Seriously moving.
Anger is just another emotion, and I agree that learning the ability to detach emotion and thought, to be able to objectively witness yourself (a phenomenon with some importance I think), is indeed quite valuable, and a little scary.
The buddhist thing is more and more relevant as the material world manifests in ways they never could have imagined. When religion is brought in, as you said, i find that disheartening. Buddhism, in my humble opinion, stands proud as a leading world religion than is not based on creation or interpretation of a creator.
My trick is to acknowledge the anger, objectify it and then stop resisting it. I find anger causes symptoms that include being literally unhappy about having to be angry, and a certain berating pattern. I just try to let the anger exist, to flow through me with as little resistance on my part as possible, if that makes any sense.
It may help to visualize it neurologically or as a biochemical-electoral interaction. That helps some people objectify and disown negative emotions.
All part of the ride.
Thanks,
-Pip
Anger is just another emotion, and I agree that learning the ability to detach emotion and thought, to be able to objectively witness yourself (a phenomenon with some importance I think), is indeed quite valuable, and a little scary.
The buddhist thing is more and more relevant as the material world manifests in ways they never could have imagined. When religion is brought in, as you said, i find that disheartening. Buddhism, in my humble opinion, stands proud as a leading world religion than is not based on creation or interpretation of a creator.
My trick is to acknowledge the anger, objectify it and then stop resisting it. I find anger causes symptoms that include being literally unhappy about having to be angry, and a certain berating pattern. I just try to let the anger exist, to flow through me with as little resistance on my part as possible, if that makes any sense.
It may help to visualize it neurologically or as a biochemical-electoral interaction. That helps some people objectify and disown negative emotions.
All part of the ride.
Thanks,
-Pip
