Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts. -- The Buddha
I like to think that The Buddha had some negative thoughts Himself to have known to warn against them.
I also take His warning as permission to not fear negative thoughts...used to, when I caught myself with a negative thought, I'd visualize that thought being picked up by butterflies and flown way, dropped in a newly planted field of flowers and left to fertilize them into full beauty.
Negative thoughts aren't bad in and of themselves...it is the fear of negative thoughts that we need to turn from. For fear breeds fear which spreads throughout our body, brains and bones, making no sense at all, just leaving us feeling overwhelmed and powerless...not to mention unloved, unwanted, unneeded and unappreciated, and, the worst, all alone.
Once again, gratitude to the rescue! Gratitude for butterfly wings and fertilized fields and the gift of imagination. For all we need to be free of fear is to simply change our mind. In other words, develop an attitude of gratitude.
Thank You.
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