Facing your anger as a spiritual practice

[Geoff-Allen]

Greetings fellow Earthlings!

I hope you are enjoying your time on the forum today.

Here is an article that was timely for me on a personal level.

I don't often get angry but when I do it is a doooozy!

Anyway, having calmed down considerably I found this article -

One big misconception on the spiritual path is that you should always feel "positive" emotions--love, joy, peace, generosity, etc. It's an incredibly juvenile view, which creates a dark shadow side filled with emotions such as fear, shame, sadness, jealousy, greed, and of course, anger. It's completely unrealistic because we are all of our emotions. Cutting ourselves off from an emotion is like cutting off a limb. It's absolutely crazy, and it perpetuates the inner division and duality that perpetuates pain. So, I'm writing today to talk about anger and how to be with it in your spiritual practice

Facing Your Anger as a Spiritual Practice

All the best!

 

[Nakosis]

Greetings fellow Earthlings!

I hope you are enjoying your time on the forum today.

Here is an article that was timely for me on a personal level.

I don't often get angry but when I do it is a doooozy!

Anyway, having calmed down considerably I found this article -

One big misconception on the spiritual path is that you should always feel "positive" emotions--love, joy, peace, generosity, etc. It's an incredibly juvenile view, which creates a dark shadow side filled with emotions such as fear, shame, sadness, jealousy, greed, and of course, anger. It's completely unrealistic because we are all of our emotions. Cutting ourselves off from an emotion is like cutting off a limb. It's absolutely crazy, and it perpetuates the inner division and duality that perpetuates pain. So, I'm writing today to talk about anger and how to be with it in your spiritual practice

Facing Your Anger as a Spiritual Practice

All the best!

I do like this idea of when you are angry at someone else, follow the trail of your emotions back to yourself. Realize that you are the source of your anger, not this other person you've decided to attribute your anger to.

 

[Kenny]

Greetings fellow Earthlings!

I hope you are enjoying your time on the forum today.

Here is an article that was timely for me on a personal level.

I don't often get angry but when I do it is a doooozy!

Anyway, having calmed down considerably I found this article -

One big misconception on the spiritual path is that you should always feel "positive" emotions--love, joy, peace, generosity, etc. It's an incredibly juvenile view, which creates a dark shadow side filled with emotions such as fear, shame, sadness, jealousy, greed, and of course, anger. It's completely unrealistic because we are all of our emotions. Cutting ourselves off from an emotion is like cutting off a limb. It's absolutely crazy, and it perpetuates the inner division and duality that perpetuates pain. So, I'm writing today to talk about anger and how to be with it in your spiritual practice

Facing Your Anger as a Spiritual Practice

All the best!

Very good source.

I like one quote of "Be angry but don't sin" from another source.