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Though all negative experiences are limited in time, they have the troublesome tendency to lay the ground for new unpleasant events of the same type
When something obstructive manifests in our life, we often react with irritation and other intense emotions. Yet these very emotions only renew our attachment to this same theme, which again programs similar events for our future.
To break this chain of endlessly repetitive experiences we first need to become aware that this particular mechanism exists in the first place.
How to Get Rid of Recurring Problematic Experiences Negative experiences inform us that a certain theme of life is not completed yet, - similarly as pain points out which part of our body needs attention. Since unresolved themes doggedly recur until we neutralize them, there's no point in trying to ignore their presence.
Each negative event directs our focus towards one particular theme of life. More often than not the accompanying emotions seem so embarrassing and uncomfortable that we'd love to ignore them.
Yet these very feelings show us precisely what theme we need to neutralize.
Only when we identify the very theme that interferes with our life can we home in and dissolve the exact emotions that attach us to the event - and thus prevent their future occurrence. We e.g. need to become aware that it's our readiness to get irritated that interferes with our joy of life, not the long