There is no need to try and think positive. Only negative thinking has to be dropped. The same musical instrument can be used to create music and noise. Music gives pleasure. Noise gives pain.
Both take effort. It cannot be sustained for a long time.
The only thing that is effortless is the silence underneath them. When the instrument is not being played, when it is at complete rest, in it’s natural state, that is silence.
Your mind is the instrument. You either use it positively to create music or use it negatively to create noise. Both are temporary. You keep oscillating between the two constantly. But when you are doing neither, that is meditation. That is silence.
You don’t create silence. Music and noise is man made. Only silence is divine.
Just take a look at toddlers. They are in bliss. So happy. So joyous. Completely one with their own being. Enjoying the silence. They haven’t learnt how to create music or noise. They are free from all activity of the mind. As they grow up, the society contaminates them. They are