The core of the book is a three-step technique for releasing negative emotions without endlessly analyzing them:

: Become aware of a feeling as it arises in the body.

: Stay with the feeling until its underlying energy runs its course and naturally dissipates. The Map of Consciousness

Hawkins introduces a , a logarithmic scale from 1 to 1,000 that calibrates different emotional states: Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender - Amazon.com