Here's a few minutes to reconnect with truth from a three principles perspective.
So what is anger really pointing to?
Often we may believe that anger is pointing to a problem out there,
Particularly with another individual.
But more often than that I think anger can look like proof that there's something wrong with you.
But it isn't and I hope this short session is going to help you to see that.
Anger isn't a sign there's something wrong with you.
It's just proof that in this moment you're believing something stressful.
You're in some place of resistance.
You probably should or shouldn'ting another person.
It can really look like that anger comes from them,
From other people or situations.
But it always arises from the thoughts we're having right now.
Anger doesn't come from out there.
It comes from inside.
Now that can sound like a place in which we will try to change ourselves,
To change our thinking,
To help ourselves be different,
To just change in general.
But in actual fact that can just add a whole lot more noise to the system.
What we can see is that when the mind quietens,
The feeling of anger often dissolves on its own.
Not because we solved anything.
Not because we made somebody else do something different.
Not because we shouted or lost our temper.
But because with time,
Naturally,
Thoughts lose their grip.
We've all seen that happen,
Haven't we?
We've all written an angry email in response to something we received and then we thought perhaps we shouldn't send that.
And when we read it the next day or even the next hour,
We see,
Don't we,
That in the moment it looked terrible,
In the moment our thoughts said,
This is awful,
We must retaliate,
We must send this angry email back.
But after that passing of time,
Those thoughts lost their grip.
They just didn't make sense anymore.
The other thing to bear in mind here is that you don't need to control or manage anger.
That can seem like a job to do.
And my goodness would that be a big job if we tried to do it.
Maybe you have tried to do it.
My invitation to you is to just notice it.
Just observe it.
Step into that place of awareness where you are the watcher of thoughts and emotions.
Remember that that emotion is a reflection of thought,
Not truth.
And underneath anger,
There's always something more steady.
Something that is never changing.
Because if you notice that anger is,
It changes all the time and often very quickly.
The steady thing underneath is your well-being,
Your clarity,
And your capacity to respond with wisdom that never,
Ever,
Ever goes away.
So perhaps when you feel angry next,
Just take a breath and pause in that space of gentle,
Non-judgmental awareness.
There is nothing wrong with you.
You are not broken.
You're just believing some really unhelpful thinking right now.
You don't need to do anything about that.
Emotions are like clouds floating across the sky.
They come in and they go out.
Thoughts are just the same.
You are that beautiful,
Light,
Clear,
Blue sky.
You are not the clouds.
I hope this has been helpful.
I hope this has helped you to reconnect to who you truly are from a three principles perspective.
