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scious by filling one's mind with negative emotions.

THE SEVEN MAJOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
(To be avoided)

The emotion of FEAR

The emotion of JEALOUSY

The emotion of HATRED

The emotion of REVENGE

The emotion of GREED

The emotion of SUPERSTITION

The emotion of ANGER

Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. One or
the other must dominate. It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emo-
tions constitute the dominating influence of your mind. Here the law of HABIT
will come to your aid.

Form the habit of applying and using the positive emotions! Eventually, they will
dominate your mind so completely, that the negatives cannot enter it.

Only by following these instructions literally, and continuously, can you gain
control over your subconscious mind. The presence of a single negative in your
conscious mind is sufficient to destroy all chances of constructive aid from your
subconscious mind.

If you are an observing person, you must have noticed that most people resort
to prayer ONLY after everything else has FAILED! Or else they pray by a ritual
of meaningless words. And, because it is a fact that most people who pray, do so
ONLY AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE HAS FAILED, they go to prayer with their
minds filled with FEAR and DOUBT, which are the emotions the subconscious
mind acts upon, and passes on to Infinite Intelligence.

Likewise, that is the emotion which Infinite Intelligence receives, and ACTS
UPON.

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