This is an excerpt from My
response to a post by the fabulous
Jennifer Shelton at FemCentral. I've modified it
to speak directly to you.
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Semantics. What one person calls "positive thinking" is
called "mindfulness" by another person writing a book to
sell. "Positive thinking" can also be included in chanting,
meditation, and so many other modalities designed to gain
control over FEAR = False Experiences Appearing Real.
In My experience,
Positive Thinking is actually CHOOSING empowering thoughts
and actions over disempowering ones. The same amount of
time and energy spent on worrying about something that
-could- happen can be spent on focusing on what you -want-
to create and "Love Me Time" which allows you to get out of
the way of achieving your goals. The stress
that people choose to "think" with determines manifestation.
The bottom line is
RESPONSIBILITY and ACTION. There is no one thing that is
going to be a cure-all for every person. We are responsible
for trying and adapting new things all the time and evolving
along THE PROCESS OF OUR DEVELOPMENT. This requires
commitment.
And cultural perspective
is thrown in there, too. It's not only what society tells
you to want, it's HOW you choose to want it. For example,
"positive thinking" will only work as far as the
whiny-person-who-believes-she-is-entitled-to-everything-without-making-an-effort
is willing NOT to whine. In cultures that expect instant
gratification and permanent healing from a pill, the idea
that TOOLS such as "positive thinking," meditation,
affirmation (and everything else that is designed to
RE-CONDITION your thought processes) actually require
continuous exercise immediately makes people insist that the
TOOLS do not work. In reality, people are not "working the
tools."
Such laziness and lack
of gratitude for all that IS available to Us to figure out
how to work for Our individual needs is why We have a
society of fat, lazy, slovenly individuals suing McDonald's
for the fact that they CHOOSE to eat the toxic food rather
than do the work to eat healthily.
All of this relates to
self-worth; do you believe you are WORTHY of what you
desire?
You are not entitled to
anything; you have to do the work to DESERVE everything.
You have to Work Your Magick (which IS everything that you
choose to design in your life).
The Comfort Zone of
"focusing on being the victim" is the perfect way for all
these people to get rich writing books, etc., for and
against everything that has worked throughout "herstory" to
validate people staying in their comfort zones and whining
about it.
It's not that something
that has been proven to work for a multitude of others
"doesn't work;" YOU aren't working it.
Discipline is a good
thing and self-discipline is the greatest of your powers.
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