Category Archives: Energy of Anger
The Wisdom of Anger VII
Anger has Many Faces There are many forms of anger and aggression, and the way it manifests varies in unique combinations from person to person. In addition to those already mentioned, irritation, frustration, passive aggressive behavior, self hatred, anger management issues of all kinds, depression, and anxiety all have their … Continue reading
The Wisdom of Anger VI
This kind of distorted anger problem can become tremendously powerful as we see when it gives rise to global conflict and warfare. Instead of seeing clearly the interesting details of our differences, that same clarity becomes grossly distorted into an ego driven struggle of us verses them. Our experience of … Continue reading
The Wisdom of Anger V
Blocking a Natural Energetic Expression Because of fear and vulnerability we’re not able to stay with the intensity of naked energy. This goes for the energy of all the emotions, not just anger. We live in a way that numbs the vividness of our experience, and we lose touch with … Continue reading
The Wisdom of Anger IV
Scholars, students, teachers, people engaged in conversation, a person having a clear perception, someone doing a crossword puzzle, or anyone using their intellect in a fresh and unbiased way are all connecting with the wisdom of the clarity energy. In the past few years of my own life I have … Continue reading
The Wisdom of Anger III
The Energy of Clarity If you are dealing with lots of anger management problems, the element of water and its energy of clarity are showing up particularly strong in your life. Let’s take a look at what that means. What is this clarity energy anyway? Clarity is there all the … Continue reading
The Wisdom of Anger II
The Five Energies In order to better understand the energy of clarity, it will be helpful for us to know the context from which this perspective on anger comes. There is a model of the universe in the Tibetan Buddhist system known as the five energies. These are the five … Continue reading
The Wisdom of Anger I
This is the first of a series of three blog posts on the “The Wisdom of Anger.” Everyone knows that anger is a powerful and destructive emotion that causes great suffering for individuals, society, and the world as a whole, so what’s this about anger and wisdom…? Wisdom? What wisdom??… … Continue reading
Working Directly With Anger
You can work directly with the energy of anger as a way to tame its overwhelming energy. Rather than being overpowered by it, over time you can learn liberate this energy so it can be more useful. You can learn to ride the energy of anger, rather than the other … Continue reading
The Clarity of Anger
At its most essential level, the energy of anger is the basic clarity of the human mind. Anger is the sharpness of the mental faculty which we all possess. Anyone doing math or reading a book or thinking clearly about anything is using the exact same energy which is at … Continue reading
Breaking the Addiction of Anger
When we have habitual anger management problems, we are addicted to anger. At the slightest provocation or inconvenience our default response is anger; we just can’t help it, or so we think. We’ve lost control of our self and anger now dominates our personality, our life-force, and our freewill. This … Continue reading
