Being FOR the things you want in the world
Be FOR, not AGAINST, the things you want.
I have observed that in the United States, we always seem to be on the defensive against things. We are against drugs, against guns, against drunk driving, against hunger, against war, against against against.
Why is this important? Because consciousness creates reality. Ergo, what you focus on is what you get.
What does “against” mean, anyhow? Dictionary.com defines it thus:
a·gainst [uh-genst, uh-geynst] (preposition)
1. in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
2. in resistance to or defense from: protection against burglars.
3. in an opposite direction to: to ride against the wind.
4. into contact or collision with; toward; upon: The rain beat against the window.
5. in contact with: to lean against the wall.
Opposition. Contrary to. Adverse. In resistance to. Opposite direction. Do these notions seem counter to or supportive of creation? How can you create something if you are doing the opposite?
This is the part people don’t understand. To oppose what you actually want will not make it go away. You can’t stamp it out. And focusing on it, even when you want its opposite, will bring IT into sharper focus.
But I do not want this! I am consciously saying I do not want this.
If, as I postulate to you, consciousness creates reality, then how can you create from a thought of destruction? You cannot create when your thought is on taking something apart.
How do you create ending this thing you are against? Simple. Create it’s opposite. Be FOR, rather than AGAINST.
Be for alternatives to drugs. Be for alternatives to guns. Be for sober driving. Be for plenty of food for all. Be for peace.
Positive thinking alone doesn’t do jack. This is true. As I have said before, thought must be mated to feeling for effectiveness. But further than that, let me ask you this: How does all the negativity of the “againsts” make you feel?
How do you feel when you read the news and see that Celebrity So-and-so is against ‘x’, Senator Bigshot is against ‘y’, Generic Activist Group is against ‘z’, and everyone but a small crowd of lunatics are against ‘a’. Negative news, drawing more negative news, drawing more negative emotions from everyone. The message is spread and reinforced, and yet we all wonder why things seem bad? Because we get focused on all those, we draw them and more like them to us.
Standing against things may seem to work, but not in the same manner as standing FOR things. (Perfect example – Prohibition.) Taking a positive position and a positive attitude is FAR more powerful than taking a negative one.
Think about all the times you really focused your energy, your thought, your emotion on something you wanted. And when you got that something, how did you feel? Now how many times have you focused on something you did NOT want, tried to make it not happen, gave it tons of focus and energy and thought and emotion…and got it anyhow? How did THAT make you feel?
Taking a position ‘against’ will not stop the thing you do not want. And while taking the position ‘for’ its opposite may not produce an immediate response either, doesn’t it feel better to think positively than to think negatively?
I know there are people out there who seem to relish their depression. They love a dim cloudy day. But most of the people I have encountered in this life seek to be happy, and happy is a positive emotion, not a negative one. Most people prefer pleasure to pain, praise over scorn. Positives.
It is so very easy to get caught in the trap of negativity. We’re inundated by it rather constantly. Messages from the media about this terrible thing or that awful war or that criminal act meet us at every turn. If, like me, you want to stay informed, no matter how much you minimize media exposure, it is difficult to not get swept up in the downer messages.
So – we have to start on our own. We can’t expect this to change from without, so like most things, it needs to change from within. Start choosing things to be FOR, rather than things to be AGAINST. Consciously make a choice to find the positive spin, rather than the negative. Feel the emotions being produced in you, and make conscious choices FOR rather than AGAINST.
The next time you find yourself in opposition to something…can you find something instead to be in support of?
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