Osho says that anger simply shows that you have great energy...... "A man without anger is impotent, he has no energy. A man who cannot be angry cannot be gentle either."
Ive tried to get myself to a place where I dont feel angry any more. I dont like feeling angry, I want to feel peaceful & for the vast majority of the time I do feel very peaceful.
I avoid listening to 'whats going on in the world' because it stirs up feelings of anger & sadness inside. If someone tries to argue with me they're just wasting their time, they won't get anything back.
How do you feel about feeling angry & being angry? Do you try to avoid it & turn the other cheek? or welcome it with open arms?
2007-07-29 00:15:52 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Im not saying Im bottling up any anger. What I do is try to avoid feeling angry in the first place. Am I just behaving like an ostrich with my head in the sand?
2007-07-29 00:48:19 · update #1
Sure, anger is a very positive emotion. The purpose of anger is to initiate change - watch animal play!
The direction of anger is upwards and it should be rapid. Whoosh! Up and out and gone.
If we prevent it's movement we get pain on top of the shoulders and we get tight, sore throats, If we 'bite it back', clenching our teeth, that anger gets locked into the ligaments around the TMJ, (jaw joint), giving rise to pain, inflammation, headaches and worse.
Occasional free running anger, coupled with good food, no chemical additives, exercise and a good dose of daily prayer / meditation will make for a happy, healthy life.
Hmm. I didn't realise that lot was going to come out - but if you could see the people I treat with real problems resulting from blocked anger, bad diet and a lack of any form of reflection or contemplation in their lives, you'd understand.
2007-07-29 01:45:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Osho. Anger releases passion.
Imagine you ignore what's going on in the world and later in life you find yourself enslaved. Are you going to be satisfied knowing that you turned the other cheek when getting angry about an issue could have stopped it?
Case in point, millions of Americans are angry with Congress and stopped their attempt at giving illegal immigrants amnesty. Without the anger that law would have been passed.
2007-07-29 00:23:55 · answer #2 · answered by noobienoob2000 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anger is an energy, it doesn't have to be destructive.
I think there is a very close connection between Anger and Authenticity.
I'm off to Osho Leela for the summer festival last week in August !!!
Big tick for Baggins!
2007-07-29 04:12:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ive been thinking about this for a while before I answered. I think anger can be a positive thing if it is directed in the right way. The kind of anger we see on our streets and on the news is crazy crazy anger that will serve no useful purpose at all. Anger is ok if it is contained and doesnt resort to physical violence. Speaking your anger is ok just like expressing how you feel.
2007-07-29 02:07:47 · answer #4 · answered by charlie b 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Anger is an emotion, which is normal. The problem is what you do with it once you got it. To me anger is waisted energy.
If you direct all that anger toward someone else, you are causing someone else to get angry also. But to keep it inside yourself is not healthy either. I find that if I stop and think about what is making me feel this way, then I seem to dissolve the anger. Life is to short to get angry, for any reason.
2007-07-29 00:30:27 · answer #5 · answered by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but it depends upon what you mean by 'anger.'
Some people believe that a feeling of anger justifies their responses to situations where they feel empowered to meter out ( to the recipient what they call ) 'Justice.'
It might seem to be nitpicking to question the word 'Anger,' but the rational for the feeling this is equally as questionable ( give or take the circumstances ) as the cause.
Certainly, anger does show 'energy,' but energy does not automatically equate with 'Life' or 'emotion' or 'thought.'
Likewise, 'Gentleness' is also a matter of external 'cognition'; When sometimes my wife tells me "Your shouting," I then 'SHOUT,' just to demonstrate the difference.
I can welcome with open arms my sense of anger, but look at it with rational eyes and understand the reasons for it .....and I do not let it spill into other places or onto other heads where it does not belong (or I do deliberately try not to)
Sash.
2007-07-29 01:26:34 · answer #6 · answered by sashtou 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi Farah,
Great topic to ponder. Anger serves us when it motivates us to change, ourselves or something external that effects us. I used to be mad a great deal of the time, almost a habit when you get too used to it. I have worked very hard on not judging as much as I used to, and this has had amazing results for me. The strength I got from feeling 'equal to' rather than 'less than' showed me I only feel attacked if I perceive myself as weak. Anger can build up if we don't check in with ourselves, and it can wash through like a thunder storm, releasing the unused bits that serve us not.
Great Q. I really like when you said you don't fill yourself with all the 'bad news' pumped at you daily from the idiot box. I unplugged four years ago and I am SO much happier in general. I feel this is a very good thing for me to be working on daily, to understand how much anger IS justified.
Peace
No truer words Jon C.....Thanks again for your valuable advice......... ALL of it!.......
VC
2007-07-29 07:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by Valerie C 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good for you and I really mean that. If you've gotten yourself to this place then you have done a lot of work and I mean a lot! I think anger serves very little purpose and adds a lot to sickness, disease, mental disorders and all kinds of other problems with the body/mind/spirit. I'm working on getting there so if you have advice you're willing to share I'd love to have it. Blessings!
2007-07-29 05:07:05 · answer #8 · answered by Yogini 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is such a thing as justified anger, but what we do with that anger makes a difference. Do we stew in the anger or do we try to work toward changing what we're angry about?
2007-07-29 02:22:32 · answer #9 · answered by G M L 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a little anger is nessesary, it gets you to action. As long as it is not irrational anger, or uncontrollable rage. Surprisingly, your mind gets really focused when you are angry.
Check out this site:
http://www.mattfurey.com/anger_happiness_060304.html
Here's a quoe from it:
Anger is a very powerful emotion. When channeled properly, it can help you focus like a laser-beam"
Also check out this article called "Thinking straight while seeing red"
http://psp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/5/706
2007-07-29 17:18:27 · answer #10 · answered by Outsideoftheawareness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋