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EPISODE · Feb 6, 2020 · 8 MIN

Episode 42 "The Counter"

from "The Grateful Dread" (podcast) · host Andrew Young

On this episode I talk about countering someone's negative energy. For most of my life I've very much been a counter puncher when it comes to confrontation. I don't really seek negativity but when I'm confronted by it I tend to match the other person's energy and many times exceeding it but as I'm growing I'm realizing that does nothing to defuse the situation or improve my life nor the life of the person I'm in a confrontation with. The Dali lama said “One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.” and to me this is such a profound an true statement. When anger meets anger you just get a heightened sense of anger but when when anger meets compassion and love healing can begin. Today I challenge you to counter someones negative energy with kindness and compassion and see how it turns out. As always, appreciate the blessings!

On this episode I talk about countering someone's negative energy. For most of my life I've very much been a counter puncher when it comes to confrontation. I don't really seek negativity but when I'm confronted by it I tend to match the other person's energy and many times exceeding it but as I'm growing I'm realizing that does nothing to defuse the situation or improve my life nor the life of the person I'm in a confrontation with. The Dali lama said “One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.” and to me this is such a profound an true statement. When anger meets anger you just get a heightened sense of anger but when when anger meets compassion and love healing can begin. Today I challenge you to counter someones negative energy with kindness and compassion and see how it turns out. As always, appreciate the blessings!

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