Energy and Perception Series Part 3 Negativity

If we open up our hearts and our minds and focus on one simple idea: Ok, this person had a bad experience and because of it, they occasionally seem negative to me. This negative feeling comes because I feel as though I belong to a general expanded part of that group. What does that tell me about this person? What does my reaction to what they said say about me?

Tolerance of others means that we have to tolerate the intolerant as well. We don't have to accept name-calling or physical attack because of it. But, we do have to accept that from where they sit at the moment they have yet to let go of whatever pain, fear or anger on to which they might be hanging onto still.

There is an idea that people only affect you if there is a lesson to learn. If what they say or do is above you or below you, it will not have any effect on you at all. It is only when there is something inside us we need to learn that others actions actually get a reaction out of us. Based upon this idea, in order to have true spiritual growth we must be able to stop and think ok what is this trying to teach me instead of just labeling whatever was said or done as being negative and ignoring it.

That label of negativity helps in ritual work when you need to have yourself focused on the work at hand and not the failure of the work at hand. But, it has no place in describing people. It works well in describing electricity and magnates but it has no place in our views of events. Truth be told we can never truly say we are tolerant until we can learn to let go of the labels that make us intolerant. Labeling some actions and statements as positive and others as negative or as good or bad is what still separates us into groups instead of allowing us all to simply be people.

As humans, we must always strive to rid ourselves of the labels that limit our spiritual growth. I believe I have shown here how allowing ourselves to succumb to the label of negativity we are limiting our own growth. We have been taught to stay away from things that seem dark or negative. In truth, those things have

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