The Right Not To Be Negative

Observe yourself from the standpoint of your negative states; be sincere and admit you are in a negative state; then say to yourself: "I have a right not to be negative." Here all your understanding of the Work will come to your aid and maybe the whole negative state will vanish in a moment.

This is a moment of Self-Remembering because in all Self-Remembering we put ourselves under the influences of the Work, which come from Higher Centers in which no negative states exist.

Maurice Nicoll, "Commentary on Negative Emotions” in Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky (Vol. 2, p. 652)