Today, our language uses many words that are borrowed from other countries and cultures. However, despite this, many of them are very rooted and have taken root on our territory. That is why now I would like to tell you what “positive” is: the meaning of the word and all the most interesting things about its use.
Meaning of the word
It must be said that in each category of sciences the word “positive” has almost the same meaning.
- Philosophy. Positive - affirmative, positive. That is, the one that is available is the actual one.
- Policy. Also denotes something positive that was based on previously acquired experience.
- Psychology, psychoanalysis. Positive is good. The antonym of the word is “negative”, that is, bad. They are often used inseparably from the terms “love” and “hate” in this block of sciences.
There are many more different designations. Generally speaking, for the term “positive” the meaning of the word comes down to positivity, something that comes with a “+” sign.
What is positivity
It is interesting to consider such a word as "positive". After all, it occurs very often in everyday life. Today it is used with pleasure by people of the most various professions. If we talk about the everyday meaning of the word, then positivity involves three main factors:
- The correct worldview, that is, the attitude.
- Goodwill, that is good attitude to everyone around, regardless of various factors.
- A positive lifestyle when a person can enjoy everything that happens.
Generally speaking, positivity is the refusal to see exclusively good things not only in the world around us, but also in strangers and a variety of situations.
Is positivity a good thing?
Psychologists say: positive things alone are not enough for life. People who are determined only for the good turn out to be poorly adapted to life. And often this is exactly what they suffer from. Therefore, experts note: in order for life to be fulfilling, in addition to positivity, you also need to have constructiveness and responsibility.
If a person is exceptionally positive, he can conditionally be called narrow-minded (lack of constructiveness). He is able to perceive life joyfully, but approach the decision correctly difficult tasks it is difficult and even almost impossible for him. Such a person, of course, continues to enjoy everything that happens, while being in difficult or even critical situation. And this is completely wrong, because the problem is not resolved, but started. The question of responsibility immediately arises. A person who is “positive” is not inclined to take responsibility. He is concerned only with personal happiness, but he simply does not care about others. So, in order to understand, you always need to look much deeper this concept. After all, it often happens that minuses begin to be visible behind the absolute advantages. And this is already more the right approach, revealing true essence of things.
Positive thinking
Understanding what it is a positive person, it is also worth paying attention to such a category as What is this? Thus, this concept is inseparable from the process of self-improvement of everyone. Thinking positively does not mean being a blind optimist. This means being able to activate the forces in yourself at the most difficult moments in life, to be able to tune in to the good in a difficult situation. Positive thinking is a piece of the correct worldview, which in the future is able to form an attitude and accumulate internal forces person and help set you up for success. But at the same time, it is important not to forget that in addition to the attitude, you also need to work, a lot and diligently. After all, only in such a tandem can high results be achieved. By itself, positive thinking has little effect on life.
About positive influence
It is also important to understand what positive influence is. No one will argue with the fact that every person is subject to outside influences. Some more, some less. It is from this influence that much depends on a person’s life. So, it is important that the person you look up to has exclusively good features character, served correct example. This is a positive influence.
About positive changes
IN in this case more often we're talking about about people who, for one reason or another, cannot be considered good. Or they have certain flaws that they have to deal with. Positive changes are transformations that occur to a person that have an extremely positive impact or will further affect life.
About a positive image
And as a small conclusion, I would also like to tell you about what it is positive image. These are all those components of a person that are attractive. This is the image you want to emulate. This is where categories like positive influence and positive change come into play. After all, after setting a goal man of sense starts working on himself.
How to become a positive person
Having understood what “positive” is, and having realized that being only positive is not enough, you need to figure out how to achieve positive changes. What do you need to know and be able to do for this?
- In all situations you need to look positive aspects. Even in the negative, you need to see something good and make the most of it.
- You need to communicate with good people. If close friend If you are tuned to negativity, it will be very, very difficult to protect yourself from this.
- You need to be able to praise and pamper yourself. However, this should not happen without reason.
And of course, you need to be able to smile sincerely, take care of your own health and be positive. Having it all, become successful person it will be much easier.
The most interesting question on the agenda today: what is positivity? Don't say you've never heard of this. Because “positive” and “adequate” are quite popular figures of speech. The latter does not concern us today, but the former will be discussed in detail.
Positive, negative and camera
Now that almost everything is moving to digital technologies, people began to forget: positive and negative are concepts that are associated primarily with photographs. Let's reveal their contents.
A negative is a film (or plate) that contains an inverse image of the photographed scene.
A positive is a photographic image in which the distribution of shades (in black and white photography) and colors (in color) correspond to a similar distribution in the object of reality that the person was photographing.
But that's how it is for general development. The reader is unlikely to be interested in photography. Firstly, because digital technology has virtually killed the negative and the entire old procedure of photography. At least for the general public. And secondly, we are now interested in a completely different meaning of these words (negative and positive).
English-Russian dictionary
We still need to understand what positivity is. So let's open a good one English-Russian dictionary and read the corresponding translation of the word positive:
- positive;
- positive;
- confident;
- definite;
- forced;
- accurate;
- real;
- absolute;
- V in every sense words;
- reliable.
Here are possible translations words, but English language contextual, in the sense that a word may have meanings that are not in the dictionary. But that's a different story.
As we see, most of definitions “sew” the word into objective reality in the same way as the vocabulary of professional photographers. It’s all the more interesting to find out about Russian realities.
Meaning
In classic explanatory dictionaries this word, of course, cannot be detected, but how can this stop ardent researchers? Never! Let's give modern meaning words "positive" and "negative".
Positivity is what causes positive emotions, requires positive assessment and/or approval. Yes, an important detail: for now the word is considered slang.
For example, this video with kittens is very positive.
Thus, it is not difficult to establish, This is what causes negative emotions or they are on their own. Example: there is only one negative in the news.
I would like to develop this idea of confrontation between optimism and pessimism, which are now dressed up in new clothes of positive and negative thinking, but we are forced to make a stop at the “Words-Analogues” station, so as not to be distracted by anything.
Synonyms
What is positive is probably already clear? It is also clear that in the Russian language it is quite difficult to find semantic analogues, because the definition covers a variety of phenomena and events with a “plus” sign. In Russian, the object of study is extremely vague when it comes to its meaning, but we will nevertheless try to give the reader some replacements. So:
- marvelous;
- kindness;
- location;
- positive assessment;
- good;
- life-affirming;
- benevolence;
- goodwill.
It is clear that the reader is interested in synonyms for “positive,” but the meaning of this word depends greatly on the context, so replacing it is an attempt to catch a certain mood. Let's hope we succeeded.
New stimulant - “Positive”
Now it is fashionable to develop, lead healthy image life, see everything bright sides. Previously it was called “optimism”, but now it is called “positive thinking”. For example, a person’s car was stolen, and he thinks: “That’s good, I’ll finally buy a bike and keep it.” environment from exhaust emissions."
The main postulate of this kind of people is to look for something positive in everything. Failures should not depress a person, because all this is just a lesson, and total and inevitable victory is visible somewhere out there, on the horizon, like communism in its time.
A strange expression “to be positive” has appeared in the language; the meaning of the word in this construction is not difficult to unravel: to see the bright side in everything. Moreover, supporters of the new doctrine are very aggressive. If a person is gloomy, gloomy and overly critical of reality, then he is offered to take courses where he will be taught the art of positive thinking. And he will change completely: he will also enjoy the sun, read mantras about how to live well in the world.
And here’s a strange thing: why, if all these aspirations are so good in themselves, does it become very scary to live in such a society?
One thing is for sure: when a person is “positive,” the criticality of his thinking decreases and then disappears completely, as if it never existed. Moreover, this is not our conclusion; the analysis of dystopias pushes us to this conclusion. As concrete example you can take the work “O wondrous new world» Aldous Huxley.
A society that has conquered negativity
If the reader knows the content of the novel, then he will understand what it is about, and if not, then it is worth familiarizing himself with such an epochal creation. Our first synonym for “positive” as a concept is the word “wonderful.” Of course, this is both a tribute to both the Russian and English languages.
But what happened in a society in which need, both psychological and physical, was defeated? It became perfect, and people stopped:
- think;
- be in love;
- empathize;
- grieve;
- suffer;
- grow old
The list doesn’t seem to look so bad, only the top three positions are of concern. Utopian society Huxley destroyed family ties: “mother” and “father” are almost obscene words in that society, very indecent, sexual freedom and entertainment have won. Dating someone for more than a month is... highest degree immoral! Children are raised in an incubator, and in such a way that they are already prepared in advance for specific activity in life. Work has remained only as a way to occupy people who do not know how else to spend their time.
Only the stranger or the savage, as he is called in the novel, saw nothing beautiful in such a life. The hero was raised in the traditional way, although not in the most better conditions. He saw the full horror of a society in which “the human, all too human” has died, and even death is no longer such a tragedy. People leave painlessly and easily, without lamentations and tears.
Is it clear now what positivity is and how terrible it is if the attitudes of a certain way of thinking are taken to their logical conclusion?
Optimism and pessimism
If the reader thinks that the opposition between positive and negative thinking is something new, then he is mistaken. It’s just that earlier the opponents were known under other names, which we included in the title. It is difficult to say exactly when the crossing of worldview swords began. Probably, if you go deeper, you can Ancient Greece someone to discover, but the history of philosophy remembers the absentee antagonism of two Germans: G. W. Leibniz and A. Schopenhauer. The first one said that our world is the best of all possible worlds, and the other one said that, on the contrary, it is the worst. By the way, if the reader thinks that the pessimist in this couple suffered all his life and suffered, because he hated “pink” optimism (or “positive”, the meaning of the word today) with all his soul, then he is mistaken. Schopenhauer had an excellent appetite and with a smile on his lips he passed away into another world. True, the philosopher did not live long by modern standards, only 72 years, but he was not unhappy, and this is the main thing.
The same can be said about the American classic who admitted in one of his books: “I can tell you what has kept us [people of the same generation as the writer] on our toes all these years: hatred.” And the author of “Slaughterhouse No. 5” lived 84 years.
This means that pessimism has no effect on life expectancy. In general, the quality and quantity of years lived is too much complex quantity so that it depends on only one parameter, even one as important as thinking.
We hope the reader understands what “positive” means. Finally, let's say: people must be able to balance between extremes and be realistic, that is, keep two opposite points perspective on the problem, see the pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages.
Why is the section called POSITIVE, but not OPTIMISM- everything is very simple. Positivity is a more common concept these days, so when choosing the name of the section, I was guided by the fact that it is necessary to take into account what is on everyone’s lips. Therefore, in the future, when defining some things, we will use these two concepts, because positivity and optimism are to some extent equivalent.
What is positivity?
A little about the complexities of the theory. WITH scientific point point of view, the term positive is interpreted in the following way: POSITIVE translated from Latin (positivus - positive) - an analogue of a photograph in which the proportions of light tones in different places the same as the object from which the picture was taken, and reverse topics, which are located in the negative. In the positive, the black areas of the object from which the picture was taken turn out to be black, and the light areas – light. In order to get a positive, you need to copy the negative onto another light-sensitive surface.
From here the conclusion naturally suggests itself that POSITIVE- something that corresponds to reality, as they say in NLP"correct map of the world" Each person is unique, there are no two people with identical maps of the world, and it is formed by passing through specific channels of information, they can be designated by the capacious word filters. The subconscious passes information through these filters, the consciousness receives only a small part real picture peace. As a result, there is a huge difference between what is going on in our heads and what is happening in the WORLD.
These filters are formed from our very birth, each of us lives in his own own world and creates his own unique card world, your world. Each of us, from birth, under the influence of parents, educators, teachers, the environment in which he lives, models his reality, his subconscious program. As a result, he forms his own model of the world, corresponding to the subconscious programs that were imposed on him since childhood.
There are no bad or good models. The whole point is how effective and efficient the model is. Our model of the world helps us use the achievements that civilization has accumulated over its entire existence, but it also creates some limitations and strengthens our belief that our model, far from perfect, is Reality.
How are these programs created, what is their purpose?
When we are born, we already have one of the elements of the program in our subconscious - neurophysiological filter – five sensory channels (taste, smell, touch, hearing, vision) through which we perceive Reality.
The next element of the program is social– is determined by the time and place of birth. What year was it? baby is born, whether times were difficult then, in which family was rich or poor.
Neurophysiological and social programs– innate karma or fateful components of the subconscious.
The last element is individual– formed in the process of personality development, acquired karma.
Parents, educators, teachers constantly give the child a description of the surrounding reality. This is prerequisite communication between a child and adults. Whether the child wants it or not, he unconsciously appropriates for himself the model of the world that is presented to him. Then for the rest of his life he leads a continuous internal dialogue, supporting the model of the world imputed to it. Subconscious dialogue (internal) normal person V normal conditions does not stop for a second, this dialogue is a reflection of what a person deals with in everyday life.
From childhood we are taught to perceive the model of the world as reality.
The subconscious program carries out for a person certain functions, the main of which is the creation and maintenance of a world map. The main purpose of the program is to ensure that the world map corresponds to Reality - this is the most important condition for the prosperous existence of a person. It is not for nothing that in the East one of the main conditions for enlightenment is the maximum correspondence of the world map to Reality itself, or as they say, “A person will become enlightened when the external is equal to the internal, and the internal to the external.” Those. subliminal programs will correspond to Reality, observing the laws of the Universe, and this is practically the same as if the boundaries between the subconscious and Reality become insignificant and a person perceives Reality as it is.
Here is the main idea for self-development positive qualities, using techniques to bring the world map into line with Reality, is provided unique opportunity to get rid of many negative experiences and developing a positive worldview.
And what follows from this? – Outlining accessible language, we can say that under the influence of all these factors, a system is laid in your subconscious false values, everyone available methods Your individuality is erased, and everyday life a person is surrounded by a mass of far-fetched conventions.
Ultimately, the life of many people is a kind of game, far from Reality; our brain, as it were, is programmed to suit someone’s interests. Do not agree? How do you like this program? “The interests of society are higher than the interests of an individual; to achieve success you need to work hard and hard, wealth and money are evil, and a rich person is an immoral person.” Have you read it? This is an excursion into the times of developed socialism, this is our history.
In the same way they deprive us of individuality different rules behavior, etiquette, life value systems.
A person who professes these principles is always predictable, easy to manage, and once you rise above routine and dullness, resounding success awaits you. Bright to that An example would be: famous personalities, like: Leonardo Da Vinci, Salvador Dali, Henry Ford, Pushkin, Vysotsky, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and many others.
On this path, for the sake of objectivity, it should be said that you need to follow certain principles and rules, which V. Zeland clearly and convincingly sets out in his books.
And if you learn to use the powerful energy of love, then your possibilities become truly limitless. Klaus J. Joel, like no one better, writes about limitless possibilities Love in your books.
– After 40 years, most people are already preparing to fight inevitable diseases, because... the “youth of old age” begins. And this is also a program that, you can rest assured, will be fulfilled in strict accordance with your thoughts - it is already a scientifically proven fact. However, M. Norbekov, using his methods, the basis of which is positive thinking, literally works miracles of healing. For example, in one session children are cured of diabetes. What is this session about? Girl swimming in the pool infinite number repeated once: “I am sugar, I am sugar.” When asked why she was doing this, the girl replied: “Sugar dissolves in water!” An adult has this effect without special training unlikely. Why? Adults, as a rule, are already exposed to many programs and their imagination works within the framework of these programs. Ask a question to an adult and a child: “What is a tomato?” You will hear: “The tomato belongs to the nightshade family, etc.” – it’s clear whose answer this is. The child will delightfully describe its delicious taste, color and smell.
Leads to increased health, success, well-being and is a powerful factor not only for the prevention, but also for the treatment of various diseases.
There are four main components of positive thinking:
1.)
, is today the most effective tool for positive thinking in the form of voluntary suggestion using visual images. The effectiveness of this technique is due to the fact that we receive 90% of information through vision.
2.) , - persuasive statements, repeating which we consolidate the image we need in the subconscious, contributing to improvement mental state in general, we accelerate the arrival of positive changes in our lives.
Our brain calculates and analyzes 24 hours a day; everything is strictly regulated and planned. Clear tables have been compiled - what is big and what is small, where is white and where is black, what hurts and what is healthy, etc. He defends his installations, plans, tables with manic persistence. But there is a way to force him to accept a point of view, version, statement, etc. that is favorable to you.
For example, you have vision problems. You only need to repeat the affirmation about restoration, gaining good vision. On the 41st day, our mind, without any resistance or debate, adopts a new doctrine. Yes, for some reason, it takes exactly 40 days. This is how we can impose our will on our subconscious, sort of changing attitudes. Details about affirmations, positive attitudes read in the books of M. Norbekov.
3.) Positive perception(thinking). Thinking, description of events in in a positive way, the ability to look positively at the world in all its manifestations.
4.) Positive attitude, faith (self-tuning) that everything will work out, that everything will be fine!
POSITIVE THINKING is, of course, good, but to achieve the goal you need to produce necessary actions, i.e., you make a decision, do the work and get good or bad impressions (results), an understanding is born that you are going in the right direction or an understanding that you made a mistake somewhere and need to reconsider all your efforts. The only way! NEVER EXPECT RESULTS IN IDNESS – ACT, listening to where your soul lies, listening to your intuition.
But don’t think that you can just sit still, visualizing villas, yachts with expensive cars in the expectation that they will soon come into your life. To achieve what you want, the goals you have set for yourself, you must act according to the planned schedule, which you must also draw up to achieve what you want to achieve.
I’ll share with you... tsssss! THERE IS ONE SECRET, without which all methods POSITIVE THINKING(visualization, affirmations, positive attitudes, etc.) are, to put it mildly, ineffective. There is another one most important factor, why you can’t get what you want, although you put a lot of effort into it.
To get what you want, you must cleanse yourself of old programs within yourself. Until you do this, despite all your positive mood, it will be difficult for you to get what you really want, and most likely, you will only get what you want unconsciously. At the level of consciousness, you are trying to achieve what you want, but in fact, at the subconscious level, you want something completely different, something that contradicts what was planned and is absolutely opposite to the intended goal at the conscious level. This is called a "program conflict", You will want one thing, and subconscious programs will lead you in a completely different direction, well, or slightly different from what you intended, it all depends on how slagged your subconscious is.
This is why it is necessary to cleanse yourself of negative memories, emotions, so that your subconscious programs correspond as closely as possible to your desires and coincide with the goals set at a conscious level.
As you get rid of limiting internal installations, negative memory programs, your desires, goals on a conscious level, “begin to find mutual language“they come to an agreement with your subconscious attitudes.” Thanks to this much more likely that you get what you want. Even now you get exactly what you deserve, you attract all the events in your life, but unconsciously. It's all about your hidden mental attitudes, for receive it as soon as possible desired, you need to change them.
We are all a collection of our own memory programs, which means that we bear the burden of our past. If we think carefully, we will discover that when we experience stress or fear, the cause of these experiences is actually a memory program. Getting rid of these programs is the most effective way achieve 6fast results by getting rid of these programs, we make room for POSITIVE.
The possibilities of positive thinking are enormous; it brings us closer to success, eliminates complexes and disbelief in own strength, generates pleasant sensations and constructive images, works miracles of healing. In addition, all people on a subconscious level feel your psycho-emotional state By being in a good mood, you improve your relationships with your surroundings. The benefits of positive thinking can be listed for a very long time, but let's stop here and leave some things for later.
I wrote that it is necessary to weave as much positive and good things into life as possible. And it is the desire to give the reader something positive that is the main goal of the site. Now it’s worth dwelling in more detail on the very essence of positivity in essence and finding out what it is. First of all, it’s worth defining what positive is.
Three months ago I conducted a search experiment positive news which was described in the article. Then I took as a basis the five most popular news resources on the Runet and realized that positive or good news consists of, in best case scenario 10% of all information feeds. Most often, such sections are hidden in the titles: “From Life”, “Lifestyle”, “Miscellaneous”, “ Good news" etc. With the help of of this resource I will help look for the positive in the news and “give it free” to my readers.
I would like to finish with clever words:) We all consist of our own memory programs that weigh on us from the past. And the reason for most of what presses on us in reality is often just memory programs. And it is precisely changing your thinking in a positive direction that will allow you to begin to generate faith in your own strengths and give a person constructive images and pleasant feelings. And to rephrase famous phrase"IN healthy spirit, healthy body“, then we can say that without a normal positive worldview, a person will never have a good physical body.