Voice of the Spirit

We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.

Rabindranath Tagore

I believe this to be so very true.  Caught up in our emotional distortions, buttons, prejudices and skewed perspectives, we blame the world, when the world is never really the cause of the problem.  It’s how we view it that matters!

If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.

Mary Pickford

Topic: Building a Positive Attitude
Goal: To work through negative attitudes to a more positive, healthy and balanced view of our lives and experiences.

I see the world through new eyes, free of anger, hurt, bitterness and resentment!

The great psychic Edgar Cayce once said the attitude is more important than fact – meaning that people actually base their reality on their own personal attitude – their internal subjective self, not objective fact, such as the sun rising in the morning.  Most of us perceive our attitude: emotions, belief systems, perception, individual perspective, and our reactionary mind as fact.  Therefore, most of us base what we call fact on a personal and subjective set of standards.  I would like to explore how attitude in various forms plays such a critical and sometimes life altering role in our lives.

Most people would agree that attitude plays at least some part in their lives, as in saying to someone, “Hey, try to have a good attitude today at work, and the day will go by more quickly.”

Projecting a positive attitude when interacting with people helps our daily lives.  That old phrase of “You catch more flies with honey then with vinegar” applies here.  Try this simple exercise:  On a given day, carry a positive attitude toward everyone, and I mean everyone that you interact with.  Note the results.  You will probably find that the day went much better than if you had a negative or unpleasant approach.

In this instance, if you happen to encounter someone who is still unpleasant with you, even though you’ve projected positively toward them, observe how you react to their treatment of you.  Do you feel angry, resentful, and mad?  If so, step back and examine your reaction.  Does that reaction benefit you and your life?  Is it worth giving that person that degree of power to upset you, or any power over you?  In this instance, not reacting to that person’s attitude toward you shows mastery of the situation on your part.  Therefore, your attitude benefits you!

When feeling burdened, the simplest daily tasks take on a hellish and difficult tone.  Even answering the phone can become laborsome, and the day feels like absolute drudgery.  There’s a way to affect change here, though.  With an enthusiastic attitude, things start to become effortless, or at the very least, easier.  It’s important to try and keep that attitude of enthusiasm present on a daily basis.  Everyday, try to do everything with enthusiasm, literally.  I recommend taking something you normally do, such as your job, something you’re used to, and start by changing it for the better.  How?  By adding extra enthusiasm to it.  You may be surprised how much better things flow.  Of course, certain days are easier than others, but give it your all.  An attitude of enthusiasm is like adding extra fuel and energy to your body, mind and spirit!

Another exercise to consider is to take one thing in your experience that you feel quite negative about.  For example:  You’ve been hurt many times in love before, and now, you’re filled with bitterness and resentment based on what you’ve been through before.  Here we see a serious negative attitude. You might argue, “I have that bad attitude because of what happened to me before.”  What I would offer is the idea that your REACTION to this experience is far more important than the actual experience itself. Your reaction defines how you feel, which helps to define how you will deal with today, tomorrow and the distant future.  Let’s examine how to change that negative, and turn it into a positive, like turning lemons into lemonade.  Try to be at peace with the former experiences, by blessing them, and letting them go.  At a certain point, all we can do, and perhaps need to do, is simply let go and let God.  Release the burden!  Let it return to God’s divine love, where it is permanently forgiven and healed!  By doing this, not only will your attitude about love improve, it will help you to feel better as a person on all levels, and because you feel better, you will be more open, and that openness allows more blessings to come into your life, including a new and positive lover!

On a more metaphysical level, the law of attraction applies to attitude.  What we feel within, which represents attitude on a very deep level, is like a magnet, drawing back to us what we’re sending out through our inner attitude, magnetizing to us all we are!  Here is a helpful concept that I’ve been practicing for decades.  When you attract something, ask yourself if there may be a part of you that attracted that experience, and why.  NEVER do it with judgment or self incrimination.  Simply observe, like a research scientist trying to solve a problem.  There is no blame here, and absolutely no reason to cast punishment on yourself.  You’re in the process of healing your life!  One of the greatest things any of us can do is to heal ourselves!

Overall, I would recommend for all of us to look at our attitude in the simplest way, say in the way we address the person checking out our groceries, all the way down to our deepest core, as in our most profound and life altering experiences and our reactions to them. This way, we can discover who we REALLY are, unlocking the secrets of a positive and dynamically fulfilling journey!
 

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

Patricia Neal

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.

Corita Kent