"Positive thinking" is a major theme these days, at least in North America, and amongst people who want to be "successful."
I am a student of natural/physical/biological intelligence.
What I see in Nature is what could be called "empowered/empowering thinking." However, empowered/empowering thinking is never based on so-called positive thinking. Empowered thinking is based on reality, on truth, and on perceiving the whole of a situation to the best that we can perceive it.
When you observe natural/physical/biological intelligence in action, you'll notice that every plant, animal, and elemental being responds to the whole of its reality, including those aspects of its reality that don't support its survival.
Every life form, including us, must function within conditions that suit our life, and conditions that do not. When we look at that spectrum of conditions from the perspective of empowered/empowering thinking, we will find opportunities to get our needs met in all natural conditions. Realistic humans practising empowered/empowering thinking have been able to successfully live in outer space, in forests, on mountains, on arctic tundra, in deserts, on islands, on the ocean, in swampy areas, and the list goes on.
The picture is more complex when we are dealing with human social conditions instead of natural conditions. Some humans make purposeful choices to do what they can to disrespect and harm other humans. There are social situations in which even an empowered human being will not be able to get his or her needs met.
Animals and plants, to the best of my knowledge, act according to their instincts, with the aim of surviving and thriving. In general, if they attack a human being or enter a human's home, they do so within the context of living their lives to the best of their ability. But a human who physically, emotionally, sexually, or energetically attacks another human or that human's home and possessions is basically one version or another of a "vampire," that is, someone who wants to cheat in life by sucking on the work and vitality of other people, rather than cultivating an appropriately independent relationship with natural/physical/biological intelligence and Divinity.
Vampirism can be unconscious, or meticulously and consciously planned. The latter kind is the hardest to liberate oneself from.
As far as I'm concerned, empowered/empowering thinking in this case means being realistic about the existence of the behaviors I'm calling vampirism, and learning how to work with natural/physical/biological intelligence and Divinity to protect ourselves from exploitation. Truthful, realistic, and empowered/empowering thinking will get us much further in the struggle to free ourselves of vampirism than "positive" thinking ever will, since in my experience, positive thinking generally attempts to avoid unpleasant or shocking realities, and also tends to overlook the reality that deceptive behaviors and words currently constitute a massive presence in our world.
I am a student of natural/physical/biological intelligence.
What I see in Nature is what could be called "empowered/empowering thinking." However, empowered/empowering thinking is never based on so-called positive thinking. Empowered thinking is based on reality, on truth, and on perceiving the whole of a situation to the best that we can perceive it.
When you observe natural/physical/biological intelligence in action, you'll notice that every plant, animal, and elemental being responds to the whole of its reality, including those aspects of its reality that don't support its survival.
Every life form, including us, must function within conditions that suit our life, and conditions that do not. When we look at that spectrum of conditions from the perspective of empowered/empowering thinking, we will find opportunities to get our needs met in all natural conditions. Realistic humans practising empowered/empowering thinking have been able to successfully live in outer space, in forests, on mountains, on arctic tundra, in deserts, on islands, on the ocean, in swampy areas, and the list goes on.
The picture is more complex when we are dealing with human social conditions instead of natural conditions. Some humans make purposeful choices to do what they can to disrespect and harm other humans. There are social situations in which even an empowered human being will not be able to get his or her needs met.
Animals and plants, to the best of my knowledge, act according to their instincts, with the aim of surviving and thriving. In general, if they attack a human being or enter a human's home, they do so within the context of living their lives to the best of their ability. But a human who physically, emotionally, sexually, or energetically attacks another human or that human's home and possessions is basically one version or another of a "vampire," that is, someone who wants to cheat in life by sucking on the work and vitality of other people, rather than cultivating an appropriately independent relationship with natural/physical/biological intelligence and Divinity.
Vampirism can be unconscious, or meticulously and consciously planned. The latter kind is the hardest to liberate oneself from.
As far as I'm concerned, empowered/empowering thinking in this case means being realistic about the existence of the behaviors I'm calling vampirism, and learning how to work with natural/physical/biological intelligence and Divinity to protect ourselves from exploitation. Truthful, realistic, and empowered/empowering thinking will get us much further in the struggle to free ourselves of vampirism than "positive" thinking ever will, since in my experience, positive thinking generally attempts to avoid unpleasant or shocking realities, and also tends to overlook the reality that deceptive behaviors and words currently constitute a massive presence in our world.
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