{"id":14997,"date":"2019-07-31T14:21:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T14:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/31\/how-beeja-meditation-can-liberate-you-from-toxic-positivity\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T10:54:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T10:54:18","slug":"how-beeja-meditation-can-liberate-you-from-toxic-positivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/how-beeja-meditation-can-liberate-you-from-toxic-positivity\/","title":{"rendered":"How Beeja Meditation can Liberate you from Toxic Positivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14997\" class=\"elementor elementor-14997\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25991466 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25991466\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41037ba3\" data-id=\"41037ba3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259e46ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"259e46ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Positivity is what we\u2019re all aiming for, isn\u2019t it? Everyone strives to be decked out in the stylish Mackintosh of a mindset that protects you when you get caught in the emotional equivalent of rain \u2013 and drenched by the splash of a passing car \u2013 always to emerge smiling, albeit three shades damper and a whole lot less dapper than you were before. If you\u2019re <em>doing life correctly<\/em>, you may be telling yourself, then your inner reserves of positivity should, by rights, be such an indomitable force that they carry you through the big stuff as well as the small. Divorce? <em>\u201cKeep smiling!\u201d <\/em>Job loss? \u201c<em>Everything happens for a reason!\u201d<\/em> Low self esteem, anxiety, depression? <em>\u201cCan\u2019t help you there, sweetheart, this shared headspace is \u2018positive vibes only\u2019!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>If something about this onslaught of injunctions to \u201clook on the bright side\u201d feels a little bit off to you, you are not alone. Something is indeed rotten in the mindstate of on-trend default delightedness. The reality is that not all positivity is positive: there is such a thing as positivity-gone-bad, or as US psychologist Dr. Whitney Hawkins Goodman terms it, \u201ctoxic positivity.\u201d Toxic positivity is the willful ignoring and invalidating negative emotions, in the hope that, by denying them a platform, they \u2013 and the problems they pertain to \u2013 will vanish.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac22dd4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ac22dd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/find-a-course\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-discourse\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find an upcoming course<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf18a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf18a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mantra-based meditation can help you develop the wherewithal to recognise toxic positivity in yourself and others, and give you the tools to tackle it head on. With a clearer head, you can learn to lean into the negative emotions that it tries to mask, rather than fearing them. On our <a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/\\&quot;\">courses and classes<\/a> in London, you will also discern the tools to expand the compassion that you direct towards yourself and others. This can protect against the initial development of negative feelings, and is also instrumental to learning to deconstruct them when they do arise.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>What makes \u2018toxic positivity\u2019 so toxic?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ready availability of items billed as opportunities to make ourselves happy has given rise to the pervasive idea that we can, on some level, \u201cchoose happiness,\u201d by the paths we take and the purchases we make. This messaging is so powerful that, if you are already diligently submerged in products billed as the ultimate innovations in \u201cself-care,\u201d and you still feel unhappy, you are highly likely to blame yourself, and to be reluctant to admit it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Phrases like \u201cstop being so negative!\u201d, \u201cjust be happy!\u201d and, worst of all, \u201cgood vibes only!\u201d may appear to be helpfully banishing the blues, but in fact they all too often have the opposite effect. Whether we find ourselves applying toxic positivity to our own thoughts or dismissing those of others, its root cause is the same. Schooled to believe that negativity, no matter what it stems from, is somehow shameful, we are keen \u2013 both outwardly and inwardly \u2013 to curate the impression that we approach life with a smile every minute of the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This impossible task inevitably involves lying to ourselves and others, as we strive to shut down any feelings that would add shadows to our perma-smiling persona, becoming an exhausted participant in a perpetual game of emotional whack-a-mole. Dealing with emotions in this way is problematic because, when less-than-sunny feelings are invalidated \u2013 rather than acknowledged and given the space to unfold \u2013 they brew within us. Toxic positivity can become a many-headed monster in terms of its effects on the psyche. Refusing to let it rain once in a while is a surefire route to harbouring an emotional thunderstorm that \u2013 no matter how firmly you hang on to your party hat \u2013 will manifest somehow later on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the meantime, the tension between our inner emotions, and the emotions we wish we were feeling and are attempting to project, creates a powerful internal conflict. This often goes hand in hand with \u201ccoping strategies\u201d that take us even further away from an honest engagement with how we truly feel \u2013 for instance, staying at the pub when every \u201ccheers!\u201d feels more hollow than the last, until the bell tolls for final orders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Diffuse your internal conflict<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The more frenziedly you tell yourself that you\u2019ve \u201cnever been happier\u201d and \u201ceverything is wonderful,\u201d the more keenly the negativity bottled up inside you will search for an escape route. At the heart of this dynamic lies a determination to self-edit, pushing particular thoughts and feelings away. This tactic is based on the hope that this will result in their eventual, if not immediate, disappearance. Unfortunately, it amounts to displacing, rather than processing, the difficult emotions, which can result in the development or worsening of <a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/why-meditate\/mind\/anxiety\/\\&quot;\">anxiety<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mantra-based meditation is a powerful antidote to internal conflict<\/strong>, in part because it makes you less prone to \u201cblack and white thinking.\u201d Each feeling or thought that comes to you is then less likely to be instantaneously categorised as \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad,\u201d which means you are more likely to let it develop in full and give it due consideration, rather than pushing it away. The more open you are to feeling your feelings, the better you will become at working with them rather than against them, meaning that the potential for toxicity to accrue diminishes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Rediscover authenticity\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When you\u2019re trying not to seem \u2013 let alone <em>be<\/em> \u2013 too negative, you\u2019re operating from a place of inauthenticity on a deep level.\u00a0 This can add yet another unwelcome nuance to the inner conflict that toxic positivity causes, as you inwardly critique everything that comes out of your mouth, doing your best to ensure that a slip of the tongue doesn\u2019t accidentally connote the negative mindset that you certainly aren\u2019t experiencing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mantra meditation can give you a space in which to feel \u2013 and tame \u2013 your feelings, breaking this cycle. <\/strong>When you\u2019re freed from censorship of your inner state, you will also become liberated from the task of policing your verbal output. Without simultaneously feeling an additional sense of shame about your negative emotions when they crop up, your <a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/why-meditate\/lifestyle\/low-self-esteem\/\\&quot;\">low self-esteem<\/a> will improve and you will become comfortable vocalising your woes or worries, rather than caught up in a soul-destroying struggle to mask them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One result of verbalising your true thoughts to yourself and others is that you can begin a practical approach to any problems you may be experiencing. Acknowledging a problem is a necessary prelude to solving it. If \u201ctoxic positivity\u201d was an Instagram filter, it would be a blurry, rose-tinted one that renders reality unrecognisable. Mantra-meditation can give you the clarity to notice the presence of this filter and switch it off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Repair your relationships with others\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Relating to others in a healthy way requires a general attitude of acceptance. One of the most insidious aspects of toxic positivity is that it can seep into the psyche of a collective. Without anyone directly verbalising it, a smiles-all-round stance can develop. Everyone tacitly understands that this must be upheld at all costs, no matter how painful the internal perambulations are for each individual keeping the Good Ship Positivity afloat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mantra-based meditation is often a life-long journey, rather than a rapid route to <a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/why-meditate\/spiritual-growth\/inner-peace\/\\&quot;\">inner peace<\/a>. Even on an early stage of this process, however, you will find that your ability to engage fully with your own emotional landscape increases. This will leave you better able to navigate shared headspaces and group mindsets in a way which brings real positivity to the situation, rather than perpetuating a toxic positivity culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Crucially, your capacity for empathy will develop with meditation.<\/strong> The celebrated researcher of shame, vulnerability and empathy Dr. Bren\u00e9 Brown <a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw\\&quot;\">describes<\/a> how empathy lends us increased flexibility in terms of putting ourselves in others\u2019 shoes, validating one another\u2019s emotions in a way which facilitates real connection. \u201cEmpathy is a choice, and it\u2019s a vulnerable one,\u201d explains Brown. Unless we make that choice to empathise \u2013 which involves acknowledging negative emotions in others and finding a point of reference within ourselves \u2013 it is all too easy to slip into the stock phrases of toxic positivity like <em>\u201ccheer up!\u201d <\/em>or <em>\u201cyou\u2019ll get over it!\u201d<\/em> which minimise suffering and alienate, rather than comfort.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Expand your capacity for self-compassion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We are part of a culture which is obsessed with unlocking the secrets of happiness. This can leave you feeling like you\u2019re doing something wrong if your day-to-day routine isn\u2019t transporting you to Ibiza-style levels of euphoria. Toxic positivity sits directly at odds with our increased cultural recognition of the importance of looking after our mental health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Although <a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/why-meditate\/mind\/depression\/\\&quot;\">depression<\/a>, for example, is surprisingly common \u2013 with more than 300 million people affected worldwide according to the World Health Organization \u2013 many people feel uncomfortable talking about their mental health, let alone accessing initiatives to help improve it. <strong>A culture of toxic positivity directly contributes to mental health conditions functioning as invisible wounds.<\/strong> Unaddressed, they benefit from no healing agents and consequently fester, causing increasingly deep-rooted problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your mantra will function as the password to a widened horizon, where you can contextualise your thoughts and feelings within the expansive and undulating cosmos that makes up your psyche as a whole. Whether you feel blue on the odd occasion or more regularly, regular meditation practice will deepen your understanding of the mechanics of your mind. This is a vital first step to processing your thoughts rather than plastering over them, opening up a window of opportunity to treat yourself with the compassion you deserve.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>If you would like to find out more about how Beeja meditation could help you access your most authentic self, you can visit us in London, or <\/em><a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/courses\/beginners\/\\&quot;\"><em>book a course<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\\\"align\\\":\\\"right\\\",\\\"fontSize\\\":\\\"small\\\"} -->\n<p class=\"\\&quot;has-small-font-size\\&quot;\" style=\"0text-align: right\\&quot;;\">Words: Rosalind Stone<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d41580\" data-id=\"5d41580\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-831fff0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"831fff0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c37e9e3\" data-id=\"c37e9e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc66e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0dc66e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-723\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo.png 474w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f11c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7f11c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Benefits of Beeja Meditation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f15798 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"1f15798\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Reduce stress and anxiety<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Greater clarity and calm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Increase focus<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Enhance relationships<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Sleep better<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Feel energised<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f423f07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f423f07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-901\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positivity is what we\u2019re all aiming for, isn\u2019t it? 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