Is negativity on the rise?

[Tiny]

As for me personally - I've been meeting incredible energetic changes to the worse that really have been affecting me severely as one who is relatively sensitive. I have an increasing sense of this world becoming more and more hostile. However I can't exclude the possibility of this being the result of precognition of some of the things to come.


kind regards,

Paul

[Stookie]

For me it's the regular ups & downs. Yesterday was down. Today is way up - my attitude today is "screw you negativity!!!". Happy Easter!

[CFTraveler]

In my perception, things are cyclic, and so is negativity/positivity.  Some bad things happened this last year, but some good things also happened- the thing is, we tend to notice when they start going down more than the other way around.  This question made me aware of the good things that happened, that I wasn't focusing on, for example.

[Tiny]

By not partaking in the vote I must assume that you both are not quite sure (I forgot to add that option)

However, there are also people who are so in denial of the massive global energetic and physical changes who I simply can not take serious.



kind regards,

Paul

[personalreality]

Negativity is a subjective experience.  From the perspective of "negative" beings, they're just doing what comes naturally. 

I like to say that there is a rise in limiting energy.  Limiting mind viruses.  Energy is energy, it's how we use it that makes it negative or positive.  I would agree that we are using energy for selfish purposes.  We've been presented with more energetic potential as a species, but behaviorally we haven't evolved in the past 5000 years.  Socially we couldn't give a crap about anyone but ourselves.  We are all the stars of our own movie.  There are certainly some who are coping well with this rise in available energy.  They are channeling it into things like AP training, self expression, compassion.  But we are still the minority.  I think we are the beginning of a paradigm shift.  I really believe we are part of a new evolution in social behavior.  We don't really have a choice.  We're at a point in human evolution where we either sh*t or get off the pot.  If we don't embrace our energetic side we will destroy ourselves.  No doubt.  If we can change behaviorally, psychologically, have a legitimate psychic shift in our perception of reality then we can prosper.  The question is, are enough people reaching this shift to alter the balance of minority majority?  Can it be done before humans destroy the species?

[CFTraveler]

By not partaking in the vote I must assume that you both are not quite sure (I forgot to add that option)

However, there are also people who are so in denial of the massive global energetic and physical changes who I simply can not take serious.



kind regards,

Paul

I didn't mark any of the above because I didn't see an option that described what I think (for now, of course)- that as cyclical, the 'ups' and 'downs' are both happening, we just happen to be experiencing the 'downswing'.

ps. I am very aware of all the changes that are happening, both external (negative) and internal (towards awakening)- but because of the nature of reality is so vague and moldable, I prefer not to subscribe to any popular theory, thus contributing to it's creation.

[Tiny]

Negativity is a subjective experience.  From the perspective of "negative" beings, they're just doing what comes naturally.  

I like to say that there is a rise in limiting energy.  Limiting mind viruses.  Energy is energy, it's how we use it that makes it negative or positive.  I would agree that we are using energy for selfish purposes.  We've been presented with more energetic potential as a species, but behaviorally we haven't evolved in the past 5000 years.  Socially we couldn't give a crap about anyone but ourselves.  We are all the stars of our own movie.  There are certainly some who are coping well with this rise in available energy.  They are channeling it into things like AP training, self expression, compassion.  But we are still the minority.  I think we are the beginning of a paradigm shift.  I really believe we are part of a new evolution in social behavior.  We don't really have a choice.  We're at a point in human evolution where we either sh*t or get off the pot.  If we don't embrace our energetic side we will destroy ourselves.  No doubt.  If we can change behaviorally, psychologically, have a legitimate psychic shift in our perception of reality then we can prosper.  The question is, are enough people reaching this shift to alter the balance of minority majority?  Can it be done before humans destroy the species?

I didn't see an option that described what I think

Mind you, dear folks...I didn't ask what you may think, I asked what you feel.
Sadly, but in fact most people think so much they can barely feel anymore.

To say that the energetic state of the planet is always the same in it's cycles is in my opinion ignorant. I could feel alone the massive emanated fear back when the establishment media officially announced the economic downturn. That was a time where persistant great tension and a sense of panic was in the air.
Nowadays it feels different.
A sensitive, very kind lady from another board confirmed me some time ago what I had felt beginning with december of 2008. She told me that all of a sudden a lot more of what she calls "bottom feeders" have come around here on the earth plane. For me it felt like for no apparent reason the gates of hell opened and indeed it's been a very difficult time for me since. To make this less confusing I'll say that in my opinion this is probably due to a dimensional breakdown where the barriers between the astral and physical are apparently thinning out and consequently more hellish stuff is able to cross over to this earth plane. This is unprecedented.


These are just examples...

perspective? err no, sorry

There's optimism, pessism and then there's reality which is discovered by observation.

But then again, many people are not sensitive enough to perceive these subtle energy shifts, I'll have to respect that.

kind regards,

Paul

[CFTraveler]

To say that the energetic state of the planet is always the same in it's cycles is in my opinion ignorant.

Sounds like you had an emotional reaction to my post, not sure why the personal attack- but I didn't say it's always the same- I said it goes in cycles, and it depends where you are to what you see.
It seems to me that you're looking for answers that only fit your paradigm- I hate to say it, but as long as people have their own perceptions, they will have their own point of view.

[personalreality]

To say that the energetic state of the planet is always the same in it's cycles is in my opinion ignorant. I could feel alone the massive emanated fear back when the establishment media officially announced the economic downturn. That was a time where persistant great tension and a sense of panic was in the air.

My point is that the perceptual filters that have been indoctrinated into our culture force us to see something like an economic depression in a negative way.  The "positive" way of seeing an economic downturn is to see it as an opportunity for growth and change.  Or even better, as a time for the collapse of a system that is broken.  Think of Kali, the destroyer.  She would burn the world so that it may be reborn.  That's how nature works sans humans.  Natural wildfires are a good thing because they clear out deadfall that would suffocate new plants. 

If you're trying to imply that there is an objective malevolent force that is gaining strength right now, I would have to say in reply, objectivity doesn't exist.  It is not an objective force, it is us.  I'm not saying that there is some great change taking place, it's nothing unusual, it's spiritual growth and evolution.  Perhaps now is an unusual time in the history of humanity, but that doesn't mean that it's some crazy, world exploding shift.  I think we have an opportunity, but the question is, do we have sophisticated enough behavior?

[Tiny]

In my curiosity I asked Robert Bruce the same question in his own forum yesterday, he replied to me this morning saying that there has been a steady increase in negative activity for the last 20 years or so.
I myself haven't been nearly spiritually aware for that long but I can atleast account for this being true for the last ~3 years.

Sounds like you had an emotional reaction to my post, not sure why the personal attack- but I didn't say it's always the same- I said it goes in cycles, and it depends where you are to what you see.
It seems to me that you're looking for answers that only fit your paradigm- I hate to say it, but as long as people have their own perceptions, they will have their own point of view.

Emotional or not, I say exactly what I feel without any filters or artificial pleasingness and it is far from willed offense from my side.
In my opinion the problem is that you're not listening, both you and personalreality.
Sorry but I can only say that paradigms are the only thing I can see in both your posts.



kind regards,

Paul

[CFTraveler]

Of course.  Paradigms are what any of us work from, including you.
The problem is that you are asking for a whole forum for their feedback, and then insulting those who don't agree with you.

[Xanth]

Of course.  Paradigms are what any of us work from, including you.
The problem is that you are asking for a whole forum for their feedback, and then insulting those who don't agree with you.

We get that a lot here, don't we. >_<

[Tiny]

you are asking for a whole forum for their feedback, and then insulting those who don't agree with you.

This is simply not true. I did not insult any body, it is only you who perceives to be insulted for I apparently yet again, broke one of your moral codex.

In other words, you are merely ticked off just like you were ticked on my replies to your claims in my thread on iron pills in the astral dynamics forums, remember?


kind regards,

Paul

[CFTraveler]

I was never ticked off at you for any reason, I just called a personal insult what it is, a personal insult.  Maybe you consider calling someone ignorant for not seeing things the way you see them, I call it being insulting.

[Xanth]

I was never ticked off at you for any reason, I just called a personal insult what it is, a personal insult.  Maybe you consider calling someone ignorant for not seeing things the way you see them, I call it being insulting.

Sorry Tiny, but I have to agree with the lady. 

[AmbientSound]

Is negativity on the rise? That's a hard question to answer. If you look at the news, almost everything is negative, all the time, and it seems to get worse and worse. But on the other hand, if I look at my life, I feel like I'm making a lot of progress toward my goals. At the very least, I am learning something, and I consider that positive.

[Xanth]

Is negativity on the rise? That's a hard question to answer. If you look at the news, almost everything is negative, all the time, and it seems to get worse and worse. But on the other hand, if I look at my life, I feel like I'm making a lot of progress toward my goals. At the very least, I am learning something, and I consider that positive.

Personally speaking...
I think the 'feeling' of it increasing is just that we're reading and seeing it more and more in the media these days.
They're literally focusing on it to the point where they're increasing the awareness of it.

So no... it's not literally increasing.  At least, only in relation to population size.

[Stookie]

The world is a beautiful place. And no matter how ugly people get, you still have the choice of viewing the world as a beautiful place, regardless of "negative people". It's people's attitudes and beliefs that become negative, not the world. If you say "the world is increasingly negative", you are in turn one of those negative people.

You can try your best to convince me that my life and world sucks, but it's just not going to happen. I'm going to enjoy it anyways.

[zareste]

If you don't get along with the world then maybe there's a reason it doesn't like you

[Xanth]

If you don't get along with the world then maybe there's a reason it doesn't like you

I knew there would come a time you and I agree.    *HUGS*

But yeah...
I really do believe in the "you get out what you put in" model.

If your perception of the world is all doom and gloom... then that's really all you're going to see.
I take a walk through the forests, and instead of seeing the smoke stacks billowing smoke out in the background, I choose to focus on the birds chirping and the wind rustling through the leaves in the foreground. 

[snickerhammond]

I believe its perception, but I also believe it is us as well. 

I think that we need to come together and meditate, and try to get rid of that negative energy and put some positive energy back in.  None the less we all need to be careful, and try not to under estimate things. 

Remember the saying feeling positive attracts good things, feeling negative attracts bad things.  Also remember that when u put positive and negative  together they each cancel out.  So if we put more positive back in the earth the negative will cancel out.

[zareste]

In other words you want to enjoy seeing bad things happen

[Stookie]

It's about being in control of your feelings and perception. Because a person gets enjoyment from the world does not mean that they won't experience pain and suffering either. But in many instances, a person with a strong will can choose how to feel about a particular thing. A person can choose not to feel hate towards other people, but instead react with compassion, understanding, forgiveness, or just ignore it altogether - the point is that it's a conscious decision, not one driven by emotion. Then instead of seeing an earthquake and saying "that sucks and it's a sign the world sucks", the immediate response can be "what can I do to help the situation and make the world better".

When your life choices are influenced by hatred and disgust for things, or even just settling, life is going to suck.

[Xanth]

In other words you want to enjoy seeing bad things happen

I didn't read anyone (myself included) say anything in that regards.
I'm just curious how you came to that viewpoint.
Could you explain a bit further please? 

[personalreality]

Emotional energy is what gives us our personal power.  All of that energy (along with everything else in existence) exists on a continuum of frequency.  Do you call infrared bad and ultraviolet good?  With sentience we gained the ability to choose how we perceive that energy and therefore the way it effects us. 

Emotional energy (which is interconnected with our perception) is what moves reality.  As humans we may find something more agreeable than something else, but then that would be that old issue duality wouldn't it?  So the question isn't is negativity on the rise.  The question is, since we have the ability to perceive good or bad should we use it or is it meant to be a hurdle to overcome?

Instinctively, we students of metaphysics want to say "of course it should be overcome, that's ego death!"  I like Spock as much as the next guy (that's my cat's name) but I don't want to be a Vulcan.

I suppose that rebel group of vulcans from that one episode of enterprise are OK.