Out of the ten bodies of light that compose our being according to the yogic anatomy of Kundalini Yoga, the positive mind is usually the one to which the majority connect a positive, moving forward, and creative way of acting. This means they are happy when this body manifests and when they can say that their positive mind is more at work than their negative one.
And, yes, it is true that the positive mind looks for ideas, short-term solutions, projects and is therefore associated with the spark of life and creation. It is also connected to fun, humor, childlike behavior, the madness and lightness we also need, and it shows itself when we are prone to taking risks and saying “yes” to life.
However, when we look deeper, the main task of the positive mind is to make the best of what is alive at every present moment. This is generally a quality, because, indeed, when we make the best out of the circumstances through our hearts (which means that we have integrated what happened), living more in gratitude than in demands, life is better.
But when we mentally try making the best of the circumstances, we put an intellectual layer on something that we did not integrate deep within. The positive mind will then cover the truth, create strategies, justifications, concepts that endorse what we want something to be rather than what it really is. Briefly, it becomes a mask. A mask is a distortion that comes in between our faces and the rest of the world. It creates a separation, a distraction, an illusion. There is no longer a relationship to the present. It is like we would suddenly be on stage, performing our self-created, imaginary theatre piece. We become the main character and the others are all actors we have chosen for our play.
We do that, but we suffer from it. Remember the feeling of having been taken hostage by someone?… Remember having had the impression that you were just an observer of something going on that did not include you? If it happened, good for you, because it means that you are putting some consciousness into your relationships. Indeed, when we are unconscious of this process, we react to the tension that these scenes cause by playing another one that matches or contrasts the other person! Unconsciously, we constantly mirror others because they trigger our patterns! In this way, we are constantly victims and abusers simultaneously. The creativity of the positive mind will be used to create a habit, the best strategy possible that keeps refining itself as we go.
February and March are two excellent months to become clear about it. Usually, we put in motion our strategies when we feel insecure or feel a tension that we are unable to hold and to observe. The positive mind is then called to find a solution. Inevitably, it must be a short-term one because the challenge is immediate, and we feel that we must react fast before the fear of the unknown (this is how we interpret the tension that we feel) becomes overwhelming.
Insecurity comes from the past and from memories, so we find weapons that we used in the past or that we have seen others use and that seem to work!
For example, one might have admired an authority figure during childhood whom we perceived as very powerful (which creates tension and dependence for us). Maybe this person would nibble on her glasses when she was thinking or speaking. And now, it has become our gesture of sovereignty! We use it to find confidence. We “play” the strong, the all-knowing one through this gesture whenever we feel insecure, and we are unable to consciously observe what triggered our insecurity in the first place and accept it. As soon as we do this, we disconnect from the present situation and are just at play with ourselves in our imaginary theater piece.
We can start asking ourselves these questions:
- Which expectations do I have?
- Where does the tension in me come from?
- What am I trying to avoid or to create in reaction to what?
- What do I try to change when I feel tense?
- What am I ashamed of?
- How do my ancestors’ beliefs and values come out in my speech? (I must show that I am intelligent, clever, generous, not attached to money, honest, powerful, successful, etc.)
- How do I want to be and why? And for whom in my past?
- Why did I need to say what I just said??
- Do I speak in justifications, explanations, concepts? Why?
By doing this, eventually, we will realize that our positive mind is serving the past rather than the present!
Since the positive mind creates habits, train it to create your presence in the present moment so that it can really fulfill its purpose and stop justifying what already happened, since that can’t and shouldn’t be changed!
