A simple yet very powerful way to beat your negative emotions.
Copyright 2005 Emmanuel Segui
Negative emotions, like insecurity, fear, despair,
discouragement, frustration, anger, deception can pollute your
life. Throughout the day, you experience all kinds of emotions,
some are positive and others are negative and painful.
Feeling positive emotions, like happiness or peace is a choice,
isn't it? Negative emotions are choices as well. Consciously or
unconsciously, you choose to generate a feeling.
When you feel negative about yourself or an outside event, you
can say to yourself: "I am in a bad mood" or a better way to say
it is: "I choose to be in a bad mood". This statement gives you
more freedom and responsibility, don't you think?
This freedom and responsibility can help you choose whether you
want to immediately change the kind of emotions you're
experiencing or not. It is your choice to totally master your
thoughts and eventually master your personal life.
Here are the following three steps to get rid of negative
emotions, simply but powerfully. With some practice, you can
apply it successfully in seconds. This technique is called the
cloud technique.
So the next time, you experience a negative emotion, apply these
three little steps:
1. The cloud symbol. First, make a representation of the
negative emotion as a cloud. Notice its shape, colour and how it
moves? The representation for example could be a big, black
cloud that moves around you.
2. Blow the cloud Step out of the cloud and leave it where you
were standing. Look at it, asking yourself the following
questions "Is this emotion useful for me right now?" or "Is this
emotion helping me as I communicate?" Now you're going to take a
deep breath and blow at the cloud which will dissolve before you
or float up into the blue sky and disappear. Notice how the
negative emotion goes away as well.
3. Feel great Finally, decide what you want to replace your
negative emotion. Choose a new positive emotion to try such as
love, kindness, peace, friendship, confidence, humour or
curiosity. Imagine another cloud or a door that will represent
your positive feeling. Then step into the cloud or the open door
and see how you feel. By then, you should be calm, at peace or
full of love. This is your choice.
This technique can be surprising at first, due to its
simplicity. When you are stuck in a negative mood, it may seem
like you have no choice. When you use this technique, you will
be more aware of your power to change your thoughts, emotions
and even your life. You will be more conscious of your inner
gift, which is your free agency or your freedom to choose.
Changing your emotions in a blink of an eye is possible. It is
also a choice you can make consciously. Don't let your emotions
control you. You can master your life by mastering what happens
inside of you. The more you apply this technique, you more you
will feel great and the more you will be success in your life.