Quote:I've said this before, and it got hated on by some but I stand by it, as the proof is on the forum. The "useful negative" is needed for the growing process.
Cat Man I'm with you, I remember saying the same thing 6 months ago. Positive emotions tell you what to pull into your life, and negative emotions tell you what to push out of your life. Be normal and have both or be a meditating monk and have none, but you can't have one without the other. It's the yin/yang of life. They are 2 sides of the same coin. People should look up "hedonic adaptation"
Maybe there are things that are useful to clear like guilt/shame/fear as they usually only prevent you from changing. But clearing all negative emotions can't be productive, as you can use some bad emotions also as motivation (e.g. being angry about ppl not respecting you at all). I think there is a reason why Shannon didn't put all negative Emotions into OGSF and only chose those 3, but left anger out of it.
(05-07-2015, 02:49 PM)Shannon Wrote: But I can say that releasing the negatives will interfere with and disrupt those programs designed to use those negatives to motivate the changes being sought.
Exactly this