emotions create poison, positive emotions create power— positive emotions are faith, hope, trust, enthusiasm, love, compassion, courage, confidence, forgiveness and optimism. Even the thought of these creates energy. Imagine feeding our mind with such positive emotions. If the raw material supplied to the thought factory is positive, it produces positive thoughts that create power in our life.
Isn’t it simple? We have a choice to live with NEP or PEP. We can choose Poison or Power. We are all given an opportunity to feed ourselves, not just with the food that we eat, but also with the emotions that we nibble on. What happens when we eat poisonous food? We feel lazy and powerless. We drag our feet, don’t we? But do we feel the same when we eat some energy-rich food? Our body is energized, and we move with enthusiasm. Just as foods can either be nourishing or toxic, emotions too, can either be poisonous or powerful. It’s our choice.
Today, the world is living with NEP. We are feeding on media that sensationalizes issues, focusing on the negative aspect. It is now obsessed with the virus. We are constantly absorbing negative information—“It is a global pandemic. People are dying. It is very contagious. There is no vaccine. We must lock ourselves up from this deadly disease.” Information like this is absorbed by the mind to create