posted January 06, 2006 02:45 AM         

I often ask myself these same questions all the time. When I am feeling particularily low I take a few hours and go into my room and put in a movie that I can totally dive into and that has been spiritual balm in the past (i.e. Thunderheart, The Sound of Music).

Sometimes it helps to see things outside the box, and recognize yourself as a glowing, pulsing, radiating spark of eternal fire. Just seeing your own divinity, and affirming it to yourself, will go a long way towards inner peace despite surrounding negativity.

One way to tap into the complete omnipresent divine is to take a moment and look at the stars, the moon, the mountain, or whatever it is on earth that moves you. Since I am a Cancer I find meditating on the moon and the stars very soothing.

I also suggest finding a good childhood book that brought you joy when you were a physical child. Then I would re-read it! I read "The Ordinary Princess" or a book from the Narnia series to help me feel centered.

Another great way to protect yourself from negativity would be to pray (if you believe in a higher intelligence)

It may seem that everyone is projecting negativly towards you or responding negatively towards you,and it seems a tradegy. But the true tradegy is the behavior and circumstances created by others-not you! I can tell you right now that you are a beautiful, whole human being. Don't succumb to the beguiling demons and negativity of life. Evil and negative things are extremely powerful-but empty! Good and divinity are even more powerful (though more difficult to harness) and completely full! YOu are worthy of all the sweetness and peace possible-it starts with your belief in it. And the more you battle the negativity, the stronger you become, regardless of how strong you may feel during the battle

here are some affirmations that help me a lot when I am struggling or troubled (which is often)

YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK

THOUGHTS ARE THINGS

TEACH US ALL TO LOVE, FOR GOODNESS SAKE!

I am sorry about the length of this post, but if you would just take a while longer I think the following poem will help a tremendous lot

"The Two Trees: by Yeats

BELOVED, gaze in thine own heart,
The holy tree is growing there;
From joy the holy branches start,
And all the trembling flowers they bear.
The changing colours of its fruit
Have dowered the stars with merry light;
The surety of its hidden root
Has planted quiet in the night;
The shaking of its leafy head
Has given the waves their melody,
And made my lips and music wed,
Murmuring a wizard song for thee.
There the Loves a circle go,
The flaming circle of our days,
Gyring, spiring to and fro
In those great ignorant leafy ways;
Remembering all that shaken hair
And how the wingèd sandals dart,
Thine eyes grow full of tender care:
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart.

Gaze no more in the bitter glass
The demons, with their subtle guile,
Lift up before us when they pass,
Or only gaze a little while;
For there a fatal image grows
That the stormy night receives,
Roots half hidden under snows,
Broken boughs and blackened leaves.
For all things turn to barrenness
In the dim glass the demons hold,
The glass of outer weariness,
Made when God slept in times of old.
There, through the broken branches, go
The ravens of unresting thought;
Flying, crying, to and fro,
Cruel claw and hungry throat,
Or else they stand and sniff the wind,
And shake their ragged wings; alas!
Thy tender eyes grow all unkind:
Gaze no more in the bitter glass.

posted January 06, 2006 10:31 PM         

What a profound and beautiful piece of advice for SWEETLIBRA...

What a joy to have you among us....

posted January 06, 2006 11:03 PM         

I battle with this. As i develope i realise half my friends have to go. Just phase out the bad ones. Do it gently but quickly. They'll get the message, and hopefully learn something themselves.

How to live in present and not think about tomorrow much?

Find things that you enjoy 'in the moment', and things that are good for you. Don't just start taking crack! If you truly enjoy them it won't be such a concious act as it is now.

How to get rid of this insecurity feeling and not to mess up with life anymore?

Basically be as pure as you can. Sounds like you have a sensitive system. You need to purify from within, and the rest will happen naturally. This involves what you eat and drink.

You have to stick to these things and will notice great improvements over time that you will naturally want to sustain, and will do without effort. Basically try and be as good as you can unconditionally, and you will gradually notice changes in your world as you experience it.

"Soften to your world, and it will soften to you".

posted January 09, 2006 05:08 AM         

Negative people can only get to you if you let them. I know this is a cliche but it is sooooo true. When I am confronted with a negative person or even family member I tell myself it is them, not me, who is negative. Fight back with humor or laughter.

How to live in present and not think about tomorrow much?

There is nothing wrong with planning ahead. I always get by with the fact that 99 percent of the things we worry about never come true. Why get upset over something that most likely will not happen? And even if the worst happens, it is never as bad as what we have imagined. People have a glorious innate survival instinct. It always comes through.

How to get rid of this insecurity feeling and not to mess up with life anymore?

After a decade of ******* my life up, I personally have come to this one indisputable fact: I would not be the person I am today if my life had never happened. In other words, my **** -ups have made me a much better person that my successes. Learn from mistakes and move on. (hehehe and try not to make the same mistake again...yeah right *rolly eyes)

POSITIVE THOUGHT!!!! IT WILL GET BETTER. IT ALWAYS DOES!

posted January 11, 2006 01:08 PM         

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya- Tomorrow!
You're only a day away!