The Universe does not recognize negative and positive. It only recognizes energy. Energy in any form creates change in this Universe. All transformations on the path to Enlightenment make use of emotional energy. As long as there is Life Force, there will be energy moving through us to help us evolve and discover better ways to do things. Energy in any form leads us to our Enlightenment.
Our mind is a computer that creates priorities and makes plans to accomplish them. When our plans are challenged, our energy gets distorted by emotions. Our plans want to travel in a straight line, but our consciousness dwells in a forest of obstacles created by our past karma. We often forget that part of accomplishing our plan is overcoming the obstacles or karma that stand in our way. Emotions are powerful tools that give us more motivation to keep going and find the best path through the forest. There is no such thing as a straight line in Nature! Even a river bends and twists as it makes its way down the mountain to the ocean. Every river will eventually find its way to the ocean as long as it keeps going. The river has no mind to shout at it and tell it to stop! The river proceeds even when it is blocked by a huge rock. It simply goes around the rock and carves a new path to the ocean.
