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I was just reading the HATRED thread.  Near the end, someone said that they thought the purpose of this thread was that it would be better if negativity didn't exist. Not what to do about it when it happened.

Now that's beautiful.

So...  Negativity happens.  You spend your time in contemplation of 'higher ideals', you try and see people as sparks of divineness, the negativity makes you shake your head.  But your not locked in a bubble, your not a hermit, you interact with other people.  What do you do when it happens to you? What do you do when it affects you in a way you MUST notice and take some sort of measure?

That's nice and abstract.  Lets have a fleshed out example to kick around, with an added twist geared to this type of forum, shall we?

You get a job. It pays on the upper end of what your skill and range is.  It has it's annoyances, but nothing to harsh. Your manager isn't around to constantly micomanage over your shoulder, and your team has a pretty free reign.
You have one real problem.  Your supervisor. S/he is a negative individual. Constantly gossiping, occasionally sabotaging the efforts of those around her.
You understand that she is insecure, has her issues (don't we all).

But her constant negative comments are bummin you out.
Finally, you say, "Can't we all stop sabotaging each other and cut down on all this malicious gossip?  It's creating a negative atmosphere, and is bummin me out."

To your face, she says "Yes".  Behind your back, she has you written up for racism.

There is the scenario.  If this is too easy for you, you can add that it isn't possible to talk with her, and you haven't the slightest idea if behind your back she's setting you up to get fired.

What do you do?

In many different ways, I hear "The body is nothing. It is just a vessel. Take no thought to your body.  It's only dust/clay anyway. You don't die, don't even think about the body. etc."

Which is all fine and good when one considers that we are eternal.

HOWEVER,

I read "journey of souls" recently and one of the things is that when the spiritual essence combines with the body, it:
1] Combines with the body. Hence, there must be something to combine it to.
2] At the core, the brainstem wants to survive. That is it's function. Even in a coma, when there's "noone home" the body will breath, heartbeat, all those little things to exist.

So in part, from the bodies point of view, "Someday, I will die and cease to exist" is an accurate statement.
Hence the 'religion of fear' fear of loss.

What can we as eternal beings do to make it easier on our poor vessels?

Sometimes, I don't express myself as I would like to be able to. Does this make sense?

I welcome ALL philosophies and opinions. Perhaps we can come up with a common thread.