When I started this blog all those years ago, I made a promise to myself to keep things positive…or at least put a positive spin on whatever I was writing about.There is enough venting and negativity out there…I don’t feel the need to add to it.
(And what purpose could it possibly serve?)
There is a lot of gobbledygook out there about the power of positive thinking and how positive affirmations manifest positive life changes.
I prefer to break it down in the simplest of terms: "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."
2009 was a challenging year…for a variety of reasons …for many people…including myself.
(Perhaps that is why I posted so little over the past 12 months?)
My eyes and attitude are re-focused and looking forward.
Wishing Everyone a Happy and Healthy 2010.
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1 comment:
Miri,
I can understand about not wanting to add to the negativity; but perhaps you are ceding too much territory to the “gobbledygookers” by not talking about (and from) the negative side? (Or maybe I’m just being selfish here: I enjoy reading your work.)
Carl Jung emphasized the importance and power of “the shadow” side of the self, and the fact that we cannot (and should not) escape it. One of the best “spiritual” books I ever read is Robert Bly’s (very Jungian) A Little Book on the Human Shadow. (His very short but brilliant essay on “The Long Black Bag We Drag Behind Us” is alone worth the price of admission.)
And, if you recall, Bob Monroe’s books (especially Far Journeys and Ultimate Journey) contain a lot of material—if one reads between the lines—that suggests Bob went through some very rough emotional patches indeed (a supposition confirmed by Russ Russell’s biography of RAM). There is much grief, disappointment, depression reflected in his experiences both Here and There—in addition to the wonder, awe, and exhilaration, of course. But there is always the balance—Yin and Yang, Dark and Light. The Taoists, of course—being great shamans--had it nailed.
Best wishes for a New Year,
Joe Felser (Old Lifeliner, c. 2001)
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