Dealing with Negativity - Run!

There's that word - it even feels nasty to say it - negativity is a dirty word with a lot of dark, heavy and twisted connotations attached to it. Yet we use it all the time, to describe moods, people, places and those dark clouds that seem to hang around certain people (and us)....

I have gone to great lengths in my own life to remove myself from negative or detrimental situations and relationships. And over this time there are two things that stand out most about dealing with toxic people - one is that there always seems to be some new or insidious way they get into your space and secondly,  I have noticed how some people hang onto negativity.

Both of these areas are quite serious mostly because of the profound affect they have on us as human beings. Remember your energy field? Well, this is the main region damaged as a result of 'others' fear, worry, stress and general destructive behaviour. 

Our energy fields pick up others energy when we are leaking or full of rips, holes and tares - and let's face it, due to toxic exposure, poor food choices, lack of exercise and general care - we are each one of us leaking significant amounts of energy. Just by living on this planet. 

Negativity erodes away at your person, eats into your energy resources and drains you of all that is good in your life. It takes your light and eventually it will put it out...

But, the worst thing is that this can be so subtle - someone's fears, slights and half completed sentences hanging in the air - seeping under your skin, lifting away layers of your protection and sticking like the barbs of a fishing lure into your softness. 

The worst type of negativity for me has been the unsupportive comments, the undermining of my hopes, wishes and long held dreams for my own personal life and family and then my need to downplay my own expectations or achievements. These are precious and I hold them close to my heart... 

However as time has moved on I have been implementing many of these plans (in spite of anyone else)  and allowing my life to fill out with the framework of my hopes - it has become obvious what I am trying to achieve as I fill the barn with animals, grow my own garden and homeschool my children. 

And there are many little things (some not so little!) in between that provide even more structure and support for my aspirations. Not one aspect of our lives, the way we live and the dreams we have should be up for discussion. Don't ask anyone's opinion (of your heart's desires) and don't entertain others negative input. 

This is our life, our one shot at waking up, and I, for one, plan to develop it and live it as I see fit... and so should you. It's best for everyone to walk away from these destructive situations and cut any ties that bind you to someone's darkness and damaging behaviour. 

Then take significant steps to clean up your own.

April

Puss waiting while I plant herbs...

Fear Dominates Life - When You Ingest Toxins

Having touched on this topic a few times here, it is amazing how I keep coming back around to it. Fear has been so deeply embedded into the DNA of our species, mostly through the food and water that we are taking in. Today I wanted to share with you a bit more about the changes that I have made and continue to make to remove this negativity. 

I remember when I used to eat a 'typical' diet and live a 'normal' life - layers of toxins and negativity dissolving anything good. For those who still listen to the news and steep themselves in negative information that comes in from official sources, a little more poison in the food probably isn't that noticeable.

It is not until you begin the process of removing some of these nasty toxins from your mind, body and soul (because you want to lose weight, heal, move forward spiritually etc.) that you realize the toll they have all taken on you. However,  you can also see how each one of these contaminates added and intermixed with the others creating a brew of something horrible.

Years ago I started out slowly eliminating many unnecessary 'foods' from my life including all the usual ones like sugar, dairy, wheat, alcohol, caffeine. With each layer taken away my thinking got clearer, my intuitive abilities stronger and exact, of course I also felt far better and my body healed.

Even with these anti-nutrients taken out of my diet, I still could sense a certain level of toxins coming in, being an intuitive and a health investigator by trade, I stopped at nothing until I discovered what this was. It turned out to be a group of fruits that I have since come to know as the most anti-spiritual things on the planet and indeed the Night Shades (potato, tomato, aubergine, chillies, peppers and gogi berries), had a hold on my spirit which was causing concern, because I was dying a spiritual death inside. 

If I were to back up a bit here, many years before this time, when I had made a few select changes to my diet and lifestyle, I found myself in Findhorn, a spiritual centre in northern Scotland for a conference. As often happens in places such as this, a complete stranger who turned out to be a Naturopathic doctor from North America approached me with a message from spirit.

Back in 1997, she informed me that I was to stay away from all Night Shades and only then would things become clear for me (my destiny, purpose, mission). At the time I was mystified, these were just vegetables/fruits, how could they possibly interfere with my spiritual life and the work I am doing?

However, her words stayed with me even though it was a few years later before I finally relented and stopped including them altogether in our diets at home. I had come to my own conclusions by that time, but it was quite clear, the Night Shades and their toxins were to be added to the list of poisonous foods. 

It was only then that my life changed completely, entirely and utterly - moving onwards at incredible speed into new areas. The first thing I remember changing for me was the fog lifting, within 72 hours of clearing the house of these foods, even the energy of the place had lifted.

Since that time I have learned, understood and detoxed these noxious fruits out of my system and never looked back. When it comes to spirituality, if something is toxic or poisonous to the body, there is no difference for the rest of our being. Harming the body is the same as hurting mind and spirit.

Whenever there is poison present in your body several things occur;

• fear dominates the mind
• harm is being done to the body
• an energy block forms in the field
• patterns of negativity and anger control everything 
• feelings of confusion 

However, once these toxins begin to be eliminated from our bodies, and detoxed out of the delicate systems (through Master Cleanses etc.), the body heals and all can be restored. Of course, this takes time, commitment and dedication to fully walking the spiritual path. 

Perhaps it is time to take a step forward into the light

April

Barley Cove Beach, West Cork