The Negativity of Positivity | Ajahn Brahm | 23-04-2010

[@timefortea1931]

This monk is so down to earth and a great speaker!

[@tracyraven7444]

I don't know what I would do without this man's wise words in my life . Love you dearly Ajahn Brahm.

[@adamrafferty]

Within the first 2 minutes, he is giving some serious wisdom. To take the pressure off oneself allows a quieter happiness to show itself. Thank you.

[@EnvyAbomination]

I gotta say, I went through that stage where I forced myself to be happy all the time. But when I actually gave up on it, THATS when I became happy.

[@sachinthaherath4902]

@benny v I love a good paradox!😆😊

[@IRG849]

Thank you Ajahn Brahm for another brilliant talk! Your amazing service to this world is priceless in spreading these wonderful teachings 🙏

[@sachinthaherath4902]

😌 Easily one of the best talks I've heard by Ajahn Brahm! Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu🙏🙏🙏

[@anto7459]

really needing to hear this teaching. thanks to all those involved in putting this here. be happy and if we're not at least lets be real!

[@Breakbeats92.5]

This message came to me at the right time. So full of wisdom and calm and acceptance.

[@1madaboutguitar]

+Corey Cavalier SHUT UP!!

[@Soltuts]

Such a great talk! Thankyou!

[@rezartsy]

i wish more people would listen to these talks and think and act mindfully

[@qwertas76]

Thank you Ajahn for taking time to understand the nature of life and sharing it with me and the rest of the world.

[@mojoeye]

you are loved ajahan Bram. you have articulated what I am struggling with related to some vedantaists--- at a temple nearby. don't worry these centuries year old argument-- is an agreement to disagree or that it is unanswerable (Aveloketeshwara)

[@welcometoforest1508]

OMG it is one of the best talks Thank you very much

[@justiii3]

Simplistic and yet, so very profound wise words to live in this life by! Namaste...

[@hiranoshe]

I definetly needed to hear this. This vid was a sort of godsend. I've been going through a pretty rough time the past few months, but I was trying to force myself to be happy, for the sake of people I care about and out of denial. This will certainly help me to focus on a better sense of balance.

[@greenelf12]

Can I juat add though, yes if you lose your license you shouldn't be happy about it, but you can still put a positive spin on it and see the benifits and oportunities that come from a negative event, sure you shouldn't be happy about the thing that is happening but you can still put the thing that is happening into perspective.

[@ketsan]

After 2,500 years, finally the dharma in HD. :D

[@forcedtocreate]

Buddhism summery: Accept things as they are and take agreeable steps toward what you want.

[@Bassywassy20]

What he talks about here is something I recognize from my own spiritual journey. During life you need to make choices and most of us are not born a master, which means that often we will make a choice, live the experience and interpret it as negative until we understand what made us look at it that way so that we can accept it, learn from it and let it go.. It's a more complicated topic as there is more involved to it then simply being OK with being negative. Negativity DOES point out that there's something you are resisting and that requires looking at. On the other hand, pushing yourself to be something you're not is also resistance. The key is to recognize the fine line in between. Another thing I've noticed is that, practicing spirituality in an enviroment that does not do it as much as you do, means that people watch how you progress. I feel like I'm making certain steps and leaps and others are curiously observing if it works out. But heck, sometimes you have to go low in order to learn the lesson. To the outside it then looks as you've strayed from the path. You need to be quite strong to just stick with yourself wether you feel positive or negative. I think that even more important than being one or the other is to always keep asking the next question. Where am I right now feeling-wise? What made me get here? You don't really need to ask what you should do about it, because resistance usually dissolves as soon as it has seen the light.

[@Breakbeats92.5]

I may be looking at a 1000 dollar fine for driving while uninsured. I was upset for a brief moment but I remember what this gentleman said. "Don't wallow in the shit of life, make use of it." I thought, "It's not the end of the world, its just money. I'll make more of it." No need to get all butt-hurt as we say here in the States. Thanks for the wisdom.

[@FontediCalore]

it's not only money but you should have learned a lesson out of it. With the right car you'd pay $275 per year in insurance

[@LucisFerre1]

"$1000" Damn, that's steep.

[@mjpitche]

One thing that I used to do in the past was to always vent my anger and the bad things that happen to me to the people at work. They in turn hated and disrespected me. The key for me has been to keep the bad and negate thinkgs to myself at least at work. I don't give them a reason to hate me and disrespect me.

[@hopeallishappy]

Ajahn Brahm rocks!!

[@thudo5587]

🙏🏻🙇🙏🏻🙇🙏🏻🙇Ajahn Brahm

[@always-stay-positive5187]

I am one of those people who don't keep looking for more. I get whatever is necessary, which is where to live, bathe and eat, and where to practice the dharma.

[@JulesColour]

Avatar The Last Airbender, the most impactful monk show I needed and am still learning from.

[@cronusornus]

Wish to have mind like your and wisdom.

[@shuttlefish59]

No shit...here's Ajahn Brahm... :)

[@gargos25]

did I ever claim that? however, I came to real spirituality exactly through that... I am not saying it's necessary and I am not saying that it can help everybody... but it helped me exactly with that in a specific combination with meditation and friends etc...

[@psittacid]

@ sahilmdh294. There is a subtlety that is important here. Being overly positive is a form of delusion that leads to more suffering. It only works when things are going right. Untrue positivity is a way of turning away from difficult truths of life. There is realistic positivity, though, and I realize that this is what you may be talking about. This allows one to move on, rather than wallow. It knows that difficulty passes.

[@WhatSayestThou]

And hey lemme tell you too there are people in this world that will just NOT let you off the hook for past mistakes and all that does is just keep the emotional poison going. Negativity in stupidity, stupid people doing stupid things that don't benefit God or man-KIND as a whole. THIS is the atittude that needs to change in us ALL Namaste.

[@chicagoman58]

What a great talk!

[@gargos25]

yeah, I agree... I have to add that apart from various forms of the mentioned drug I never did many other/stronger ones...

[@coocoocachoo2187]

one person showed compassion towards the dislike button

[@ScotCampbellwindowpainter]

Great guy!

[@openbuddhistforuminternational]

_/♥\_ NAMO AMITABHA ༀམཎིཔདྨེཧཱུྃ། 南无阿弥陀佛 Very realistic Dharma talk...

[@fingerprint5511]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@xopreshuzluvox]

Thank you for this

[@nickreed60]

I love this guy :D

[@yacovmitchenko1490]

Nobody loses all the time (a positive poem by e.e. cummings) i had an uncle named Sol who was a born failure and nearly everybody said he should have gone into vaudeville perhaps because my Uncle Sol could sing McCann He Was A Diver on Xmas Eve like Hell Itself which may or may not account for the fact that my Uncle Sol indulged in that possibly most inexcusable of all to use a highfalootin phrase luxuries that is or to wit farming and be it needlessly added my Uncle Sol’s farm failed because the chickens ate the vegetables so my Uncle Sol had a chicken farm till the skunks ate the chickens when my Uncle Sol had a skunk farm but the skunks caught cold and died and so my Uncle Sol imitated the skunks in a subtle manner or by drowning himself in the watertank but somebody who’d given my Uncle Sol a Victor Victrola and records while he lived presented to him upon the auspicious occasion of his decease a scruptious not to mention splendiferous funeral with tall boys in black gloves and flowers and everything and i remember we all cried like the Missouri when my Uncle Sol’s coffin lurched because somebody pressed a button (and down went my Uncle Sol and started a worm farm)nobody loses all the time i had an uncle named Sol who was a born failure and nearly everybody said he should have gone into vaudeville perhaps because my Uncle Sol could sing McCann He Was A Diver on Xmas Eve like Hell Itself which may or may not account for the fact that my Uncle Sol indulged in that possibly most inexcusable of all to use a highfalootin phrase luxuries that is or to wit farming and be it needlessly added my Uncle Sol’s farm failed because the chickens ate the vegetables so my Uncle Sol had a chicken farm till the skunks ate the chickens when my Uncle Sol had a skunk farm but the skunks caught cold and died and so my Uncle Sol imitated the skunks in a subtle manner or by drowning himself in the watertank but somebody who’d given my Uncle Sol a Victor Victrola and records while he lived presented to him upon the auspicious occasion of his decease a scruptious not to mention splendiferous funeral with tall boys in black gloves and flowers and everything and i remember we all cried like the Missouri when my Uncle Sol’s coffin lurched because somebody pressed a button (and down went my Uncle Sol and started a worm farm)

[@greenelf12]

@justkarmatoo I love that saying "keep on keeping on" ;o)

[@VistaRealEstate2010]

do we have an Ajahn Brahm in Sydney NSW???

[@superduper6d5]

I love the video tittle ;D

[@adrianjohncalvin]

[@fakemadereal]

Wait, is this Western Australia or Washington state.

[@nubonamission]

@ketsan lol, brilliant comment

[@AurelienCarnoy]

Better be down to earth than 6 feet under.

[@namthomson1124]

Aberdeen. 🇬🇧

[@mobiusloop339]

I find everything he said here wholly contradictory to other things he teaches.

[@marillavanbeuren8572]

could you explain your opinion?

[@LWT1331]

Well, it "will not pass" if you have a life sentence.

[@niccinoonar]

That’s the physical arrow he’s taking about the mental arrow🙏

[@WhatSayestThou]

I knew a person that had that facade going on and let's face it it IS a facade, but I believe this person was doing it for others that was facing and dealing with the dukka in life and doesn't the word "dukka" sound like another word for "shit" anyway. LMAO.

[@markbrad123]

Wonder if Ajahn gets people tempting him with chocolate and cream buns. He seems to have spread out over the years.

[@chebo73barney]

He's talking about tantric budhism....

[@rupeeking8138]

can you be happy in your misery?

[@mesa134]

do all spiritual teachers need to talk soo slowly and sit cross legged?

[@gargos25]

thank you a lot... wanna join for a spliff? ;)

[@wking365]

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[@vhitcious]

I am thankful I found this. It is what I needed to hear. Wise words. Thank you for sharing 3