Myswizard

Anger is the most favorite of all our emotions. It must be, because we certainly give in to it constantly on a daily or even hourly basis. So is it that we can’t get enough of what we think we don’t want or do we just love to love our anger? We love our anger. To complain and get angry is the favorite sport of nearly all humans. ( I’ll bet you thought it was golfing or fishing.) We love our righteous indignation, jealousies, annoyances, etc ad infinitum. In actuality anger is the stepchild of Fear. I know it’s hard to see how fear becomes anger so I’ll explain.

Our ego, precious little thing that it is, runs the human world as most know it. The ego believes so very many things about itself, all of which are an illusion, but please no one tell it. Ego knows it’s right on many levels (or so it thinks), so it becomes afraid when it’s threatened. Threats to the ego may include such things as, the need to be right, loved exclusively, taken care of, do what it is we want, given security, treated well, respected, etc. When these things arise, ego is afraid of the loss of these needs so it becomes angry instead. After all, ego hates to admit it’s afraid. What would a good ego be if it was a scaredy cat?

So you see how easy it is to explain anger. Explaining it, however, is easier than controlling it. I suppose one can take anger management classes, go to all sorts of spiritual seminars, have massages and get therapy. I recommend all of these. However, unless one gets the root of the issue, none of these modalities will help for long. This could take many lifetimes unless you understand and surrender ones fears and anger to God. The raising up of ones spiritual level is the only way to “see” clearly, and even this will not exclude one from being human at times.

Awareness of our ego and how we feed it, is of utmost importance. As long as we are aware of the anger as it arises, and let it go, consciously, in every moment, we have control, not it. If we can’t do this, we become a slave to our own ego. Our ego by itself is not a bad thing. It runs the animal in us. Our survival depends on it. But…as long as we are aware of it as something we “think” we are, and not what we actually are, we can treat it with love, for that part of us which is human. It is only when we take it seriously as if It is who and what we are, that we get into trouble.

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