{"id":48742,"date":"2021-09-11T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=48742"},"modified":"2021-09-13T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T12:56:00","slug":"how-to-avoid-negative-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-avoid-negative-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid Negative Thoughts and Embrace Positivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How do you learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-avoid-negative-thoughts-2\/\">how to avoid negative thoughts<\/a>? What are the dangers of negative thoughts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You learn how to avoid negative thoughts by ignoring depressing issues like poverty and focusing on the endless possibilities of a brighter future. Negative thoughts will keep you distracted from thinking about a better life. If you only think about negative things, you will only attract negativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on to learn how to avoid negative thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Avoid Negative Thoughts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Substance will send whatever you\u2019re thinking about in your direction. Ideally, you\u2019re thinking about getting rich,<strong> but if you get distracted and think about negative things, those are what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/formless-substance\/\">the Original Substance<\/a> will manifest.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you see someone poor, you\u2019ll think about poverty, and the Original Substance will send poverty your way. Poverty is a particularly dangerous thing to think about because it\u2019s the exact opposite of what you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how to avoid negative thoughts and to stop thinking about poverty:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Look beyond the visible surface level to the deeper truths.<ul><li>For example, if you start thinking about poverty, remember that resources are infinite and poverty doesn\u2019t really exist.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Avoid negativity.<ul><li>For example, avoid anything to do with poverty. Don\u2019t try to eradicate it, don\u2019t raise your awareness of it, and don\u2019t do charity work.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Recall that life, by nature, is advancing. Something negative may exist now, but it won\u2019t in the future (unless you keep dwelling on it, which causes it to continue to manifest.)<ul><li>For example, anyone can rise out of poverty by following the Certain Way.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Change your frame of reference.<ul><li>For example, think of the poor as people on their way to becoming rich.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to avoiding poverty, specifically avoid thinking about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alternative ways the world might work. By following the instructions in this book, you\u2019ve committed to one way, so why spend brainpower considering other theories?<\/li><li>Negative news. Only look at optimistic coverage.<\/li><li>The occult. Don\u2019t think about the dead or how you might reach them.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you learn how to avoid negative thoughts? What are the dangers of negative thoughts? 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