Vibrations and fear?!
I received this message on Whatsapp and decided to read it carefully to see what is said and also implied. My response is below the original message.
Msg from Sadhguru 👆 Let’s try to do for a day on tomorrow and then see the difference
“Whatever we are talking about is what we are perpetuating in our experience. The only way to keep any kind of illness or virus or flu away is to not talk about it and it will dissipate itself. What we do instead is keep checking the statistics or keep spreading the "awareness" messages on social media without noticing it that the more we talk about it the more it becomes active in our vibration. History is full of evidence of epidemics because of the mass consciousness created by fear of the disease. Fear is a very strong vibration and more fearful we are of any epidemic it becomes a reality very fast.. it's the law. The more you feed the energy of fear the more profound it becomes. Ignore the things you don't want to participate in. Stop discussing it with family and friends; stop checking out the latest statistics. Stop watching incessantly the news about Corona Virus. Take your attention away and It has no power on you. The creation of anything is to give thought to it by keeping it active in our vibration by being afraid of it. Hook yourself up with ever flowing stream of well- being”.
Love and light to all.
Sadhguru
I read through this message and I understand that this person is a spiritual guide for many people and I do not want to offend anyone’s sensibilities. But a spiritual guide is not a doctor, or a medical expert. None of his statements are based on facts. Facts are like QEDs in a theorem. They NEVER change. He is at best an excellent psychologist/mentalist. So here are my thoughts:
1/ * Whatever we are talking about is what we are perpetuating in our experience. The only way to keep any kind of illness or virus or flu away is to not talk about it and it will dissipate itself.*
How will not speaking of something “dissipate” it? Do we not always say that sharing what troubles us, helps us? A Burden Shared is a burden lightened? That we should “talk it over”? So what am I missing here? Consider this. China knew about this virus before the rest of the world. They did not talk about it UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. Seems like he is promoting hiding your head in the sand.
Fact: Ostriches do NOT hide their head in the sand. They are looking for food and the head-hiding is an illusion. They will actually fight anything that dares to attack, especially when they have younglings. Even lions are wary about going after an ostrich for food,
2/ * History is full of evidence of epidemics because of the mass consciousness created by fear of the disease. *
Every space and time in history when mass epidemics have happened is different. How it has affected communities, villages, cities countries is different. Also - why does he not bother to give any solid examples of how mass consciousness spread the disease? SARS, Swine Flu, MERS etc were controlled because of mass consciousness. How we communicate now is vastly different from how we communicated even 25 years ago! So mass consciousness is easily achieved in today’s day and age.
3/ * Fear is a very strong vibration and more fearful we are of any epidemic it becomes a reality very fast.. it's the law. The more you feed the energy of fear the more profound it becomes.*
This sounds like a bad dialogue straight out of a bad paranormal novel or one of those zombie apocalypse movies. Usually this is the person who is going to die, either in the beginning or in the end. But we’ll discuss fear later.
4/ *Ignore the things you don't want to participate in. Stop discussing it with family and friends; stop checking out the latest statistics. Stop watching incessantly the news about Corona Virus. Take your attention away and It has no power on you.*
Now this I can get behind. On 9/11 I came home from work around 11 am. I lived alone in an apartment. Every TV channel was broadcasting the news. I started feeling like I was going mad. So I tuned in to the Cartoon Network and watched cartoons until I felt better. I couldn’t communicate with friends - cell phone lines were choked. Family lived in a different time zone. Yes. Taking away your attention from what troubles you, if only for a while can give you clarity. Italians are singing on balconies because they want to lift their minds out of the consistent stress. But think about those who have no recourse at this point. Doctors, nurses, researchers, manufacturers, truck drivers, grocery store employees. They are facing it all the time they are at work. Most likely they have family and friends that they would like to keep safe.
So don’t ignore the messages. Just take a break once in a while.
5/ VIBRATIONS:
I don’t even want to comment about this, as I know nothing about vibrations except to say, I still need to see scientific facts to support this. If this person know so much about vibrations then we should just let him have a go at the virus. Shouldn’t we?
And so I come to the final point
6/ FEAR:
Most people experience fear when faced with imminent danger. Fear can do one of three things. It can freeze you up. Or it can make a hero of you. Or it can make mincemeat of you and your stupidity. The choice is yours. What we do during times of stress reveals our character. The reason Italians are in the state they are in is because they ignored the warnings that were given to them I.e. they did not use fear to their advantage. Americans are facing the situation they are in because their leadership was saying a miracle will remove the threat. (Sounds like the quote above?) Ignoring the signs of danger can lead to your endangering the lives of others as well. So this statement from this spiritual leader is *irresponsible* in the extreme. Fear can be good. It makes you alert. It helps you keep caution. It makes you aware. It helps you think. Most soldiers I know, (and I know a few who have seen active combat), told me they experience fear when going into battle or faced with enemy fire. Some survived. Some didn’t. But if we go into this battle wishing it to go away - it won’t. One has to fight a battle to win it. Or lose it. But the fight must be faced.
Msg from Sadhguru 👆 Let’s try to do for a day on tomorrow and then see the difference
“Whatever we are talking about is what we are perpetuating in our experience. The only way to keep any kind of illness or virus or flu away is to not talk about it and it will dissipate itself. What we do instead is keep checking the statistics or keep spreading the "awareness" messages on social media without noticing it that the more we talk about it the more it becomes active in our vibration. History is full of evidence of epidemics because of the mass consciousness created by fear of the disease. Fear is a very strong vibration and more fearful we are of any epidemic it becomes a reality very fast.. it's the law. The more you feed the energy of fear the more profound it becomes. Ignore the things you don't want to participate in. Stop discussing it with family and friends; stop checking out the latest statistics. Stop watching incessantly the news about Corona Virus. Take your attention away and It has no power on you. The creation of anything is to give thought to it by keeping it active in our vibration by being afraid of it. Hook yourself up with ever flowing stream of well- being”.
Love and light to all.
Sadhguru
I read through this message and I understand that this person is a spiritual guide for many people and I do not want to offend anyone’s sensibilities. But a spiritual guide is not a doctor, or a medical expert. None of his statements are based on facts. Facts are like QEDs in a theorem. They NEVER change. He is at best an excellent psychologist/mentalist. So here are my thoughts:
1/ * Whatever we are talking about is what we are perpetuating in our experience. The only way to keep any kind of illness or virus or flu away is to not talk about it and it will dissipate itself.*
How will not speaking of something “dissipate” it? Do we not always say that sharing what troubles us, helps us? A Burden Shared is a burden lightened? That we should “talk it over”? So what am I missing here? Consider this. China knew about this virus before the rest of the world. They did not talk about it UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. Seems like he is promoting hiding your head in the sand.
Fact: Ostriches do NOT hide their head in the sand. They are looking for food and the head-hiding is an illusion. They will actually fight anything that dares to attack, especially when they have younglings. Even lions are wary about going after an ostrich for food,
2/ * History is full of evidence of epidemics because of the mass consciousness created by fear of the disease. *
Every space and time in history when mass epidemics have happened is different. How it has affected communities, villages, cities countries is different. Also - why does he not bother to give any solid examples of how mass consciousness spread the disease? SARS, Swine Flu, MERS etc were controlled because of mass consciousness. How we communicate now is vastly different from how we communicated even 25 years ago! So mass consciousness is easily achieved in today’s day and age.
3/ * Fear is a very strong vibration and more fearful we are of any epidemic it becomes a reality very fast.. it's the law. The more you feed the energy of fear the more profound it becomes.*
This sounds like a bad dialogue straight out of a bad paranormal novel or one of those zombie apocalypse movies. Usually this is the person who is going to die, either in the beginning or in the end. But we’ll discuss fear later.
4/ *Ignore the things you don't want to participate in. Stop discussing it with family and friends; stop checking out the latest statistics. Stop watching incessantly the news about Corona Virus. Take your attention away and It has no power on you.*
Now this I can get behind. On 9/11 I came home from work around 11 am. I lived alone in an apartment. Every TV channel was broadcasting the news. I started feeling like I was going mad. So I tuned in to the Cartoon Network and watched cartoons until I felt better. I couldn’t communicate with friends - cell phone lines were choked. Family lived in a different time zone. Yes. Taking away your attention from what troubles you, if only for a while can give you clarity. Italians are singing on balconies because they want to lift their minds out of the consistent stress. But think about those who have no recourse at this point. Doctors, nurses, researchers, manufacturers, truck drivers, grocery store employees. They are facing it all the time they are at work. Most likely they have family and friends that they would like to keep safe.
So don’t ignore the messages. Just take a break once in a while.
5/ VIBRATIONS:
I don’t even want to comment about this, as I know nothing about vibrations except to say, I still need to see scientific facts to support this. If this person know so much about vibrations then we should just let him have a go at the virus. Shouldn’t we?
And so I come to the final point
6/ FEAR:
Most people experience fear when faced with imminent danger. Fear can do one of three things. It can freeze you up. Or it can make a hero of you. Or it can make mincemeat of you and your stupidity. The choice is yours. What we do during times of stress reveals our character. The reason Italians are in the state they are in is because they ignored the warnings that were given to them I.e. they did not use fear to their advantage. Americans are facing the situation they are in because their leadership was saying a miracle will remove the threat. (Sounds like the quote above?) Ignoring the signs of danger can lead to your endangering the lives of others as well. So this statement from this spiritual leader is *irresponsible* in the extreme. Fear can be good. It makes you alert. It helps you keep caution. It makes you aware. It helps you think. Most soldiers I know, (and I know a few who have seen active combat), told me they experience fear when going into battle or faced with enemy fire. Some survived. Some didn’t. But if we go into this battle wishing it to go away - it won’t. One has to fight a battle to win it. Or lose it. But the fight must be faced.
Madhu you're bang on!! They are spiritual gurus, not doctors.
ReplyDeleteWe were just discussing it at home this evening!