Know The Light In Us

With Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti approaching, this appears to be an excellent time to practise positive thinking meditation.

Why?

We have all felt depressed recently due to the pandemic, war, and economy. Our brains have been overloaded with negative thoughts, and it’s time to let go of our pessimism and rekindle our optimism.

The Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti is a time for new beginnings and learning. Let us re-energize our spirits by focusing on the positive.

Meditation, thankfully, can assist us in lessening the negative consequences of our thoughts and increasing our positivity and happiness.

Allow me to demonstrate how I use meditation to generate happy thoughts.

Meditation for Positive Thinking

The experience of this meditation will be amazing. We’ll start this meditation by concentrating and relaxing our brains. As a result, we will be able to see our thoughts more clearly. Then we’ll bring our attention to reducing the impacts of negative notions. “Your life always goes right, when you have a positive thought,” and when we do it, we start to cultivate gratitude in ourselves.

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1. Take a comfortable seat and keep good posture. Check that your spine is not just straight but also relaxed, and then gently lower your chin to stretch your neck.
2. Begin to breathe gently and deliberately. Simply observe how your breath goes around your body. This observation will assist your mind in relaxing, becoming more conscious, and processing information more efficiently. All of this will help you take control of your mind.
3. Start naming your thoughts while you practise mindful breathing. Remind yourself, “This is just a thought in my head” to express the type of thought, you can use terms like “mental image” or “voice in mind.” Doing so will help you in putting an end to disturbing thoughts.
4. It’s necessary to keep in mind that the goal isn’t to remove all negative thoughts. After all, even negative thoughts are useful, and you need both a positive and a negative perspective. As a result, the goal isn’t to eliminate negative thoughts, but rather to keep them from destroying you.
5. When you notice a negative thought, gently suggest a more positive thought to your mind. For example, if you think, “Life stinks,” replace it with a more optimistic yet realistic thought, such as, “Life contains both good and bad parts.” Take note of how practical and well-balanced this concept is. You are not deluding yourself into thinking that everything in your life is flawless. Instead, you’re building a positive, balanced, and reasonable idea. I recommend spending at least five minutes on this.
6. Spend a few moments right now reflecting on how grateful you are just to recall and show gratitude for all of life’s blessings. Make a list of at least 20 things for which you are grateful. “I am grateful to have this in my life,” you can say.
7. If you find yourself obsessing or concentrating on the negative during this meditation, follow us on all social media.
8. After you’ve finished meditating, take a few moments to reflect on how much more optimistic you’ve become.

Final Thoughts

Your negative thoughts have a powerful impact on your life. It can completely alter the way we see things and make everything seem unpleasant. I recall my bouts of clinical anxiety and the negative thoughts that accompanied them; the world seemed sad and painful.

Positive thinking is extremely powerful since their ability to differentiate rose petals from thorns makes them indispensable.

By dedicating a few minutes each day to healing your mind and correcting your views, you can cultivate pleasure and improve your mental health. It simply takes five to ten minutes to complete.