~ Aniel Lia Love
So, when our own thoughts don’t resonate even for us, we have to wonder… Why are we having these thoughts? Where are they actually coming from?
Our Beautiful Minds
Thoughts can be powerful, beautiful and helpful at times, and dangerous at other times. It can feel like walking a tightrope; consciously navigating the convoluted, at times treacherous minefield of the thought world, and determining what is valid for us in the moment and what is not.
Our minds are powerful tools, and we use the mind plus inspiration/intuition for creating. That is a beautiful aspect of mind’s function when it works in our favor. Our minds are also critical and analytical, and can drive our attention to ‘beneficial’ fear, helping us to identify real, imminent danger. However, usually that kind of situation is accompanied with life experiences and gut-level feelings of authentic danger. At that point, our feelings, other instincts and the mind lead the way together.
Discerning real fear from false fear can be very tricky though — and it may seem as if I am talking out of both sides of my mouth here — as sometimes a fear thought that is not ours will create fear in our bodies where it did not exist before, and thus produce a false read. This is when we have to tune in and really ‘listen’ to our inner guidance. Tuning into our inner guidance and smartly assessing the present situation, in combination with the logical tools of the mind, will help us figure out if we are truly in a compromising position or thinking fearful or negative thoughts that have no purpose.
Where Are These Thoughts Coming From?
We can be bombarded with thousands of negative thoughts daily. When I say “negative” I mean thoughts that are not productive, not character building or soul supporting. They are thoughts of destruction, in one form or another, either toward ourselves or others.
Negative thoughts can be so powerful that we may feel compelled to make efforts to override them with positive framing or even grander efforts of completely detaching. If we don’t, the negative drain-train can overwhelm and capsize our lives. Sometimes these negative patterns/thoughts are so powerful they create intense feelings of vulnerability, self hate, fear etc. and oftentimes we act out behaviors that we would have never normally considered.
So, if these negative thoughts don’t serve us, overwhelm us, and steer us toward negative experiences and feelings, why are we being bombarded with them? Why can’t we be bombarded with positive thoughts instead? I mean, what’s up with that?! Why is there a consistent negative speak in our heads, instead of something uplifting, encouraging and loving?
Effortless Streams of Thought
Have you ever noticed that, when we are just sitting idly, not really thinking or even trying not to think, thoughts can keep coming anyway? One negative thought bomb can build on another one and before we know it, a good day has turned into an out-of-control downward-spiral kind of day. Streams of stuff that can be downright psychotic have free rein in our heads, and we can’t help but wonder where in the blistering hell this stuff is coming from. This happens not because an event has happened or because someone has called with bad news — it is because of the words playing out in our heads! We are actually listening to a stream of consciousness that is not our own!
Can it be any clearer than that? I think not.
So who decided that our thoughts would be mostly negative and destructive? What keeps them cycling through negative cycles with no end in sight?
Really think about this: Would you say that when we have negative thoughts, it keeps us occupied? Would you say that these negative thoughts take us to places that do not serve us? That they can build and create a reality in our head that is not Who We Really Are, then manifest an outer reality to match that?
Who would be invested in creating thought bombs to keep us from connecting with Who We Really Are and creating from that level?
Many are not yet ready to give up victim consciousness and prefer to sleep walk. And for those who wish to remain entangled in victimhood for personal purposes, there are mechanisms in place to accommodate that desire. Since the polarity environment is maintaining that victim experience now, then polarity structures must be maintained. Making sense so far?
Some spiritual teachings say that we are responsible for all our thoughts, that we create and need to handle them. Believing that we are somehow responsible for every screwball and demented cogitation that pops up yields whopping amounts of guilt and shame.
Does it follow that if we have such self-created distortions in our head, we are also severely distorted in who we are? It seems so when a rigorous spiritual tenet says it is so. Talking about part of the problem...this really, really is a mindf*ck.
So if we are told we create every single thought we have and those thoughts are dynamically unsettling to say the very least, then how can we maintain any kind of self love or self worth believing that our behavior, our beingness constructed every quark of that madness?
That seems part of the plan of keeping us down and out. We have to wonder what and who is really behind that spiritual mishmash. If you are reading this and feeling guilt and shame, I am gently requesting that you please stop now...don't continue to punish yourself.
Visualize yourself relaxing on a beautiful, peaceful bank by a fast flowing river. See the green lushness of the trees and grass and feel the welcoming arms of the earth. From this position, watch the river flow at a rapid rate and envision myriad fish going with the flow.
Make up your own correlations or find the gold that works for you. There are many meditation methods available.
3. Take A Walk. Get into nature somehow and focus on the greenery, the beauty and fragrant smells. Stay as long as you can. Being in nature is always a good move no matter the circumstances.
4. Music - The Great Equalizer. Sound is a wonderful tool to break up invasive energy patterns. Dancing to the music lifts us even higher.
5. Get into Creation Mode. Do you write, paint, color? Do an activity that puts you squarely in a place of creating something out of nothing.
6. Go to Zero Point - Sacred Space of Nothingness. This is sorta like number one, but not. It is dismissing the craycray thought train by taking your mind, your focus to Zero Point. I have tried all kinds of techniques over the years and this one works the best for me for now.
Visualize looking at your body, from head to toe, at a distance face front. Now take that number line and superimpose it onto your body. The Zero Point will run down the very middle of your body. That is the neutral zone - your Sacred Space of Nothingness. The numbers now to the left and right of you are duality and the place where the thoughts enter. Zero Point is the land of nothingness - no negative or positive charges, no duality.
When any negativity comes to mind, I immediately shift my focus to Zero Point, imagine my space of nothingness down the centerline of me. I am then able to detach and/or not invest any emotion at the very least.
Sometimes when I am in a space of really focusing, I will track an especially invasive thought train. If we are unusually sensitive we can feel which direction the thought(s) are coming from whether it is from the sides, back, top or bottom. This may seem strange but try it. Feel into the thought and then follow and track the energy. All of us are naturally energy trackers. Now see step 7.
7. Neutralize
Either you track or ask your Authentic Self (or whatever you consider your Highest Source) to track the thought to its source and flatline and neutralize it.
Sometimes these thoughts are ours, such as our own wounded energy from this lifetime or another existence. The thoughts attached to the wounds are, most times, screams for help that point the way to the pain - the stored energy of an event. This is usually a good time to either take measures to self heal or reach out for help.
There is so very much going on in, through and around us that it is amazing any of
us can walk around and function. Pat yourself on the back for just breathing.
THE STRUGGLE IS REAL
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You described it well. You are the first I've read that really seems to get a grasp on what I've found as of now. It is a struggle, in that, watching others, you can almost feel the 'thoughts'...that are not theirs, and therefore, the human has no 'blame' in what they say or do...when they feel like the idea or thought was their own. I have personally found that no thought is my own...that I function somewhat on a different speed, the thoughts aren't thoughts but full cognizant concepts In less than instants. Yet, I've also found that 'blocking' is also used, so that the information is 'blocked'...not by any physical part of the human existence. ...I enjoyed reading your article. I feel less alone...not that I am alone here in this existence...I have many very close friends, and married, happily...but to them I do not share this. Finding the truths...with a goal of all goodness...negating all negative energy so it cannot harm or redirect humanity finding the beautiful world underneath it all.
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing Anonymous. When our consciousness is in warp-speed change, finding a momentary port in the storm, an alignment with another, can indeed provide comfort.
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