seems to bring guilt with it, along with a sense of hopelessness, a fear of the future, a desire to change the whole event, and anger. The whole negative energy field is unleashed in one giant emergency. The problem is really that of being disorganized by the massive unleashing of energies.

The mind tries to use reason to handle these energies. It tries to think its way out of the dilemma and looks for explanations and reasons. The mind cannot succeed in this because the energy-field overwhelm is so massive that the thoughts really become a reflection of the negativity of the field; therefore, the thoughts themselves become negative.

Another characteristic common to all these experiences is that they are all at the top of life-stress rating scales, which numericallythe handling of just the emotional energy itself. We do not really even have to handle the emotions, just the _energy_ of the emotions. "Yes," one says, "but what about the events out there? What am I going to do now with no money? What am I going to do with no husband?" and so on. Surprisingly, the events are very easy to handle. There is no acute catastrophe. The events themselves are really just handled in a mechanical way once the feelings are set aside.

There may be some reluctance, resentment, or regret, but these are minor things. The handling of the actual issues within the phenomenal world, within one's daily life, is, in contrast, much easier. They are not the real problems. The thought that they are