Thanks @TAB I will bear that in mind when I get it. I think you are right
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I have just been reading a post from a traditional chinese doctor who says that theres lots of negativity, hate and violence in society now. People seem to be hooked into doomscrolling and having addiction to negative online content which never existed before prepandemic
He has suggested putting positive and uplifting screensavers and wallpapers on your devices. I never knew such a simple thing could be so uplifting. I have an orange rose in an ornate glass dome on my phone and some beautiful orange birds on my iMac now. Its made a huge difference. He suggested using sacred symbols like yin/yang, tree of life or yantras to maintain your focus on what is good rather than allowing the negativity to come in. I am getting a small Klimt painting of the tree of life to put on my desk.
He also recommended chinese herbs, breathwork and tai chi / yoga.
Here is what he wrote:
There’s a negative forcefield out there and it wants in. And that forcefield is growing along with tech. Disturbing imagery, we would once never have seen or even imagined, is one click away or is shown to you without warning.
Seeing terrible, fearful or shocking stuff releases adrenal energy, it’s like a rush, but it’s generated by your kidneys so exhaustion follows. The urge to share negative stuff is connected to this, as it gives it some more energy, but this becomes a cycle that can sap you until scrolling turns to bingeing. It grows the forcefield’s power.
We can feed ourselves 24/7 with anything that disturbs us now. As a result, our emotions are becoming way too extreme, like feeling hatred for people (that we don't even know) who believe the opposite to us. This would have been unthinkable in the good old BP (before pandemic) days. But I'm hearing it all the time now.
Bad news is more energising than good, because of the fear & adrenaline factor. This is how doomscrolling, or getting sucked into a bottomless pit of negative content, becomes addictive. These forces are powerful and it’s hard to resist the roll towards crushing hopelessness. We end up losing faith in life, or ourselves as it seems too late to do anything about injustices or wrongs, because everything is so dark.
It’s not. Yin and Yang, dark and light, we are the mediators. Build a positive forcefield, don’t give any form of inhumanity energy (no eyeballs, no sharing). Start to break the cycle with self-protection.
- Get a screensaver pic on your phone (and all screens) that symbolises light and positivity and love. This reminder of your divinity, before you search or scroll (or work), affects what you will see.
- Negativity cuts off the chi flow (causes stagnation in liver, heart and lungs) and then life looks dark. When chi flows freely your emotions are light (you can’t feel dark). So to break the cycle don’t focus on your feelings, focus on chi flow. Simple tai chi or yoga moves have instant results. If you’re not self-motivated join a sound healing class, a meditation class, a kirtan. Let that energy in.
- When you are trapped in dark emotions or imagery, you can’t make sense of your life. Don’t beat yourself up over it, don’t overthink it, make practical physical moves. If you're triggered by injustice, personal or planetary, take that as an indicator of purpose and become part of a positive solution. Give that eyeballs and energy. If you're triggered by lies, give energy to truth.
- Fuel your spirit with what it needs to fight the forcefield: Chinese herbal formulas (Wen Dan Tang is a great one to break the grip of dark emotions)
- Nourishing food (of course). If we deplete ourselves of sleep, nutrients, movement etc, it restricts the flow of cosmic chi (aka the ‘breath of God’) to our organs and it’s easier to get sucked into negativity.
- Aim at getting up earlier for breathwork - early mornings support the transformation of dark to light. The later you get up the muddier the water, the darker things will look.
- Use spiritual symbolism all around you. and on you, to counter the pull towards negative entanglement: yin & yang, tree of life, crystals, buddhas, mantras, singing bowls and objects and imagery that speak of the mystical and infinite and your soul.
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