Words From The Master: 19 Feb 2008

Entering into Meditation
(continuation from earlier post)

c) Learn to transform your negative emotions

You may ask me, what happens to all the negative emotions you experience during the day? Even if you focus on remembering the positive feelings, the negative emotions
are still there in your system! And they are accumulating all the time.

Through meditation, you can dissolve the old blockages in your system – but you have to be careful that new blocks don’t keep developing! Every moment, you are facing new
circumstances. For example, there are people who are going to make you angry again and again. What are you going to do with all that excess energy circulating in your system?

Learn to transform your negative energy into positive energy.

Remember, energy is neutral. Anger is neither good nor bad. Sexuality is neither good nor bad. These are just forms of energy. It is up to you to use them creatively or destructively. Just as a knife can turn destructive in the hands of a child,
but can be a life-giving instrument in a surgeon’s hands, you can use the same energy to produce totally different results.

If you learn to channel your energy correctly, you can replace anger with creativity. Learn to live creatively. Turn your energy towards art, towards music, towards sports.

Learn to paint.

Take up a sport.

Cultivate a hobby.

Go dancing.

These are all pathways for energy, just as anger is!

The only difference is, these are creative pathways. Redirect your life, give your ordinary life a creative dimension. In this way, all your destructive energy is transformed into creative energy, with positive results.

When you start focusing on your positive emotions, you will find that your life automatically changes for the better. When you feel love, you give love, and you receive love. It is a beautiful cycle. Unless you have experienced this, it is
impossible to believe. But it actually happens.

And don’t think you have to be born with this attitude. Don’t say, Oh, that man is so lucky, he is always walking around with a smile on his face. I’m the only one who is under so much stress!

A positive attitude is something you can cultivate. When you become filled with joy, misery will be afraid of you! Anger cannot touch you. Only when you cultivate a state of bliss inside can you make any progress in meditation.

Transform your life with love, laughter, gratitude.

Turn life into a celebration.

Only then can life become meditation.

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This excerpt has been taken from the book: "Meditation is for You" -- an introduction to the science and art of meditation