Hello! Spring has arrived here in the Netherlands and things have started looking more colorful and more positive already, the temperatures though not there yet! So, this post it is not by me. I have the pleasure to have a dear blogger/writer friend, guest writing here on my blog. Lety Ponte is originally from France. but she has been traveling a lot for studies and later because of the work of her husband, so she is a serial expat mom like me! For now she lives here in the Netherlands and apart from a wonderful husband and daughter has a very beautiful site where she shares what she loves most "Life, Positive eating, Mindfulness and Spirit Guidance are ‘my things’" as she mentions at her site. Lety loves the earth. Forests and magical gardens are her hideaways, but she is also working a lot towards reaching and improving her higher self and has the gift to bring beautiful messages from high above to others. Many of this messages you can find them at her site or by simple asking her for guidance. Here she shares with us about the pressure of the "trend" of positive thinking and what are actually the real tools so to conquer this! Enjoy and follow Lety here if you want some more light in to your life.
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| Lety Ponte |
We hear so many
people telling us to be positive. And I am probably one of those.
I did not use to be
that way though. The first time I heard about positive thinking was
in 2003 and I was already a young adult. I had no clue why people
told me to be positive when I shared with them my worries, problems
or complaints. In what thinking positively could ever help me? I was
kind of annoyed by this advice. Even if I come from the country whose
most iconic song is “La vie en rose”. I certainly did not feel
that life was pink!
“Life is hard,
unfair, a struggle” was more the kind of phrases I heard over and
over again growing up.
I realized later
that indeed there were laws in physics and spirituality that were
demonstrating that positive thoughts were attracting positive
outcomes and were the keys to manifest the life you wanted.
I gave it a try and
it did work. I can’t say that it ever failed. What is challenging
is applying it, having positive thoughts every single day is not an
easy task.
With this great
discovery, comes a few challenges and this is what I’d like you to
know to release the pressure of being positive all the time:
- You beat yourself up for having negative thoughts
Unless
you are a monk living in the Himalayas, like everyone else, you have
thousands of negative thoughts a day. Please know that this is
normal. There is an almost constant flow of thoughts in your mind. It
looks a bit like that: positive, negative, negative, negative,
positive, negative, positive, positive, positive etc. What you can do
is to choose the thought you want to pick. You can pick up the
thought that tells you that this flower is simply beautiful or
the thought that says that you’re too fat. You pick them up
and hold on to them or you just leave them in the flow, floating away
peacefully.
- You are afraid of your negative thoughts
Remind
yourself that you are not your thoughts and your fear of
negative thinking will go away. Your thoughts can be a great tool to
help you manifest your dreams but they are not who you truly are.
Having a so called bad thought does not make you bad. Since your
thought are not who you truly are, they are not a reflection of the
truth, in other words, do not believe your thoughts! When thoughts
are unkind towards you, accept them, let them move through you and
vanish.
Once you know that,
you can use those tools to stay in an energy of joy and high
vibrations:
- Gratitude
Feeling
thankful for our existence and every little moment that makes us
smile will instantly generate great feelings and thoughts.
- Prayer
When
you feel that you are struggling to let go of a ‘sticky’ negative
thought, you can ask for help. Ask the Universe or your guardian
angel to help you to let go of that thought. Doreen Virtue explains
that Archangel Jophiel is the Archangel to call upon when you want to
beautify your thoughts. Archangel Michael protects us from negative
energy with his royal blue light and cut the cords of fear with his
sword.
- Visualization
Imagine
that you put your concerns on a post-it. Stick it on a balloon and
send it away to the heavens. You’ll immediately feel relieved. You
can also imagine yourself under a shower of light that will wash away
all the negative energy. Any visualisation will work because you are
that powerful my friend!
- Tapping/ EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
Google
those words (I like the tapping solution) and get tons of free
resources online. It is a simple technique that helps you release
negative thoughts and worries in a few minutes by just tapping on
certain points on your face, shoulder blades and hands while making
affirmations and statements. It’s amazing!
- Crystals
Several
crystals are known to help you raise your vibration and protect you
from negative energy. A well-known one is the rose quartz. If you
feel drawn to a particular crystal in a shop, it is a sign that it’s
meant to be with you. Clear it through prayers and charge it by
placing it under the sun or moon light for a few minutes holding the
intention of protection. Carry it in your pocket or in your purse and
hold it in your hands when you feel that you could use some extra
help.
There
are plenty of other tools that can raise your vibrations such as
listening to music, singing, dancing, painting, essential oils, happy
memories etc.
The best way of
all is PRESENCE. By being in the here and now, overthinking, concerns
about the future or regrets stop and we realize that all is well.
Meditation and the focus on our breath or sensation in our hands are
great ways to come back to the present moment.
Let go of
resistance, accept what is (which includes all the thoughts and
emotions whether it is sadness, anger, joy or love), BE.
Love
Lety
It is such an honour
for me to have been invited to share an article on this wonderful and
luminous blog. Thank you @ neofili.blogspot.nl!
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