Every religion advocates positive thinking and shuns negative thoughts. We should understand the essence of positive thinking to infer the meaning of negative thinking.
The web definition of positive thinking is, "Positive thinking is the act of thinking good or affirmative thoughts. Positive thinking is a way to use your mind to reverse the damaging effects of negative thinking."
Negative thinking is a kind of pessimism which is detrimental to one’s mental health.
How can negative thinking harm us?
This is evident from the above definition that by thinking positive one can get rid of depressing, unhealthy, negative thoughts.
It is a proven fact that negative emotions add to our stress levels. We are also aware of the fact that prolonged anxiety and stress can lead to heart diseases and many psychological problems. What we don't understand or perhaps are unaware of is the fact that negative emotions have physical manifestations on our health! Feelings like anger, insecurity, anxiety, jealousy, greed etc can not only trigger aches, pains, or illness in the body but can also hamper our recovery from diseases.
To understand how negative emotions affect our health, we need to be aware of the symbolism of our bodies.
- Our face symbolizes our outer appearance i.e. when we show any stifling of self- expression, our deep feelings can lead to problems like tonsillitis and sore throat. When a person is unable to express oneself due to incapacity or hesitation but with bottled up anger it can lead to even more serious throat problems like "laryngitis".
- Similarly hearts symbolize our ability to love; that is why heart problems arise if you restrain yourself back from expressing love, self-loathing, negative self-talk and thinking, the feeling developed in you that you do not deserve to love or to be loved, resentment and hatred.
- Our backs ‘support’ our bodies. Any problems with the back could lead to feeling shattered, fear of over-burden with problems or fear that life may not support you. And a problem with the upper back could be linked to stress or feeling that your loved ones are not supporting you and lower back problems could be related to financial worries.
- Our stomachs symbolize our ability to digest and assimilate. When you can't accept a new idea or experience, your stomach may show symptoms like indigestion etc. That is why it is seen that the problem of indigestion could have its roots from not accepting the change, new ideas, people or situations in your life.
- Similarly it is also seen that the people of adamant behaviour get the problem of jamming of Joints, arthritis etc. this is like a reflection of their non-flexible behaviour on their Body which restricts their movement.
- Those of jealous nature get acidity problem in their stomach etc. etc.
The above “symbol example” is a guideline which can help to understand the symbolic meaning of each and every part of our body. Once we understand this symbolism we can probe deeper into every illness and identify the root cause and help the person think positive.
Laughter is the best medicine. So folks, keep smiling. It is infective and spreads positive energy.
Hope the readers also enjoyed this article. Let the Power of Positive thinking spread all over and bring peace of mind to all, together with happiness and progress in Life.
Be blissful.Namaste.
S.SEKAR
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