Against Pessimism

Against Pessimism - (4869)

The following post is a set of notes taken during an online class given by m.m.m tonight: 5/9/23.

The only way to survive all the tests and karma that we have is to put Gnosis in our consciousness and 'be' our soul.

What is related to pessimism is having a sluggish circulation. A pessimistic person is a person who is slow and has a lot of inertia. A person who is energetically heavy.

A pessimistic person is one who is slow to decide, slow to move, slow to change, basically a person who is heavy and does not flow with the 'flow of life'.

A pessimistic person tends to physiologically have thicker blood than normal.

Pessimism comes together with suffering and melancholy.

An optimistic person is the opposite, full of life, excellent blood circulation, decisive, full of vitality and one that is light so as to be able to easily flow with the 'flow of life'.

Melancholy, fear, skepticism, self-compassion, pessimism etc. all attract and gel together and produce a distinct heaviness that is like an immobilization of the soul.

It stems from pride and is a kind of rebellion against the Being.

Every ego is a weapon of the sleeping consciousness.

A pessimistic person is one who has frustration and unfulfilled desires and fights outwardly against others secretly looking for compensation for not being able to fulfill those desires. Not being able to fulfill those desires makes a person pessimistic.

Optimism is a state of consciousness. The world can be falling down around us yet we are optimistic.

As soul we can do anything. We can transform anything.

When in a pessimistic state we think things are too hard and that things won't work out. Basically in pessimism there is a great lack of belief and trust in ourselves. It is really a lack of belief trust in our capacity and ability to lead ourselves and others out of a difficult situation.

The remedy is to start to believe in ourselves right here and now. Generate that belief and trust right now!

Change our outer and inner language to speak with optimism.

End (4869).

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