“I have been accused of something I'm not guilty of. How do you prove a negative? No matter what we discuss here today, I'm never going to have my name restored. But I've got to try and set the record straight.” TryingHas BeensMatterTodayNamesRecordsProveNegativeNo Matter WhatGuiltyAccusedNot Guilty Author:Jim Lehrer
“In the beginning, when you are meditating, just ignore thought. Shine it on. Then after you are comfortable sitting there, try selectively eliminating negative thoughts, thoughts that agitate the mind.” TryingMindComfortableSittingNegativeShiningMeditatingNegative ThoughtsEliminatingAgitate Author:Frederick Lenz
“The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties - he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.” TryingSaidHardMotivationalSolutionsToughNegativeDifficultyAverageThinkerRealistFactualPositive Thinker Book:Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year Source: Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year
“Let’s suppose that rain washes out a picnic. Who is feeling negative? The rain? Or you? What’s causing the negative feeling? The rain or your reaction? When you bump your knee against a table, the table’s fine. It’s busy being what it was made to be – a table. The pain is in your knee, not in the table. The mystics keep trying to tell us that reality is all right. Reality is not problematic. Problems exist only in the human mind. We might add: in the stupid, sleeping human mind.” TryingMindHumansMadeFeelingsProblemRealityMightPainSleepStupidFineRainNegativeTablesAddBusyReactionsKneesHuman MindKeep TryingBumpsPicnicsNegative Feelings Book:Awareness: Conversations with the Masters Source: Awareness: Conversations with the Masters