Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

People’s thoughts:

“Many things annoy me, and often I only see the negative. So when I’m not feeling well, do I then try to think positive thoughts?”

Sometimes we are just annoyed. By a situation, by a person, or by ourselves. And often our thoughts start to circle endlessly — we see what’s missing, what doesn’t fit, what’s going wrong. We feel empty or overwhelmed, and everything seems somehow heavy. But all of this happens inside us. In our perception, in our experience, in our thoughts. When we only see the negative, it’s our own perspective that makes us look through these glasses. Not wrong, not bad — just our inner experience in exactly this moment.

Even the attempt to “think positive” again happens right there: in the head. It’s a shift of focus — but still thinking. We send our energy into thoughts, whether light or dark. And while we try to change something, we are often not really present. Not here, not now. But somewhere between judgment and the wish for change. But maybe it’s not about thinking something away, or even thinking positively. Maybe it’s about becoming still. Tuning in. Meeting ourselves in that moment, exactly as we feel right now. Without judgment.

Positive Thinking

Personal Experience

Yes, my thinking influences me. It colors my feelings, my actions, my experience — and also how I see the world outside. But as soon as I felt bad, as soon as something inside me felt tight, it became harder and harder to simply let positive thoughts into my head. And that was okay. Because my mind was full — full of other, not so nice ideas. With doubts, fears, old pain. I know this feeling well. For a long time, my whole system was tuned to discontent. And when someone told me, “Just think more positively,” I felt that it didn’t work in my reality.

I had to go deeper. I had to look, feel, and clean up. Only when I started to truly recognize, feel through, and resolve my inner topics did my view become clearer. Only then did I understand: Positive thinking was never the key. Because when my whole being stands in the shadow, my mind cannot generate positive sides. Rather, they are then staged — a mask. What I really had to learn was: to perceive myself. To not push away my negative feelings but to let them be. To accept them, breathe with them — until they could slowly go. I practiced quieting my mind to fully find the moment again. And suddenly it became clear to me: No matter if positive or negative — as long as I am in thought, I am not here. Not in the now. Not in the life that is happening right now.

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Approach

Gain clarity about what is happening in your mind right now. How you see yourself, how you perceive your world — inside and out, exactly in this moment. Because when you are at peace with yourself, when you are truly in harmony with yourself, your perception also changes. You see the world through different eyes because you look from a different inner attitude.
Whether your thoughts are positive or negative — one thing remains the same: You are thinking. And therefore not in the moment. You send your energy into the mind, instead of into silence. Instead of into the space where everything is simply allowed to be — without you judging it.

Compulsively trying to think positive when you feel bad is just a mask you put on yourself. When you become aware of this, you can start to observe your thoughts. You recognize when you judge instead of simply taking something as it is right now. And that’s where change begins. Use your energy wisely. Don’t waste it by asking yourself whether you should think positive or negative. Direct it where it really serves you: into your calm. Or into an action that is necessary right now. Let your aggression, your anger, your feelings go. Only then will you find your way into the now — no longer in your head, but in life.

Positive Thinking

Feel free to take these questions with you:

• What is really moving me right now — how does it feel inside me?
• What lies beneath this feeling — and may it simply be there as it is?
• If I want to release myself from this state: What does my system really need?
• Why do I believe I “have to think positive” when I’m not feeling well?
  • Where does this pressure come from?
• Is it really about being positive — or is it perhaps more about being present and authentic?

Also read the following blog posts:

• Letting go of yourself
• Make thoughts conscious
• Meditation simply explained
• Coming into the here and now