How do you block out negativity?

[phaseshiftR1111]

How do you guys avoid negativity?

Applying positive thoughts, and positive attitude to life has helped me so much!

What do you do when other people are negative around you? My girlfriend for example, can get a little negative sometimes... Well, a lot actually. I noticed in the past I would always try and solve the problems with everything she said. I notice myself now just kind of acknowledging her problems instead of adding to the conversation my input... and all that. Because it would get negative so fast... Sometimes I think she just needs to get stuff off her chest.

Everyday it's something else. A teacher... Life in general... This sucked... That sucked...

Honestly, I use to be like that. But I am almost like a Buddhist monk now.   I just only look at positives... Even in the worst possible situations.

I guess what I am saying is, how do you guys block this stuff out? Do you do what I do and just kind of acknowledge it and say like "Aw I am sorry... . It will all work out!" << usually after i say something like that it's a "no it won't..."

Am I doing good by not adding to the negativity and just letting her get it off her chest?

I've changed a lot with negativity and positive outlook on everything in general. So it's a little of a change for me... I realized just how much she does it. We do have fun together and are best friends so I am just a little stuck here.

I think I am doing good... Just not letting it ruin MY day.  

[Szaxx]

Do what feels right as you are.
Importantly, don't be patronising at all, this is the petrol and a match thing.
Definately requires thought.

[Lionheart]

 Don't block out the negativity. Instead, try to understand the reasons behind it! 

Every emotion holds a purpose.  Be understanding to her needs and just be there for her in general.

She will come out of this funk when she is ready to. In the mean time, show her your positive side of things. 

[desert-rat]

You dont want to keep negativity covered up , you want to relese it in the rite way .  There are some methods to deal with it . Its like a wound keep it covered up and it festers , open it to air and it can heal .

[Xanth]

You can't block it.  You can't stop it.  All you can do is accept it.
A negative experience is as much a learning experience as a positive one.

You can be the most positive, happy person in the world... and yet, even then, you'll have bad experiences.
Just accept it.

"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference."

[DarkHorizon]

You can't block it.  You can't stop it.  All you can do is accept it.
A negative experience is as much a learning experience as a positive one.

You can be the most positive, happy person in the world... and yet, even then, you'll have bad experiences.
Just accept it.

"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference."

Well.. In da astral you can choose to not have negative experiences. Why should it be any different in the physical? For example, mentally removing physical pain, establishing a shield around oneself to prevent harm. 2 examples of our mental control over physical reality.

[Xanth]

Well.. In da astral you can choose to not have negative experiences. Why should it be any different in the physical? For example, mentally removing physical pain, establishing a shield around oneself to prevent harm. 2 examples of our mental control over physical reality.

Just like this physical reality, you can greatly reduce the chances of experiencing negative things, but you can't "choose" to not have negative experiences.  That's like having your cake and eating it too... LoL

Negative experiences are as much a part of experiencing as good experiences are.  I wouldn't trade the negative experiences I've had for anything... they're half of what has made me the person I am today.  Cherish all that you are... picking and choosing will only leave you a fragment of the person you could be... acceptance is more than what's going on around externally to you.

[Lionheart]

Negative experiences are as much a part of experiencing as good experiences are.  I wouldn't trade the negative experiences I've had for anything... they're half of what has made me the person I am today.  Cherish all that you are... picking and choosing will only leave you a fragment of the person you could be... acceptance is more than what's going on around externally to you.

As William Buhlman says, "this is the Training Ground", Earth. This is where we are sent to learn. Everything, the good, the bad and the ugly are courses that are needed in this school we live in. But, we evolve by the way we handle and react to these circumstances. You can't know good/positive unless you have seen bad/negative. They are all needed. Unfortunately the strongest of those lessons are shown to us through negative occurrences.

For example, a Tornado hits an area and devastates an entire area. A couple of days later we are shown perfect strangers on the streets helping perfect strangers pick up pieces of their lives. Then we are told all the miraculous stories of love and heroism that come out of this disaster. Many years down the road you look at the lives of the people that were effected and see that they have changed, most of the time for the better. But unfortunately, you are always going to have some of them that get stuck in the rut, which usually leads to chronic depression and sadness.

[DarkHorizon]

I disagree wholeheartedly.

Just like this physical reality, you can greatly reduce the chances of experiencing negative things, but you can't "choose" to not have negative experiences.  That's like having your cake and eating it too... LoL

Negative experiences are as much a part of experiencing as good experiences are.  I wouldn't trade the negative experiences I've had for anything... they're half of what has made me the person I am today.  Cherish all that you are... picking and choosing will only leave you a fragment of the person you could be... acceptance is more than what's going on around externally to you.

Experiencing duality does not make you any more, or any less a living being. At the foundation of existence you are an observer/consciousness. Consciousness chooses out of the potentials of reality what will be the reality one observes. Saying one has been sent here to learn, is like saying one has been sent to pick cherries. Yes, you can choose to learn, albeit do you realise how zmall is human memory? Most probably don't remember what they did last week.
A few weeks ago I was walking to the park and pictured a shield that covered the whole earth and prevented negativity from entering. Within 30 minutes I saw 3 beautiful rainbows and a light breeze started to fall. I was on my skate board and fell, I got up and my palm was hurting, I touched the palm and the pain went away. Sometimes my nose may get congested, well I can stop that with my mind now.

If I get stressed, angry, frustrated and let these feeling inhabit my mind I may get a headache, sick, etc. If I become fearful, l kould accidentally fall/ hurt myself. The greatest moment of pain in my life was associated w/ strong negative emotions/feelings beforehand.

So don't believe you have limitations, that will be the greatest limitation.

[DarkHorizon]

phase shift, visualize and feel a shield that protects you from all harm, visualize and feel that only positive energy can enter. Be aware that nothing can hurt you. Know you are the creator of reality. Remember, your thoughts manifest into reality. When I picture images in my mind, I see them later on in physical reality. So positive thoughts only. A good read on the subject of how we create reality, is Dr. Wayne Dyer's 'Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting'.
http://www.amazon.com/Wishes-Fulfilled-Mastering-Art-Manifesting/dp/1401937276