THOUGHTS 0F CONTROLLONG OUR ANGER

ANGER IS A DANGEROUS HIDDEN ENEMY OF SOUL. IT STEALS THE WEALTH OF TRANQUILITY OF SOUL. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANGER, THE PERSON LOSES HIS MENTAL EQUILIBRIUM AND SPEAKS INCOHERANTLY. BY DOING THIS, HE LOSES THE QUALITY OF FORGIVENESS OF THE SOUL. IF FORGIVENESS IS THE EMBELLISHMENT OF THE BRAVE, ANGER IS HIS DETRACTOR. ANGER, IN REALITY, IS A TOTALLY UNNECESSARY EMOTION. LIKE MOST INAPPROPRIATE REACTIVE EMOTIONS, IT HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE FEELING OF GUILT FROM HAVING SEPARATED OURSELVES FROM THE UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS. TO ANGER IS TO DESIRE CONTROL, WHICH RESULTS FROM FEELING OUT OF CONTROL, INDEED OUT OF SYNCHRONIZATION WITH OUR DIVINE OR UNIVERSAL LIFE PURPOSE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALLOWED THEIR EGO TO DIRECT THEIR LIFE COURSE, AT THE SAMETIME IGNORING THE INNER GUIDANCE WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE LEAD THEM TO A NATURAL AND HARMONIOUS FLOW. BY ALLOWING THE EGO TO BE EFFECTED BY INAPPROPRIATE DESIRES AND EXPECTATIONS WE SUFFER UNTOLD GRIEF. WHEN OUR EXPECTATIONS GET THE BEST OF US AND WE BECOME ANGRY, BECAUSE SOMEONE DIDN'T LIVE UPTO OUR NEEDS AND DESIRES, WE TEND TO FORGET THAT THOSE WHOM WE HAVE DRAWN INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT ARE ONLY OUR MIRRORS. EVERY THOUGHT THAT WE THINK SETS UP A CAUSE, AND THE EFFECT MAY COME BACK WHEN WE LEAST EXPECT IT. TRULY, EVERY SITUATION IS A MIRROR, A DIRECT REFLECTION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT, CREATED BY US. THOSE WHO HAPPEN TO "PRESS OUR BUTTONS" OR STIMULATE OUR WEAK POINTS, ARE NOT REALLY THE CAUSE OF OUR ANGER. THEY ARE THERE TO LEARN AS WELL. WE DRAW EACH OTHER IN A MUTUAL NEED TO COMPLETE CERTAIN LESSONS. AS CARLAS CASTANEDA, PUT IT VERY WELL IN SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR THE 'PETTY TYRANTS' IN HIS LIFE, BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH THEM THAT WE DISCOVER THE WEAK POINTS OF OUR EGO. BY OBSERVING OUR REACTIONS TO OTHERS, WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT ISSUES OF ATTACHMENT ARE STILL AT WORK WITHIN OUR OWN PSYCHES AND BEGIN TO CHANGE NEGATIVE PATTERNS. ULTIMATELY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MUST NOT FEEL GUILTY FOR EXPERIENCING ANGER. IT HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED INTO US FOR SO MANY GENERATIONS, THAT IT IS DIFFICULT AT FIRST NOT TO BE TRIGGERED WHEN WE ARE "ATTACKED" BY THE ANGER OF OTHERS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE LONG ALLOWED OUR EXPECTATION TO GET THE BEST OF US, AND TEND TO TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY WHEN THINGS DONT GO OUR WAY. THE HURT FEELINGS WHICH RESULT CAUSE US TO LASH OUT IN ANGER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO "REPROGRAM OUR OLD ANGER TAPES", WE MUST ALLOW OURSLEVLES TO RELEASE OUR EMOTIONS, AND NOT HOLD ANGER IN. WE MUST FEEL OUR EMOTIONS FULLY. WHAT WE CAN DO IS TONE DOWN OUR REACTIONS BY EXPRESSING, IN A CALM WAY, HOW SOMEONE'S NEGATIVE STATEMENT MAKES US FEEL. IF THE OTHER PERSON PERSISTS IN A LOUD WAY, IT IS WISE TO LEAVE THEIR VICINITY AND REGAIN YOUR POWER BY NOT REACTING. THE BEST ACTION TO TAKE, IN THE BEGINNING OF ANY EPISODE, IS NOT TO REACT, BUT TO EMANATE LOVE. IT IS DIFFICULT TO FEEL ANGER WHEN YOU ARE SMILING. YOUR SMILE MAY EVEN TRIGGER A 'MIRROR EFFECT IN THE OTHER PERSON. FINALLY, ANGER IS A VERY DISHARMONIOUS ENERGY WHICH CREATES DISEASE IN THE BODY. IT WOULD BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO LEARN TO TRANSFORM THIS ENERGY BY DEALING WITH IT CONSTRUCTIVELY.