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Feel Negative

John Morgan Season 3 Episode 302

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Feel negative to feel positive sounds like an oxymoron until you put it to the test.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Feel Negative

Negativity is simply this: Holding on to a negative thought. That thought is reflected in your body as an uneasy feeling that your mind describes as an emotion.

The answer to this dilemma is, believe it or not, not positive thinking. That just sets up a push-pull argument that goes back and forth inside our mind.

The solution is to notice you're having the negative thought and to feel the associated sensation in your body. When you give full attention to the sensation that goes along with the gloomy thought, you begin a process of transformation that has the feeling ease, and the thought subside.

I could write about this all day long, but the proof is in the doing.

The next time you notice negativity within you, give your full attention to the feeling that goes along with the thought. That doesn’t mean to discuss it in your head; it means to feel it in your body. You’re acknowledging the reality of the feeling and not pretending that it isn’t there by thinking positively. The result is more peaceful feelings with much better thoughts.

“Think Positive” is an incomplete piece of advice. There’s no strategy offered to genuinely get you there other than the willpower of thinking, which has a miserable rate of failure.

On the surface, “Feel Negative To Be Positive” doesn’t sound like a workable strategy until you put it to the test.

Take the personal exam right now. Fully explore the sensations associated with a negative thought and witness your tensions ease and your outlook brighten.

All the best,

John


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