ANGER

 

We awoke this Morning to a white world. It snowed last night. It wasn't much, but enough to make everywhere white.

I am going to depart from my series on healing/learning centers, to discuss anger. There is a lot of anger in the world right now. It is being whipped up by certain politicians who are seeking power.

The seduction of anger is the illusion that it is protective; of course it isn't, it only attracts retaliation from other egos. Whether, at an individual level, or a global level, anger can only be destructive. Anger is always limiting to spiritual and psychological growth.

All that we have to do is look at ourselves, “What has anger done for us?” I look at my own life and I see anger and its relatives; irritation, crabbiness, off-putting, etc. have only served to make me more unlovable and lonely.

Our egos feel under attack. We see some form of defensiveness as protective. Defensiveness is always seen as an attack by another ego. Anger never, never, never ever protects anything or anybody. Anger temporarily blocks love, it blocks compassion, it closes the door on any sense of oneness and it is more destructive to the sender than the receiver.

Many of us, who value our spiritual growth, have eschewed anger. We don't like it. We don't want it. Yet, we still react with anger under the right [or should I say wrong] circumstances. It is a knee jerk response. We may regret it immediately. But, there we are. If our reaction is to a similar reactor, a way we go. There may be no stopping until violence erupts.

The problem is, we may have intellectually rejected anger, as an appropriate response, but we have learned from our culture and upbringing that it is protective. We have much reinforcement for this belief. Those who find themselves reacting, may think it is hopeless. It can feel that way. It isn't. We can pay attention to ourselves. There are many times, we have a rising gorge, and it doesn't manifest into an observable reaction. Whenever we have the slightest twinge, we need to remind ourselves, that anger is not protective. With repetition, the danger of a reaction will attenuate.

I know it is difficult to see, but our consciousness is rising. The awareness, that what we do to others, we do to ourselves, is becoming mainstream. It will become easier and easier to give up these old habits. We have help! There is a core of peaceful energy [sometimes buried] in all of us. Those who are open to the belief, may call on a guide or guardian angel. Universal energy is eager to help.

Let us look at ourselves, our relationships, our world and see that anger is never helpful. It always hurts.

We are One.

Love and Peace, Gregg