RE Positive Thinking

I have noticed a few people interpreting my initial message as positive thinking. I want to state this very clearly... I am not in any way or form suggesting positive thinking. I will try and give some examples of what I am talking about.

One Joy brings a thousand Sorrows - Lets say I really like apples. Now its ok that I really like apples. But lets say I put a charge on my preference for apples and make an agreement in my mind like "Apples are the best fruit ever, and no other fruit compares to them". Now each time I eat apples I am really satisfied, but when ever I eat other fruits I will always be comparing the other fruit to apples, and never truly enjoying them. Infact I may get frustrated when ever I eat other fruit... depends on what is going on in the mind.

The truth is that apples are not oranges, or pears. I may prefer apples, but that doesnt make them any better. I can still eat other fruit and still be content... I might even enjoy oranges more than apples on a given day.

Positive thinking would be something like... maybe I can visualize this pear in my mind as an apple. Doesnt change the fact that there is still a pear in my mouth.

So when it comes to candida there is a perception in our minds that we can only truly be happy if we are healed. So unless that candida is gone, they cant be happy... that is the agreement in their mind they have made. And each time they get a reaction or the illness comes up in their mind they get depressed, angry and whatnot.

Positive thinking in reference to candida would be for someone will suggest a happy thought like "Maybe if I visualize or think that I am healed, I will be". I hate to say this, but that same person still has candida, no matter how much they try to ignore it. And I doubt that thought or visualization will make them happy. Or maybe if I believe this ACV is the cure to candida then it will be healed. And it could work... but I am willing to take almost any bet that it wont in most circumstances.

What I am talking about is having an affliction, and just thinking "Ok I have an affliction". Its not good, and its not bad.... its just an affliction. Just like the apple... I am not holding a good fruit in my hand, I am just holding an apple. And if a reaction happens... thats ok too, learn from it... dont ignore it. If a person has diabettes and they have reactions to Sugar and whatnot... that is ok. It doesnt mean they ignore the affliction, the just accept it as it is... rather than getting all worked up. (Worked up like old man johnson down the road when the mail man walks across his lawn.) And if a person has diabetes that doesnt make Sugar bad, and aspertame good... it is just an affliction they have and deal with. It doesnt make people who eat Sugar evil, it doesnt make people who eat everything under the sun unhealthy.

Ignoring reality is irrational, and so is putting positive and negative charges on stuff. There is no way we can absolutely know everything about everything to even put a charge on stuff. The drunk driver killing a family of 5 with babies in the car could have been one of the best things to ever happen... depending on the context.

Some thoughts can be rewarding... IE gratitude, reverance, love. But these thoughts do not always work. I cannot force myself to be happy, but I can choose to follow that which inspires me... and by doing that I find myself happier. I do not choose that which inspires me, I just follow the road. Gratitude, Reverance, Love, and Peace all seem to inspire me, and thoughts of them can bring me to happiness... but not always. That doesnt make one thought better than another, it just makes them what they are.

Anyway I hope I cleared things up... because wishful positive thinking is just fantasy IMO. And can bring more suffering, because when we dont get things to work the way we want or expect them to happen, frustration always follows.

And if you want to go deeper into some of the stuff I talked about, get the books I recommended.