What are "negative feelings" in your own words?

Rob, you make a very good point because of the way I hear what you are expressing. We tend to retain "negative" feelings which cannot do anything other than makes us feel gloomy and cynical about ourselves and others. Retaining past experiences only prevents us from enjoying ourselves in the present.

Living in the present allow us to look at situations as they are, without coloring them with our past experiences. Living in such a way makes it easier to deal with whatever we are doing at the present moment. We see things as they are, without being influenced by fears, anger, desires or attachments from the experiences of the past. We miss a lot of opportunities when we take our eyes off what is happening, as you say, "right now".

The now is what really matters to live a stress free life. Thank you for pointing this out.

If negative feelings are not feelings at all then neither are positive feelings feelings at all. I wouldn't agree with that. While the feeling may be based upon past experience and the wrong take on it, it remains a feeling. I would define negative feelings as those which take us further from the truth/joy that is our true nature. As Spinoza pointed out, 'Suffering is our movement from a greater truth toward a lesser truth. Joy is our movement from a lesser truth towards a greater truth,' or something like that. That's been my own experience. Namaste'

Your thoughts are right and good. Even though we take too long staring at the door thats closed before us that we miss all the others that are opening up right now. But, its easy said than done my friend.

One has to move very fast and far away from these 'negative feelings' to separate one self from them. I agree, in order to create this distance, leaving and/or forgetting the past one has to actually be able to make the move forward. But, sometimes its not so easy to move forward especially when you seem stuck in the past and theres not much to look forward to in the present. Sometimes, these 'feelings' are not even yours to begin with but are given to you by someone else. I see negative feelings as a poison or swamp because when you step in, it takes you deeper into an abyss of darkness. Even if you find your way out, theres all this 'stuff' that on you that speaks of your 'swamp'. Sometimes, 'negative feelings' can come snarling out of no where because somewhere and somehow, something was triggered and stirred up quiet an emotional storm inside and boom you're that same old person again at the same old place. I also agree w/ Kuma (the answer above) that wars, fights, murders are the very cause of these 'negative feelings' so in a sense they can be very real. I personally wish that somehow one can remove the old negatives and become new and fresh again. (out of the swamp) ;)

So, how does one move past these 'negative feelings' when you are still attached to your past experiences ? De-attaching yourself from everything. Experiencing the present and letting fear and pain go. Its all a transition in the mind that has to change. 'Change your thoughts and you change your world'.

Oops sorry for all the ramble. ;))

~Blessings...

My words.......

The opposite of positive feelings

AND............feelings are ....."Point of View".....

That's why they are feelings

Who am I ....or...who are you to tell someone they are not entitled to their feelings

I say that ...... from a position of trying to understand......others feelings

AND

No offense...but I don't agree At ALL with..." your truth"...it is not mine

and you couldn't or shouldn't presume you ......know the truth for everyone

The same goes for me about you

We have our ideas and point of view

It is My FEELING...that YOUR premise

is one of being a victim or a controller....with no middle

MURDER is negative...but what if I kill someone to save my own life??????????

Who's to say

and the "Right Here, Right Now"......could be over for anyone

if they didn't let their past...GOOD and BAD....Positive and negative

......................Forge their instincts for how to handle BOTH

I do not like negative people......and try to be positive

BUT that is not the constant reality of the human plight

There is a DARK side to the world

Some employ it more subtly then others

Didn't ask for it or want it that way....but it is sometimes our "Right Here, Right Now."

Speaking in absolutes will turn negative...everytime

Refusing to acknowledge the existence of negative

Will only help the negative

Openness, understanding, and refusing to think you have ALL the answers

comes to mind

I don't like the words positive and negative when discussing feelings. Whatever a person is feeling it is real definite and affecting him her at that moment. That is not positive or negative,.Past stuff can be overpowering and will affect thoughts and feelings, until the person can get a different perspective and put it to rest..

If negative feelings are not real, they may as well be. Negative feelings have caused wars, crimes, and social unrest. So what is this "unreal" negative feeling of yours? It is a refusal of the mind to truly accept reality as it is. Since this refusal is basically unhealthy, and the mind (at some level) is aware of this, these feelings can give birth to a murderous intent. The mind will lash out, rather than have to face the truth of its own cowardliness. It is only by the continuous practice of accepting ourselves as we are and accepting what is as it is, can we ever hope to come to some type of true sanity.

Kuma

No I do think of them as really being feelings just as much as the positive ones.

They are just signals just like pain and pleasure are signals and our senses like sight, hearing,... are signals. I try to understand them and figure out if I should do anything because of them. Sometimes feelings indicate important things whether those feelings are positive or negative. Sometimes they don't, and then I shrug them off and move on.

Feeling worthless, getting rejected by the one you really love and cherish, and when people give you dirty looks you feel like you're really not loved.

They are objects of perception. Learn to be indifferent to them and you will change your world, Tiger.

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