Why Do We Have Bad Thoughts?

Question:

Dear Ariel,

Why do bad thoughts like anger and hatred to someone pop up in our mind like chains? I don’t want to think these stupid things but it is popping up and it destroys the whole day. Is that the influence of an evil? I started this problem when I tried to transform myself to the enlightenment. I am not getting positive thoughts.

Thanks,

S.

My Response:

Those bad thoughts are present because there is unhealed energy present within your being.

Those unconscious and automatic thoughts arise due to your energy. At the same time, your thoughts alter your energy. They are an inseparable team. Each affects the other. It may seem like a chicken and egg thing, but you can heal any part of the cycle and transform the entire cycle.

Much of our energy and thought is unconscious (we’re unaware of it) and running on autopilot. In this sense, we lack awareness. We have hidden aspects of ourselves from ourselves.

But enlightenment isn’t a self-improvement course. It’s not a positive thinking class. It has nothing to do with your thoughts although the energy of your thoughts may certainly change as a by-product of your awakening and as you progressively let go of the egoic way of being.

Awakening is about bringing awareness to the fullness of what you are and seeing beyond your identity as a limited self. It’s about seeing Reality as it is, not as the mind labels it and perceives it to be.

Awareness itself is the most powerful transformative tool you have.

What you resist persists. Put another way, what you go unconscious to and are unwilling to face and bring awareness to, that’s what persists and seems to be out of your control. On the other hand, what you look at disappears. By shining the light of awareness on your darkness and facing your inner demons and fears, awareness itself automatically transmutes the energy back into light. This we call healing.

So the key is to SEE. Bring awareness to your darkness. See yourself as you actually are, without judging any aspect of what is seen. Accept it and love it. Be open, honest, and sincere about what is. You must want to see the Truth more than you want to be right, feel safe, or be comfortable. You gotta want to see Reality. When you want it bad enough and are willing to face the darkness within, you will see the Light that was always there, the being that you truly are.

Thanks for your question.