Don't MISUSE Your Precious Mind - Throw Snowballs Instead!
Don't MISUSE Your Precious Mind - Throw Snowballs Instead!
Author: Rosella Aranda Copyright: 2005 Contact:
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human beings, we have a remarkable capacity for recalling events
with startling clarity. Unfortunately, we tend to misuse this
ability by focusing on the negative events of our lives. We
replay these events over and over again, complete with sight,
sound, smells, color and emotional intensity. What a brilliant
capability...and so disastrously applied. With morbid
fascination, we continually replay these events. We end up
cementing all that hostility into our minds and flooding our
energy with so much negative expectation. And thus we set
ourselves up to receive yet more of the same. This mental
rehashing is what the French call "ressentiment" literally
"re-feeling." And it is the root of the English word
"resentment." By recalling these hurtful events, often with even
greater intensity and rancor than the original event, we
unwittingly convince ourselves that we are unworthy of anyone's
love and respect, even our own. The downward spiral of fear and
doubt and low self-worth that ensues is devastating. And
unfortunately automatic. This snowballing effect continues
unless we actively step in to melt down the original cause. WE
NEED TO INITIATE A MELTDOWN So how do we shut down this
masochistic theater? If you find that gnawing resentments arise
with different people and different situations on a regular
basis, you need to own up to the fact that the seeds of the
problem lie within you and not the entire rest of the world. In
this case, some thorough mental self-examination is in order. If
you need to enlist the aid of outside help, so be it. You do not
have to go through life with a chip on your shoulder. Nor do you
need to be a doormat. There is a pleasant middle ground. I urge
you to discover it. But let's assume for the moment that you are
simply dealing with an isolated case of an annoying person or
situation that keeps cropping up in your mind causing you
anguish. Here's a neat little trick that will banish ugly
resentful thoughts and carry some nice boomerang effects as
well. SLAM 'EM WITH A METAPHYSICAL SNOWBALL! Take your hands and
form an invisible ball of energy. Move your hands about just as
if you were making a snowball. This doesn't take long at all.
Intend to make the "snowball" bigger, more tightly compacted
with pure energy. (Remember, you're not the one creating the
energy. You're simply being a vehicle. This requires almost no
effort on your part, only your solid intention.) Now that you
have a nice ball of pure energy, mentally throw it at the person
in question. (I actually use my arm to hurl it.) See the energy
ball hit him or her and explode into a mass of wonderfully
charged currents of energy, making the person feel suddenly
terrific and smiling...and totally unconcerned about you. That's
it. That's all there is to it. Now I can't really explain why
this transfer of energy releases the snowball maker from
thoughts of bitterness. And it doesn't really matter. It is
enough that it works, yes? Give this a try. I think you'll be
amazed.