Sentence:  The threat of <WSD>negative</WSD> feelings may seem very real, but they are nothing more than mirages... Allow the unwanted feelings to evaporate and dissolve as the mirages that they are. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  "Often preceded by" '''(emotion)''', '''(energy)''', '''(feeling)''', or '''(thought)''': to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.