Eliminate Negative Thinking

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TODAY'S LEARNING
Eliminate Negative Thinking

A lot of what makes you unhappy is not the way things are in your life, but the story your mind tells you about them. That is a huge revelation.

This is called the second arrow in Buddhism.

The first arrow is about the bad thing that happened and how it made you feel. The pain we feel here is caused by things outside of us that we can't change (or avoid). We all get older, get sick, lose loved ones, get into fights, lose our jobs, go through grief, etc...

The second arrow is about how we think and feel about what happened. When we act in a negative way by blaming, shaming, avoiding, getting angry, or upset, we set off the second arrow of suffering. This second arrow is what makes us relive (and keep reliving) an experience that only happened once.

It's important to know that the second arrow's pain can be chosen. I want to make it clear that I'm not talking about scary things here. In that case, you might not feel like you have a choice. You might need professional help to change that.

So, we can't change the way things are, but we can change how we react to them. We can choose not to get stuck in a whirlwind of negative thoughts that aren't necessary and hurt our mental and physical health. Instead, we can use that energy to become more aware. When we increase our own power of awareness, our minds lose their ability to make us unhappy.

How to stop the cycle of bad thoughts?

• Recognize that certain ideas are harmful to your health; they serve no purpose and just make you unhappy.

• Get still and begin to watch your thoughts.

• Turn your attention away from your thoughts. When you do this, you take your energy/lifeblood (which is consciousness) away from your thoughts and put it into something else, like your body, your breath, or nature.

• When you take your mind off worries and useless thoughts and put it on your breath or the inside of your body, you connect with the oneness inside you. Thoughts will start to fade away immediately. Thoughts can't live without attention and consciousness, which are their lifeblood.

• Learn to keep dysfunctional thoughts at bay, not by pushing them out of your mind, but by being very aware and focusing on something else.

• Take a deep breath and feel your life. Remember that the story in your head is not you. You are the intelligence that runs through your body and keeps it together.

• When you do this more often, your power of being aware grows. The mind starts to lose its ability to make you unhappy and starts to help you become more resilient.

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 WEEKLY ASTROLOGY

The Sagittarius season, which runs from November 22, 2023, to December 21, 2023, is an exciting invitation to expand our ideas, viewpoints, possibilities, and experiences.

This season is a hotbed of passion. The deep currents of emotion were calling our names as we moved out of the waters of Scorpio. On the other hand, Sagittarius season is all about impulsivity and action, passion and enthusiasm.

It is a season that invites us to move beyond what we know, so that we may be reminded over and over again that there is always more awaiting us—different ways of being in the world, experiences, cultures, people, ideas, philosophies, adventures, truths, and so much more.

Shortly after the Sun enters Sagittarius, Mars also enters the fire sign, where it will remain until January 4, 2024.

As Mars moves, our motivation also does. Mars is our force, enthusiasm, fervor, and assertiveness. It encourages us to move toward our goals, follow our passions, and bring whatever visions we have into reality. Mars moves into Sagittarius, a fiery sign that starts to mold and mold our impulses and needs.

POSITIVE NEWS OF THE DAY

Seabird numbers soared on an English island…

This week, news broke of an incredible increase in seabird populations on a windswept English island.

Populations of puffins, Manx shearwaters and storm petrels have soared on Lundy island thanks to efforts to eradicate rats, which arrived there as stowaways.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) reports that there are currently over 25,000 shearwaters, up from approximately 600 in 2001. It’s rare good news when it comes to ecology in the UK, one of the world’s most nature-depleted nations.

Paul St Pierre, a conservation officer with the RSPB, said, "If we can restore over 30,000 birds to one small island in the Bristol Channel, just imagine how much could be achieved if everyone came together to restore nature right across the UK."

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MANTRA OF THE WEEK
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.

Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu (Sanskrit: लोकः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु) is a Sanskrit mantra that often chanted at the conclusion of a yoga practice.

People say that this mantra is thousands of years old, but it is not in the Vedas, which is where many other well-known mantras are written down. Instead, it is thought that lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu is part of a Shanti mantra, which is a peace mantra.

Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu is sometimes said at the end of a puja, which is a thanksgiving ceremony, as a group offering. This mantra is used most often in modern times during kirtan or group chanting. Often this mantra acts as a group offering of happiness for the whole world.

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