side effects of getting rid of negativity
I have talked about getting rid of negative thoughts/feeling/physical (lets call them negs, for short) sensations in other posts. The processes I have described are, on the face of it, quite simple, but there are a few side-effects and the like which complicate matters.
In the first place, negs are present by the million. So, one may be experiencing several emotional/physical sensations one wants to get rid of, and one may take the appropriate steps, and then, of course, one expects, at some time or other, to see the result, in the form of the unwanted symptoms disappearing.
However, as I said, each of those symptoms is caused by a multitude of negs, (they just go on accumulating over time, driving the aging process, among other things), and one cannot get rid of all of them all at once. And even if one could, it would be undesirable, for reasons that will become apparent.
So, rather like cleaning out some vaste, old mansion, one cleans out ones mind little by little, a room at a time, as it were. Thus, to begin with, one is looking for signs of improvement, rather than complete alleviation of symptoms.
Often this improvement is not experienced as a lessening in severity of the symptom. Most symptoms go through better and worse periods, and it is here that one should look. One would expect the better periods to become longer, and more frequent.
They way to look at is this: you are aiming for resilience. Health is not about being free of illness. It is about having a really good immune system, so that all, and any, foreign bodies are knocked on the head before they cause serious trouble. Negs are foreign bodies. You do not want to exclude them, but to be able to recognise and knock them on the head whenever they appear. So, to put the previous paragraph the other way round, greater health means that one is able to respond to the onset of bad symptoms faster and more effectively, so the worse periods become shorter.
The other thing about the loss of negs is that it is accompanied by some odd sensations which, if one is not prepared for them, could be interpreted negatively.
First, these negs are present as a 'noise' in the mind, and when one gets rid of them in any number, one experiences a sort of 'spooky' silence. It is like a power-cut at home: suddenly all the little noises --- the hum of the fridge and freezer, the central heating pump --- and so on, are suddenly gone, and there is a strange silence which, especially at night, can be quite spooky. One can also feel slightly 'spaced out'. This is because the negs hold the attention of a part of ones mind, and so, suddenly, a part of ones mind has lost its anchorage, and is floating about loose. Then, there are the odd physical sensations. Many of these are the result of a decrease in tension. There is a lot of prickliness, pins and needles, little flutters, the feeling that ones hair is standing on end --- all sorts of things. One can even experience physical pain, when muscles begin to move in ways that they have not done for years, joints re-adjust and perhaps tendons stretch and so on.
With all these things, the correct response is to RELAX. In general, just be prepared for odd emotional/psychological/physical sensations, and do not be alarmed by them. Just relax and allow your mind/body to adjust.
In the first place, negs are present by the million. So, one may be experiencing several emotional/physical sensations one wants to get rid of, and one may take the appropriate steps, and then, of course, one expects, at some time or other, to see the result, in the form of the unwanted symptoms disappearing.
However, as I said, each of those symptoms is caused by a multitude of negs, (they just go on accumulating over time, driving the aging process, among other things), and one cannot get rid of all of them all at once. And even if one could, it would be undesirable, for reasons that will become apparent.
So, rather like cleaning out some vaste, old mansion, one cleans out ones mind little by little, a room at a time, as it were. Thus, to begin with, one is looking for signs of improvement, rather than complete alleviation of symptoms.
Often this improvement is not experienced as a lessening in severity of the symptom. Most symptoms go through better and worse periods, and it is here that one should look. One would expect the better periods to become longer, and more frequent.
They way to look at is this: you are aiming for resilience. Health is not about being free of illness. It is about having a really good immune system, so that all, and any, foreign bodies are knocked on the head before they cause serious trouble. Negs are foreign bodies. You do not want to exclude them, but to be able to recognise and knock them on the head whenever they appear. So, to put the previous paragraph the other way round, greater health means that one is able to respond to the onset of bad symptoms faster and more effectively, so the worse periods become shorter.
The other thing about the loss of negs is that it is accompanied by some odd sensations which, if one is not prepared for them, could be interpreted negatively.
First, these negs are present as a 'noise' in the mind, and when one gets rid of them in any number, one experiences a sort of 'spooky' silence. It is like a power-cut at home: suddenly all the little noises --- the hum of the fridge and freezer, the central heating pump --- and so on, are suddenly gone, and there is a strange silence which, especially at night, can be quite spooky. One can also feel slightly 'spaced out'. This is because the negs hold the attention of a part of ones mind, and so, suddenly, a part of ones mind has lost its anchorage, and is floating about loose. Then, there are the odd physical sensations. Many of these are the result of a decrease in tension. There is a lot of prickliness, pins and needles, little flutters, the feeling that ones hair is standing on end --- all sorts of things. One can even experience physical pain, when muscles begin to move in ways that they have not done for years, joints re-adjust and perhaps tendons stretch and so on.
With all these things, the correct response is to RELAX. In general, just be prepared for odd emotional/psychological/physical sensations, and do not be alarmed by them. Just relax and allow your mind/body to adjust.
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