Cau­tion! Neg­a­tive think­ing is dan­ger­ous to your health!

Mer­cury in Aries has been cre­at­ing a ver­i­ta­ble rush of men­tal activ­i­ty. But Sat­urn in Libra is throw­ing a shad­ow across your path right now. Whether you just got some bad news, or some­one in author­i­ty is chal­leng­ing your point of view, your real chal­lenge is to stay calm, cen­tered and alert.

If some­thing or some­one is chal­leng­ing your progress, it is not to make you stop; it is to make you stop and THINK. One of the most sub­lime gifts of your mind is its adapt­abil­i­ty, so use it. The mind is not a blunt instru­ment; your mind is a sub­tle vehi­cle that can lead you to a greater awareness.

You might believe that your only option is either dig in, push back and win OR give in, sur­ren­der and retreat. But you always have a “third way”. Remem­ber, it is not about win­ning or los­ing… the way of the spir­it is about understanding.

Use this chal­lenge to re-exam­ine your assump­tions as well as help one anoth­er to see your posi­tions more objec­tive­ly. By com­bin­ing, con­trast­ing and work­ing your thoughts togeth­er you move towards a greater under­stand­ing; by walk­ing the mid­dle path, you raise one anoth­er’s con­scious­ness, which is the actu­al goal!

Remem­ber, the word “con­scious­ness” means lit­er­al­ly “togeth­er know­ing”. You, on your own, can only under­stand so much. But when two or more work toward a com­mon under­stand­ing, when you tru­ly look with­in and lis­ten with­out, that is when “mind mag­ic” happens.