of people who based their actions on experiences, feelings, and emotions, rather than facts. Visualization is a powerful tool. If you want to challenge negativity. If you want to be in control. Focus on facts rather than fiction. Other people`s opinions are no more than fiction - their thoughts, their ideas. Sometimes that`s helpful, but not always. Focus on success and berepparttar 128619 leader. Berepparttar 128620 example and notrepparttar 128621 blind follower of opinion. Be considerate though and realise that others are entitled to their opinion and feelings. Use visualization so that it is a positive tool in your favour. See your previous successes big and small. See them in your mind. Focus on them and move on. Everyone has a right to their opinion, but ours is based on fact. Enjoy success. Douglas JG Harvey Life Coach - LifeSight http://www.lifesight.net

Doug is a professional life coach building self esteem in his clients and specializing in coaching people through redundancy. This article may be reproduced and distributed with the condition that this credit is included and no changes are made. Any queries should be emailed to doug.harvey@lifesight.net or by visiting www.lifesight.net


A Look at Meditation

Written by Rev. Melissa Leath


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I found out much later that I was beginning meditation. The instructor must have been concerned about giving too much information about yoga philosophy andrepparttar spiritual traditions of Eastern India. Our community was extremely slow about accepting new ideas. She was probably reluctant to introduce something new that could cause problems. Sorepparttar 128598 yoga positions were only taught as an exercise.

I imagine many new or different ideas were stifled inrepparttar 128599 beginning. Some hesitate to share information for fear of being rejected or ostracized. And some of us hesitate to look at new information because we're afraid of rockingrepparttar 128600 boat.

As you explorerepparttar 128601 concept of meditation, you will learn aboutrepparttar 128602 varied benefits that can be brought about by meditation, including health, emotional release, and self- empowerment. You will realize that meditation is about ease. Moving one step at a time.

The Purpose of Meditation

Meditation is a way to connect withrepparttar 128603 inner self, or what some believe isrepparttar 128604 Divine Spark of God that we all are. It is to become quiet: to allow all outside disturbances to fade away, to be comfortable withrepparttar 128605 quiet. That quiet, or silence, which is allowed in, can calmrepparttar 128606 mind, restorerepparttar 128607 body, and define a spiritual path. Let's take this opportunity to try a sample meditation on for size. Remember that this is a sample. It gives usrepparttar 128608 chance to practice. And in practicing, we learn.

Bringing In A Quiet Moment

Take a moment out of your busy day. Go for a five-minute walk by yourself. Pay attention torepparttar 128609 sound of your footsteps. Let it become even with your heartbeat. When this rhythm within you overridesrepparttar 128610 sounds ofrepparttar 128611 day, take a deep cleansing breath. Look atrepparttar 128612 sky. Watchrepparttar 128613 clouds. Just enjoyrepparttar 128614 moment. This isrepparttar 128615 skill of meditation. It is nothing harder than that: just taking a moment, and relaxing into it. Allow your mind to relax into it.

This is just a very quick way for everyone to get some idea of what meditation is like. There are plenty of different types of meditations, as many as there are people. It requires a few undisturbed minutes, dedication and a desire. It will open up a whole new world for you. Just give it a try. Copyright 2003, Melissa Leath

Rev. Melissa Leath is a personal growth and metaphysical counselor and meditation instructor. She is author of "Meditation, Plain and Simple Workbook," and "The Go-Between: Bridging the Gap." For more information about the ease of meditation visit her website: http://www.MeditationMadeEasy.com For a FREE Spiritual Newsletter go to http://www.123-spiritual-growth.com




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