The power of negative thinking

It is oftent hought that meditators do positive thinking.
This is not true.
The link meditation-positive thinking was made by the New Age movement, a movement that I stay well away from.
In Buddhist monasteries nuns and monks contemplate on the foulness of the body (and do not see the body as a temple), on all phases of being dead (the dead body) and more morose stuff. The result is refreshing: Buddhist nuns and monks are very realistic people.
I have already written about Oliver Burkman's book on negative thinking.
The Power of negative Thinking by Bob Knight is interesting too. Check it out.