I’m kind of busy at the moment with exams.

The book I was reading goes on to explain about the process of letting go of negative emotions.

Essentially, the idea is to sit with the feeling, not pay attention to thoughts, focusing only on the feeling. Not trying to change the feeling and just accepting it, letting it be.

This is kind of difficult for me because I have always been attached to the idea of things changing. Overcoming. Even that has to be let go. I have felt like the only constant thing is change.

There was another suggestion in the book. It explains that there can be resistance to focusing on the positive spectrum of emotions. And it suggests working on this.

I feel like things that hold me back in this area are fear of rejection, pride, desire, apathy, lack of trust.

Instead of just saying how I truly feel. What I truly want and need. I let other people be my yard stick for how to proceed.

The book spoke about negative emotions being a result of the ego. And things like love and compassion being a result of the higher self.

I’m trying to work on saying how I feel.