Let's go This is before the brush.
Thank you for being here.
I'm Patricia Baldwin Segerberg,
And we're in day eight of a 10-day course of divine incubation exploring emotions Some of you may be on to me now It seems I'm doing this negative positive negative positive emotional rotation each day or day by day and it's true I'm kind of trying to play it that way,
But there's more to it than just that Every negative has a positive possibility and every positive Has a negative disavowing In the end it's all about how we take it in and let it out consciously or unconsciously to be with each one In session seven we explored longing I kind of suspect some of you felt that was a negative,
But I intended it as positive Longing for me is a catalyst to action as I said it's a motivator when we let it be But in this capacity it can be taken too far Too far can erupt like anger Today's emotion So longing taken too far into anger can look like finger pointing accusations manipulative manipulative tactics in short looking outside for the fault Rather than inside where the ultimate fulfillment will come from I?
Think this excerpt is from Richard roar,
And I almost cut it out Because I couldn't remember where I got it from But I'm pretty sure it's him,
So I'm leaving it in The next time you are offended consider it a teachable moment Ask yourself what part of you is actually upset It's normally the false or smaller self If we can move back to the big picture of who we are our true self We'll find that what's upset us usually doesn't amount to hill of beans in objective reality But we can waste a whole day or longer feeding that hurt Feeding that hurt until it seems to have a life of its own and in fact possesses us At that point it becomes what Eckhart Tolle rightly calls our pain body Tol defines this accumulated pain as a negative energy field that occupies your body and mind in This space we seem to have knee-jerk Self-protective reaction to everything and everyone around us I Emphasize the word reaction here because there's no clear conscious decision to thinking or acting in this way It just happens and we are seemingly powerless to stop it But doing healing work and by practicing meditation We learn to stop identifying with the pain and instead calmly relate to it in a compassionate way There are some who will stir up anger as a motive to their own ambition This time is one that is ripe with such things and we therefore must be all the more diligent in paying attention to how we react where reaction comes from and What values we have for ourself that are or need to come into play?
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Believe I believe anger is a trigger to deeper issues Anger does not need to be limited to the definition of reactionary.
This is its lowest form At a higher level it is something we can allow to be a teaching tool as the quote said If we do this it can expose tremendous opportunity In my own life I can see patterns of allowing passive-aggressive people to become part of my inner circle They have read as ambitious successful intelligent even sometimes self-aware but in truth Their underlying motive has been self-centered at best manipulative and controlling at worst This has been allowed over my life first because of lack of self-respect self-love Confusion around self-identity as I don't look like what my family of origin looks like Then more recently from even my pure desire to inspire more As Self-respect and love have developed I can see through these habits and relational tendencies and changes are beginning to present This presenting is though as anger rising the I don't have to take this anymore reactionary energy The old habits would have been guilt apologetics and trying to fix it all This anger is welcome But I have to explore why anger at all so as to ensure it is not misguiding or should be distrusted And then if not it will serve me well What I've begun to realize anger is teaching me is that I can liberate myself from this reactionary habit of Cowing to others people pleasing or conflict avoidance and stand in my own values It's a freedom.
It's a gift Anger it's dispersing old habits that aren't serving me and giving me freedom This is anger as an asset As opposed to its reactionary definition,
Which is often so destructive Through working through my negative emotions this way I've come to realize as a wise elder has said What other people think of me is none of my business?
This is a very liberating concept and it frees me of feeling guilty Feeling responsible for tempering circumstances in order to assuage their passive-aggressive posturing or even feeling angry It's giving me understanding that is letting things just be and stay in my own lane Of course,
My own lane needs to be clearly marked or it is difficult to remain in Therefore values Knowing my values and clearly outlining how I want to live my daily life and career path and relationships in and through my values Helps me hold the wheel and keep to the lines marking out my life's path So anger Has it been a tool of discovery or demolition in your life?
Not as it comes from others,
But as you've emoted Can you see how a recent rising of anger could be teaching you What can you learn?
Where does anger sit in you?
Put your hand to that body space For me it's a tool of discovery Put your hand to that body space For me it's all the way down if you know the chakras at that root That inner space between the tailbone and the pelvis Forgive it Out of that Forgive anger Anger is a part of the full equation of everything we are and we cannot live without it But we can adjust how we use its power in our life 20 minutes don't paint anger.
I've discovered this really begets a pretty picture But paint And do so in the energy of discovery forgiveness and freedom to live higher You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You you You that's our time
