Positive and negative thoughts are one; live in understanding || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2013)
Acharya Prashant: Nancy has asked: “How to get rid of negative thoughts?” She wants to keep all the positive thoughts and just get rid of the negative ones: “Let me please, please, have all the positive ones and throw away all the negative ones.”
Positive and negative are two ends of duality; where there is one, there would always be the other. You want to get rid of the negative thoughts, you will have to get rid of all the thoughts!
But I understand what you want. You want only positivity. Such things that are floating these days: “Let there be a lot of positive energy.”
Now, any student of science should ask, “What is this thing called positive energy?” Ever read of anything like positive energy in your science books? But everyone is talking of it: “Too much of negative energy, let’s only have positive energy. Let’s be very positive!”
Negative thoughts and positive thoughts . . . what do you mean by negative thought?
(Pointing towards the audience) This side and that side are competing. This side is about to win. It is a positive thought for the winning team, and the same fact that these people are winning, is a negative thought for the other team. What is positive, and what is negative, except a position that you have taken?
