How do I practice patience and control my anger?

Answer 1

Firstly, change your name from a criminal child molester's to a Christian name and pursue Christ.

I don't doubt you are frustrated and angry that Islam cannot bring you any peace or comfort, just the urge to blow up babies and yourself.

Try Jesus and He can start you on the road to peace in your heart, which is the only place you need it really.

Answer 2

I hope I can help you. Anger is a challenging and damaging issue that most people have to deal with regularly. Here are two points...

First realize that reactive anger is equivalent to idol worship. When a person gets angry what he is really saying is, "That should not have happened!" But, since this is God's world, everything that happens ultimately is for the best. So, reactive anger is a person's ego stating, "I know better than God what should happen in this world." When someone cuts you off while you are driving, realize that it is a test from God.

Secondly, in order to reduce your anger, you need to think cognitively.

When you react, your mind observes something, you feel an emotional reaction and you react accordingly. In the end, you only magnified the initial emotional reaction. In the case of anger, this magnification damages your spirit.

When you think cognitively, you act instead of react. Your mind observes something, you feel an emotional reaction which you force yourself to ignore and then force yourself to THINK (this is where a person would apply his/her religious values). Then you take ACTION from your thought . This leads to higher level emotions which in turn feed the spirit.

Work hard at this by keeping a watchful eye on yourself and I assure you that you will become angry less often.

Answer 3

Both are a simple choice you either allow or you don't. But there are things you can do to make the choice easier to maintain. Meditation and yoga have been suggested and they are good suggestions. I suggest laughing about things you cannot change. Why get worked up over stuff if it leads you to an anger which will only harm you?

This is going to sound inane but you never need more than one second's worth of patience at a time. As long as you can pause and count to 1, you will never run out of patience.

Answer 4

You can try practicing patience by closing your eyes and imagining time is fast forwarding to the time you want it to be. When I was a child, I could not wait for christmas because I loved presents so much. I would close my eyes and imagine it was already christmas time and I was burried in presents. After fantasizing for a few minutes I would feel better.

To control anger, you must first understand it and appreciate it. Anger is a very powerful force and can benefit you greatly if you use it wisely. You must always remember WHEN and WHERE to use your anger. Usually if it is the instant you feel it, it is probably the wrong place and time. Save it for when you are trying to get that extra push-up in your set. Save it for when you are trying to lift a heavy box and there is no one around to help. Understand it, appreciate it, save it, and practice using it with control. It does take practice.

Answer 5

Realize anger is bad for your health, as a starter, then cultivate a calmer mind by understanding the causes and conditions of the thing that's making you angry. What and why is the thing getting under your skin? Are they offending your ego? Or are they actually causing harm and suffering to someone you love or yourself?

Your ego can survive anything, but anything that causes harm and suffering should be stopped and done so with compassion and the minimum amount of force (or speech) necessary to accomplish the task.

If your ego is challenged, look at the person realize they are a product of their own causes and conditions, and your mind can't be upset unless YOU LET IT. The old "sticks and stones" chatter?

It works, trust me. Eventually you start, by default, removing the "buttons" in your mind (i.e. cultivating a calmer mind) that other people push and actually start jihad against the REAL problems that cause harm and suffering.

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Answer 6

There is nothing wrong with a righteous anger. Jesus used a cord to chase the money changers out of the Temple. But you have to know what is righteous and what is vanity. For this you have to rely on the Lord God. Let His ways fill you though prayer. Not some religiously demanded prayer time but a real time spent talking to the Lord about your life, your feelings, the world and your place in it. May the God of Abraham guide you to His fullness and joy.. May Jesus fill your mind with His glory... Jim

Answer 7

That's a tough thing to do and I have to practice patience and restraint every day. I ask for help in every prayer and try to remember that Shaytan comes in all forms..

Answer 8

I do not pray for Patience,Would you like to know why,?---
Because then there will be all kinds of Trials and Test,

Anger: Yes that is driven by Unbelief,You want "It " Your way.
Anger is saying ,You don"t believe God.
Hope this is a help to You;

Answer 9

Ask yourself, is it really worth getting angry about, I mean really worth it?

Patience comes with practice, a little at a time

Answer 10

Just accept that what is - is. Let it be. Let it wash over you. Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. To offer no resistence to life is to live in a state of grace.