With all that is going on in your life and in the world, it can feel like a challenge to remain positive. But positivity is not about the surface. It is about the depth.
What is life’s deepest purpose? What is your deepest relationship with God and how does that determine the course of your life? In fact, how does that determine the course of all of life?
Being positive simply means knowing and remembering the answers to such questions and remaining committed to those answers as the underlying theme and purpose of your life.
Yes, of course, you must tend to the surface. That includes the joy as well as the difficulties. But they must never overshadow your deepest purpose. You are here to evolve… not only yourself, but also all the world.
By holding that in your heart, and living with steadfast commitment to that, you are living a life of positivity. Forward, forward…. be it knee deep in mud, flood, or famine, or basking in the joy of the bright sunshine… do not be distracted.
Positivity means unyielding commitment to the Divinity within you.
Thank you again for sharing the knowledge that is nessesary to live life in this way.
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I appreciated so much the gentle reminder in your recent video to be positive. The additional clarification here is helpful, though something that will take time to truly understand. That our thoughts and emotions have impact beyond our own lives is daunting.
Spending time at Mount Soma recently, particularly in the temple, has helped me to have a greater understanding of what it means to live in harmony with nature.
I am always grateful to you for creating Mount Soma, for sharing your knowledge, and for your commitment to your students and all of humanity.
I am so thankful for your clear words of wisdom and continued directional support. Thank you, thank you , thank you. Jai Guru Dev
Thanks so much for clarifying. I’ve been feeling like I’m failing this goal because on the surface the positivity just doesn’t happen many times. The commitment, the drive to move forward… yes, that’s there.
Thank you, I especially needed that reminder this week.
Jai Siva Sankara
Magnificent, Jai Shiva Shankara
You say Positivity is the commitment of Divinity within yourself. I agree but also have a question. I am a very confident guy. Yet I find it hard to stay positive with the things I see and the people that I deal with on a daily basis. I guess what I’m asking is Is there something more than looking within yourself to stay positive, more than knowing, accomplishing, answering everything that presents itself in my life?
The small individual self, by its very nature, is polarizing. It is important to be devoted to the self. However, the self must grow to become the greater Universal Self. To the small self, as the process occurs, it can feel like an abandonment or loss of control. It turns out to be emancipation.
You want to be happy? You want to be fulfilled? Then move beyond the small you. Some call this loss of ego. That is actually not correct. It is really the evolution of ego to become cosmic Ego… One with the Totality.
Oftentimes, the problem with psychotherapy is that its goal becomes to strengthen the small self. There is no fulfillment there. Evolution means integration of the bounded with the unbounded… not the strengthening of the bounded.
Commit to the unbounded… become free.
Asking the small self to stay positive is like insisting the little remain little, stay attached to its littleness, but become big. When a child grows up, toys just naturally lose their charm. True positivity only comes about when one outgrows identity with the small self.
Integration means acting through the small self, but not being lost to the smallness of the small self. People want their small self to be happy. That is not possible. Happiness occurs as one awakens to the True Self. Pleasure, happiness, fulfillment, joy, etc. – all these things must take on a new meaning before you can have them.
You do not become the Sun by holding it at bay and trying to mimic it from afar. That is simply another form of denial… “Don’t Even kNow I Am Lying”.
To be happy, become big. Which is to say, lose your self to your God. There is a Cosmic Divine Flow… join it. However, that is not attained through attitude. It is the cultivation of a state of consciousness – a state of physiology.
Proper meditation is your best tool. Humble reflection upon these words, which are designed to free you, is also essential. If the reflection is not humble, the meaning is lost as the words are assimilated in the context of the listener’s belief system. They cease to be what they were.
Spiritual teachings are not true spiritual teachings if they just give you a belief system to cling to. They must be designed to free you of your belief systems. Thereby, you awaken to the Cosmic Flow, which is in fact Your Own True Nature. See?
Thank you Maharshi. Then I will meditate and evolve my spiritual self, my ego.
Very good Norfleet. I would recommend the meditation we teach here online. Or if not, then TM. There are many meditations that have many different values. Our Surya and Surya Ram meditation is specifically for evolution. Rare and precious.