0399176640 (SH) by Dzogchen Ponlop

0399176640 (SH) by Dzogchen Ponlop

Author:Dzogchen Ponlop
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-04-19T06:00:00+00:00


THE POWER OF THE POSITIVE

The Three-Step Emotional Rescue Plan described in this book isn’t about having a perfect life or even a completely pain-free life. In the end, life is still life, with all of its challenges, mysteries, comedies, and tragedies. Some days may be stormier than others, but you know that sunshine will follow the blustery weather.

It helps to have a positive outlook when you’re trying to see beyond your patterns. It’s not just the flip side of a negative or pessimistic attitude. You’re not wearing rose-colored glasses—you can see challenges very clearly. But instead of only focusing on how hard it all is, you see possibility and potential within the intense energy of your emotions: anger’s brilliant clarity; jealousy’s content and generous heart; attachment’s pure love and compassion. There’s a lot of good stuff there, right within the agitation, doubt, and loss of confidence. You miss a lot if you’re looking only at the downside or if you’re looking away from the action.

Positivity is more than an attitude or mode of thinking. It’s a force that goes beyond words—and you can feel its power in the world at times. When something extremely positive (or negative) occurs somewhere, that place seems to become invested with an energy that can be sensed. It becomes a kind of power spot. Across the planet there are many such spots: sacred mountains, ancient temples, and holy places of pilgrimage that attract visitors hoping for an extraordinary encounter—a magical experience of peace, healing, or awakening.

Every year people throng to these timeless and mystical spots: the ruins of Machu Picchu and Stonehenge, the sacred sites of Jerusalem, the great pyramids of Egypt, and the Bodhi Tree in India, where the Buddha is said to have reached his enlightenment. But I doubt anyone makes these journeys just to see crumbling bricks or an ancient tree. I’m pretty sure the attraction is to the events that unfolded there—the emergence of some transcendent creative energy that still touches the world and moves people’s hearts. So the attraction is never just about the physical environment; it’s about a felt, inner experience.

Likewise, if in our own lives we can create a degree of positive energy through our intentions and actions, we can have a positive influence as well. If that positivity is strong enough, not only will we benefit, but others will feel it, too. They may sense it as peace or openness or joy. We’ve heard about these kinds of power spots and their magic, but we may not have realized that we had one right inside of us. All we need is to make this discovery and then we can cultivate it.

Transforming all your negative emotions into a positive force all at once would be great, but it’s unrealistic. If you’re pressuring yourself to do too much, then you’re going back to your usual habit of torturing yourself. Instead, start with one small thing, one habit, and change that for the better. When you’re successful at that, work with the next habit, and the one after that.



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