A Call for Positive Energy

Since December 12th, when I first read about baby London Marie’s tragic and untimely death, I have been bombarded with negativity. Negative energy from the horrendous act itself is circling the planet. This negative energy is growing daily, fed on a steady diet of vituperative and vilifying sentiment. For my own personal health and sanity, I need this vicious cycle to stop. And I need you to help me stop it.

I believe in the law of attraction. From the first word I blogged, I refused to expend my energy castigating and condemning these children for their ghastly mistakes. I refused to denigrate, belittle or disparage them for being the fragile human beings that they are lest someone heap condemnation, criticism and disapproval upon me for my own errors in judgment.

As a practicing witch, I believe that “what you send out comes back to you; mind, body and spirit.” Wiccans believe similarly, but also in the rule of three: “What ye send out comes back to thee, three times three.” Non-pagans say, “What goes around, comes around.” The best selling book, “The Secret,” supports harboring anger and ire in your heart and mind will only manifest more anger, hurt and disharmony into your life.

By the simple act of blogging the London Marie posts, I invited a magnitude of vicious, scathing, hateful and hate-filled opinions and emotions into my life. This is a responsibility that I accept; the consequences of my decision to educate and inform the public about Shaken Baby Syndrome and the London Marie case have been painful and unhappy. Yet I will persist.

Let me tell you why.

It is in our nature to judge others. We judge people everyday: on their social acceptability, the clothes they wear, the way they speak, the cars they drive, the amount of money they make, the way they wear their hair, and whether or not they brush their teeth. We are a judgmental species. I cannot change that; not even about myself.What I can do is urge people to re-evaluate their snap judgments and knee-jerk reactions. It’s a skill I’ve developed and one you can develop, too. It’s even in your best interests to do so.

What I’m asking you to do is develop empathy. If you can develop the capacity to understand another person’s point of view, or identify with and understand someone else’s thoughts, feelings, state of mind, or motives, your ability to manifest anger, rage, fury, antagonism, hostility, animosity, hatred, enmity, and hostility will be greatly reduced (if not, in fact, eliminated). When these negative emotions and energies are lessened or removed, the mind, body and spirit are automatically more healthy. Then there is room for quiet calm, kindness, compassion, benevolence, caring, love, serenity and peace. Your mind, body and soul will reward you ten-fold for treating them so well.

I ask you, is this not what Jesus of Nazareth taught? That we should do unto others as we would have done unto us? I admire the teachings of Jesus rather a lot. I would rather “kill my enemies with kindness” or “turn the other cheek” than lift a hand against another person, as many of the comments I have received also attest. And yet…

How, if the death of baby London abhors you, can you then in the next breath demand her father’s death in graphic and gory detail? Such thoughts alone are enough to draw vast amounts of unwanted darkness into the very fabric of your life. Then this darkness gets dumped on my blog and I have to deal with it. It really got to me last night; I spent several hours crying my heart out. Partly for the cruelty of the tragedy itself, and partly for the cruelty of people lashing out.

Lest you be confused, I am not saying that I want you to show pity or sympathy for London Marie’s parents and the people who failed her. I am not saying they should be forgiven or not suffer any consequences for their actions. I am not saying that what they did was right, either morally, ethically or spiritually. I am not saying that you are not entitled to your feelings and your opinions.

What I am saying is that positive emotions and energy are better for your mind, your body and your soul. And by extension, your positive emotions and energy are better for the world and for me.

Namaste.