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Negative emotions are completely unnecessary and unnatural to us. They serve no useful
purpose, only destructive ones. They are the major cause for men and women to fail to grow
and evolve. The good news is that you do not have to tolerate them at all, if you consciously
choose to get rid of them.

Until he started to investigate this subject, the lecturer had always assumed that negative
emotions were normal responses. Partly from parental conditioning he supposed, He thought
that they were a part of human nature, to be accepted as inevitable, after all mom and dad
had said it was natural, and moms and dads are always right aren’t they?

Consider this. Have you ever seen a negative baby? Every negative emotion that we acquire as
adults, we had to learn, starting in childhood, through a process of conditioning, programming,
imitation, practice, repetition and reinforce-ment. Since negative emotions are learned, like
most things, they can be unlearned, and you can wipe them out of your life like a mud stain
from a clean floor.

Don’t worry if you have suffered with negative emotions for a long time. Suspend your disbelief
and resistance to the idea that they can be eliminated, they can. Whatever you choose to
believe, with feeling, becomes your reality. If you continue to believe that negative emotions
are helpful to you, then they will remain a damaging part of your life. However, you will know in
your heart that the negative emotions you have experienced serve no useful purpose.
Accepting this is the first step to getting rid of them.

How to eliminate negative emotions

Remember the perception cycle. Your conscious mind can only hold one thought at a time,
positive or negative, and you can deliberately choose that thought. You can replace a
negative, destructive thought with a positive, constructive one, and in doing so, push the
negative thought out of your mind.

Whenever you feel a negative emotion appearing, you can immediately cancel the thought
that is causing the negative emo-tion by saying, very firmly, "I am responsible for what I think,
You are not welcome. I am replacing you with (more positive thought)”

This is the most powerful of all strategies for mental control. These words put you back in control
of your emotions. The words "I am responsible!" switch your mind immediately from negative to
positive. They make you feel calm and relaxed, and let you to see the situation with greater
clarity.

Your willingness to accept responsibility, and the elimination of negative emotions will determine
your future happiness and peace of mind.

Pause for a moment and think back over your entire life, past and present. Reflect on the
influential events, selections and people exercise you completed in the session entitled “How
did I get here?” Scrutinise each memory or situation where you were the decision maker, that
makes you feel negative in any way. Then neutralise any negativity associated with it by simply
saying, "I am responsible," over and over. Bear with this.

Whatever your difficulty or problem, you played a part. In most instances, you were free to
choose, and you are still free. You probably knew at the time that you should not be doing it,
choosing it, or permitting it, but you went ahead anyway. So accept that you are absolutely,
completely, 100 percent responsible for your situation, for the consequences of your decisions.