Spirituality and the Gift of Anger

Spirituality and the Gift of Anger
Hi Judah,
I have a question for you regarding anger. I feel like sometimes I get stuck in this mindset that spirituality excludes anger. Yet, the energy of anger when it is unreleased is poisonous and leaks out all over the place. What is the best way to release it and completely clear yourself from stored up anger, to free yourself from that energy? Thank you in advance for your insight.

K.D in Los Angeles.

Thank you for your inquiry K.D,
Anger is an emotion that has within it the seeds of destruction & bondage,  or evolution & redemption. Anger is deeply rooted in judgment & attachment.  While anger can offer a wellspring of wisdom when it brings understanding, it holds the possibility of spiraling into malice or attack.  His Holiness the Dalai Lama stated, “We can see subconscious anger in terms of a lack of awareness, as well as an active misconstruing of reality."  Anger unexpressed, does not serve, it robs one of it’s transformative power & gifts. When anger is approached with attention & presence then the experience becomes profound.  As with all emotions, we have the seed of anger within us; get this, it is impossible for someone to “make” us angry.   We alone are solely responsible for our interpretations and projections.  Life is coming “from” us not “at” us as most would have it.  The conscious response to anger is to embrace it compassionately from a space of non-attachment.  From there you are able to witness that anger is birthed from the Spiritual. You will observe that anger and spirituality are not separate, they are one in the same. All life and all Acts are Spiritual when seen through the eyes of awareness. Understanding is a gift of awareness.
Anger serves a useful purpose in spirituality when noticed from awareness.  Anger must be acknowledged, not shunned & buried.  Turning a blind eye to this powerful force does not hinder  its expression, it then wages war against the body and mind in the form of disease. Embraced with understanding & inquiry, anger  becomes our servant & liberator.  It then reveals itself as a loving source of healing ascending from the Soul.  The Soul is the Inner Lighthouse illuminating our journey to the Perfection and Wholeness of our very Essence.  Anger allows us to experience our “wounds” and feelings of “separation”, illuminated by the Soul as an opportunity for healing the illusions of duality.  Viewed from mindfulness our emotions are transformative forces of healing and purification,  inspiring right action to unfold a transcendent shift within. Anger when approached from Insight becomes a gift rather than a curse, the Light of the Soul bestows a direct experience of Enlightenment by healing and removing obstacles on the Inner Journey of Infinite Becoming.
Anger as a force of destruction is of the E.G.O.  It is paralyzing, annihilates relationships and is a breach against the Soul.  Invited with Awareness, it is an opportunity to bring Light to darkness for the sake of healing into Oneness/Wholeness.  You get to choose. Are you it’s master or it’s slave?
Reporting from my “World” ~ Judah Isvaran

Jim Rohn: Questions To Ponder for Successful Living

YOU have your answer.

"Realize that you are not anyone else's answer. You are the answer to a question that is uniquely your own. To find your answer, draw from all sources that resonate with your heart; but know that you should never give yourself over to those sources. To follow another is to fall into the illusion that they have your answer. They do not. If you come to believe that they do, then you will be giving away your power to answer your own question. You are the only one that can ultimately answer your own question. Listen to all you feel to; follow none but yourself. Know that YOU have your answer." ~ Story Waters

Black or White - The Work of Byron Katie

Relationships

You can completely transform any relationship, no matter what it's like right now.
Every single relationship you have is a reflection of how you feel inside about you. You are a magnet attracting to you all things, via the signal you are emitting through your thoughts and feelings. Every relationship you have and every interaction with every person, is a reflection of your own thoughts and feelings in that very moment.

To transform every single relationship you have in your life:

Fall in love with YOU!

Make lists of hundreds and hundreds of wonderful things about you. Keep adding to it every day.~ The Secret Teachings Summary
Know that you are perfect. Do not think any negative thoughts about you.
Know that you are worthy and deserving of anything and everything you could possibly want in your life.
Focus on the wonderful things in every person. Look for only those things.
Do not blame or criticize anybody, ever.
Set an intention that you are going to see the best in everything and everyone.
Make your happiness the number one thing in your life. Happiness is an inside job.
Free yourself of the responsibility of trying to make other people happy. Respect and love them enough to allow them to take care of their own happiness.
Get your attention off those things in others that don't make you feel good.
Appreciate and love yourself in every moment you can.
Do not expect others to behave in a way you want, so you will be happy. Release yourself forevermore and know that you alone control your happiness and it is a choice, no matter what anyone else is doing.
Love and respect yourself completely.
Know that you are perfect right now

A Challenging Path

A challenging path offers great opportunity for evolution...challenge and solution are one. I say surrender attachment to how the path will unfold and hold ceaselessly to your highest intention for it...enjoy the ride and trust the process. ~Judah Isvaran

The Art of Empowerment.

In the Babemba tribe in Africa, when a person acts irresponsibly or unjustly, he/she is placed in the center of the village, alone and unfettered. All work ceases, and every man, woman and child in the village gathers in a large circle around the "accused" individual. Then each person in the tribe speaks to the accused, one at a time, about all the good things the person in the center of the circle has done in his lifetime. Every incident, every experience that can be recalled with any detail and accuracy is recounted. All his/her positive attributes, good deeds, strengths and kindnesses are recited carefully and at length. The tribal ceremony often lasts several days.
The tribe recognizes that the correction for non-integrous behavior is not punishment, but love and the remembrance of identity. They believe a friend, coach, or teacher, is someone who knows your song and sings it to you when you have forgotten it. They are not fooled by the mistakes you have made or the dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.
One of the most important lessons we can learn from evolution is that we are related to all that lives. Consider the fact that your personal DNA is 99.99 % identical to the DNA of every other human being, and to all that has ever lived. Once we begin to include ourselves in the story that we are no longer on an individual journey, we have joined the grand caravan of "endless forms -most beautiful and wonderful". This is cooperation and collaboration at it's core essence
So, I encourage all to offer some time to BE with your fellow travelers (friends and "strangers" alike) this week, reminding each other that we are one beautiful family on an unprecedented journey back home. - ~Sheryl Sever

"Grandfather Tells" which is also known as "The Wolves Within"

"Grandfather Tells" which is also known as "The Wolves Within"

An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, "Let me tell you a story.
I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do.
But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die. I have struggled with these feelings many times." He continued, "It is as if there are two wolves inside me. One is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him, and does not take offense when no offense was intended. He will only fight when it is right to do so, and in the right way.
But the other wolf, ah! He is full of anger. The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper. He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason. He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great. It is helpless anger,for his anger will change nothing.
Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit."
The boy looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes and asked, "Which one wins, Grandfather?"
The Grandfather smiled and quietly said, "The one I feed."

Don't Quit

Anonymous

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and its turns, As everyone of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about When they might have won, had they stuck it out. Don't give up though the pace seems slow, You may succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than, It seems to a faint and faltering man, Often the struggler has given up When he might have captured the victor's cup; And he learned too late when the night came down, How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out The silver tint of the clouds of doubt And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems so far; So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit, It's when things seem worst that you must not quit!

The Genius Of My Life Is That I Have Allowed Myself To Live It.

The genius of my life is that I have allowed myself  to live it, in truly experiencing the many facets of my path I have made many mis-takes with no regrets or judgments.  I AM grateful for "the good, bad & the ugly"  it is all perspective and interpretation in my world.  Insight, wisdom, and strength are gained from being bold & taking risks.  I pride myself in living my own path and refusing the hand me down, second hand life that most allow others to force feed them .  I have ventured to dark unknown places and have triumphed unconquered and stand powerfully.  I AM not bound by my past, I AM liberated by it.  In every moment I AM becoming, nothing or no one can and ever will create in my experience.  I love my "haters" & pillars alike they are all teachers and guides to my Spiritual Evolution/Involution . The opinions, judgments & assessments of others don't belong to me,  "they" are simply reporting from their awareness/sidelines. I AM ONE with the WHOLE and living my expression as it. I love this life I AM...that is all.~ Judah Isvaran

An Open dialogue about the accountabilty, responsibility & future of the Catholic Church

 Once again the Catholic Church is knee deep in scandal.......
Critics have accused the Pope of negligence in handling abuse cases while serving as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Church's enforcement agency, for more than two decades, there has been a cover-up, knowingly, to protect the image of the institution and the image of priesthood, even at the expense of children. By transferring these pedophiles and ephebophiles from parish to parish, they placed innocent, unsuspecting children in harm's way. Many are calling for the resignation & even the arrest of the "Pope"......The Vatican is in full support of the "Pope"  The Vatican has ruled out any possibility of a papal resignation over the scandal.
I AM opening the space for dialogue....
I invite all to share your insights on this pressing issue.... What will take?

Derek Sivers: How to start a movement | Video on TED.com Lessons in Leadership.

Derek Sivers: How to start a movement | Video on TED.com

Kahlil Gibrand (Relationship)

"You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,... See More
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow." -Kahlil Gibran

Leadership

A leader is willing to stand alone & is unshakable in their commitment to their Vision. A source of empowerment & inspiration, being & doing whatever it takes to fuel the fire of manifestation, knowing their conviction & passion is in service to the greater good of all. Leadership has nothing to do with position or title...leadership demonstrates heart & character! ~Judah Isvaran