Author Alan Cohen calls the mind "the slayer of the real" and Indian philosopher Krishnamurti expresses a similar belief. The meaning they attribute to it is that, when we are having an experience (from drinking coffee to admiring a sunset), we miss the true essence of the moment because our mind engages in "thinking", i.e. starts to judge the taste of the coffee (too hot, cold, bitter, sweet etc..) or to make comparisons (with a sunset we saw in Hawaii or in Greece etc.). Positive Thinking does not attempt to destroy reality, on the contrary. It shows you that what you believe to be the negative side of reality can be seen from a different viewpoint and thus accepted with a lighter heart.
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