Is Happiness a Choice?

[Infinite Unity]

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From my perspective, the level of happiness you feel is a result of what you place your awareness, which is your spiritual power, upon.  There are thoughts consonant with unity, and there are thoughts that are not consonant with unity.  Every thought resonates with your spiritual complex in a certain way, and those thoughts that don't will always register a feeling of disharmony, or negativity, with you.  

This is why thoughts of judgment about others never feel good, because the spirit inside of you never sees any being in a negative light, so thoughts of judgment about others are one of the most common causes of unhappiness.

Thoughts also have momentum, and in that sense, the amount of choice one has about their level of happiness is variable.  While it is never too late to start turning your thoughts around toward unity, a train going 100 mph in one direction does not instantly change direction.  It has to slow down, and then begin motion in the other direction.

Releasing thought, as in meditation, is another way to slow down the momentum.  Once momentum comes to a rest, you vibration will naturally begin to rise to the positive.

Whats the difference between judgement and discernment?  The one thing that bothers me about being positive and thinking positively is how it often results in suppression of unwanted thoughts.  I am trying to find a balance between the two I guess.  I'm wondering which thoughts are worth examining and which are worth discarding entirely.
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In my own opinion, and I have repressed my own thoughts in a similar way, you shouldn't be repressing these thoughts. Nor acting on them in instances that action is an possible outcome. Even if it is a judgement about an other self, I don't think you should repressed it. But bring it into awareness fully, examine what you feel these ways. How many times have you judged someone, for from your view point or similar, that you did or seemed a certain way to someone else? There are many possibilities beyond logicality at work. Many people do silly it seemingly dumb things, due to the consideration or trying to meet what they think other people expect, ironically.

So when judging an other, instead if repressing, examine why you feel this way, and why do you truly feel this way? All distortions begin with in, even if the source seems to be external. To see these distortions in this form, takes it to be present within your own significator. See the distortions is not truly from the core of your being, but assume more program/programmable form with in the significator.