Being Positive In Negativity

Being positive doesn’t mean excluding the negative side of life. That is the common sentiment of the exoteric way, and is actually negative as it is based on fear. To face that fear is the way of the warrior, and the way of wisdom.

If ‘practitioners’ only want to read inspiring poetry, meditate on their special cushions, appear to have no emotions and avoid awkward people … this is escapism, and the downward path. Negative emotions are seen as something to be side-stepped, and this is a lower path – we want the cliches, and we’re given the cliches.

Collecting uplifting inspirations to make us ‘feel’ good
is a temporary fix … ation.
This means we cannot deal with the world as it is.

The higher level attitude – the esoteric way – is for the meditative: the very moment when an emotion is about to form, consciousness becomes aware. It illumines brightly, and that is the presence of pure consciousness. This moment is precious, it is the unity of the two truths – the material and the ethereal – and is the wisdom we seek. The negative emotions teach us that they are nothing to be afraid of as they have no reality.

Ignoring our weaknesses
isn’t the path to enlightenment.

Our weaknesses are literally
the path to enlightenment!
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You can’t find anything more inspirational
than to be able to face your own fears!