Perhaps surprisingly it’s not the same! It is not the same to be anti big-ag or anti-pesticides or pro-organic. It’s not the same to be anti-abortion or pro-life. Energetically being anti anything perpetuates that which we protest, since that is what we keep thinking about (the energy doesn’t get the “not” part). If you keep protesting against war, war is the energy that gets perpetuated, whereas if you lobby for peace, peace is the energy that is being strengthened. Being pro something turns our mind to that which we favor, that which we wish to manifest. That’s why it is so important to formulate what youdo want in life, not what youdon’t want, although defining first what youdon’t want helps you to define better what it is you actuallydo want.

So next time you are angry with something out there—perhaps the politicians, the terrible meat industry, your co-worker, your child for something s/he did—turn your thinking around and emphasize what you’d like to see instead: Votefor something, buy meat that has been raised the way you prefer, talk to your co-worker about the feelings her behavior elicits in you and what can be done about it, encourage and reward your child for the behavior you’d like to reinforce.