The deeper one goes into the soul, the more these negative tendencies open up in the surface nature. Everyone has to pass through it with faith endurance and an increase of aspiration. One has to keep offering the negative things as they arise until one day the main battle is over and one is inwardly free. The sign is a constant inner peace and joy. There are other signs too but this is the base.
Stay as busy as you can and do a lot of physical workout. Read, work, exercise, meditate leaving little time and place for these negative things to arise.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
