Positive and Negative – same coin, different sides

2006 Cruize 024There was a time I wouldn’t download a song to my iPod that had a “negative” vibe.  Only positive, uplifting songs for this girl.  Completely unsustainable.  I can’t avoid stuff by only allowing the good in – refusing to consider the shadow world. I don’t want to be an ostrich with my head in the sand; but whoa, there’s a whole lotta nasty junk out there.  What’s the right balance?  Today’s daily inspiration from Martha Beck touched a chord:

“Treat your heart like a tired, hurt child: Accept its tantrums, revenge fantasies, and pity parties, but don’t get stuck in them. Say kind things to yourself: “It’s okay that you love your goldfish more than your in-laws” or “Of course you want to stab Billy’s third-grade teacher with a meat fork—all the moms do.” When you acknowledge your forbidden feelings calmly, you’ll find that you actually have more control over your actions. It’s when feelings are repressed that they burst out in dangerous, unhealthy ways.”  Martha Beck ~ Set it Free

Don’t repress; acknowledge and accept those feelings: “Don’t get stuck in them.” Living a conscious life doesn’t mean I forbid myself to look around me.  I may prefer my rose-colored glasses, but sometimes a sad song is the only thing my heart wants to hear.  My life won’t become a blazing hell if I acknowledge my wicked sense of humor, or admit that I’ve lived the dark night of my soul.  Thank you Dianne Collins for pointing out:

 “. . . the idea here is for you to look for yourself, personally.  What are you filling your consciousness with?  What are you broadcasting?  When you develop mastery with your own mind, it isn’t that you have to avoid the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Enjoy the thrill of blockbuster blow-ups, crashes, and shoot ‘em ups if that’s what turns you on.  It is that you do not have to have your consciousness hijacked by it.  Wake-ups are hip to what’s going on, in themselves and around them.  An awakened consciousness is more powerful than programming.  Dianne Collins ~ Do You QuantumThink?

No running necessary.  Simply develop and master my own mind; stay aware; awake – and believe.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥Eckhart Tolle_well-said

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