Day 51 - ending chronic Anger
Chronic Anger is a problem. It is infectious. You ever notice how anger is one of those things that spreads so easily? If someone in a room speaks in anger, it immediately, readily and easily passes itself along to everyone else? Its so infectious. Other kinds of emotions don't seem to work that way. Happiness? doesn't spread so easily. Sadness? doesn't spread so easily. Fear? I think fear actually spreads pretty easily. These are just my observations.
So there is something about Anger and Blame. It jacks up your heart, and hits you where it hurts. It gets you going. You act on it, you feed on it. You retaliate with it
So easy to do it.
Taking the high road. Being professional. Doing your job right. Requires not acting in anger.
Being open, intimate, vulnerable, goes in the opposite direction of anger. Whereas with anger you are throwing stones, being intimate, open and vulnerable, is to be bare naked almost inviting attacks on yourself, because you won't fight back. Being so intimate, vulnerable can shock people back to reality to see the violence they are inflicting. Its like punching a child in the face, some people can't do it. I would like to say that no one would do it, but the sad truth is that yes, there are people that punch children in the face, and they are so possessed and so trapped in their abuse. So this is not a magical solution. Being vulnerable and open won't magically change people. But it supports them in making the better choice. Because if you RETALIATE in ANGER, then you are simply inviting them to further into temptation.
Gandhi proposed No Violence. Not ever.
Its difficult to do. Though true lasting peace requires such actions. Sacrifice your beliefs and ideas of what is RIGHT. And then just do what is BEST for EVERYONE.
So there is something about Anger and Blame. It jacks up your heart, and hits you where it hurts. It gets you going. You act on it, you feed on it. You retaliate with it
So easy to do it.
Taking the high road. Being professional. Doing your job right. Requires not acting in anger.
Being open, intimate, vulnerable, goes in the opposite direction of anger. Whereas with anger you are throwing stones, being intimate, open and vulnerable, is to be bare naked almost inviting attacks on yourself, because you won't fight back. Being so intimate, vulnerable can shock people back to reality to see the violence they are inflicting. Its like punching a child in the face, some people can't do it. I would like to say that no one would do it, but the sad truth is that yes, there are people that punch children in the face, and they are so possessed and so trapped in their abuse. So this is not a magical solution. Being vulnerable and open won't magically change people. But it supports them in making the better choice. Because if you RETALIATE in ANGER, then you are simply inviting them to further into temptation.
Gandhi proposed No Violence. Not ever.
Its difficult to do. Though true lasting peace requires such actions. Sacrifice your beliefs and ideas of what is RIGHT. And then just do what is BEST for EVERYONE.
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