Anger is not good or bad; it just IS. How you CHOOSE to APPLY your anger is the
difference between pain and suffering (for self and others), and true inner
peace and enlightenment. Anger is simply a very strong BILOLOGICAL TOOL (in the
form of ENERGY) to instruct you to TAKE ACTION.
Anger is the SPARK of SOCIAL and INNER CHANGE (as above, is below,
no?) Anger is what PROTECTS our families
and loved ones from imminent danger.
Anger is a MOTIVATING FORCE that can push us into very positive
actions—you know, like ALL CIVIL RIGHTS movements! Anger can fuel our “NO!” which protects us
from further emotional, psychological or physical abuse (anger impels us to
stand up for ourselves!) Anger is a
bloody strong CALL FOR CHANGE.
So IF you are
currently feeling anger, it means something in your LIFE NEEDS TO CHANGE!
However, very early on, as early as kindergarten, we are
CONDITIONED to SUPPRESS our anger. We
are PUNISHED for expressing ANGER: “Bobby, APOLOGIZE to Suzy RIGHT NOW!” Why?
Well, Don’t rock the Boat, Baby!
It is a CONTROL MECHANISM set in place to ensure status quo. And who
dictates status quo? The people running this “show”/world and let’s be honest—I
don’t think anyONE is really happy with the state of the planet right now! Even those who have benefited most (aka,
corporations, governments and the people behind them) are starting to feel
uncomfortable. Good-- because it won’t be until everyONE is uncomfortable that TRUE
CHANGE on this planet can be ACHIEVED.
It is critical that we RELEASE/GET OUT this anger in
healthy, productive ways because when we
suppress anger, it builds up in our CELLS and shows up again as
dis-ease/illness (when turned inwards), negativity, DEPRESSION (also anger turned
inwards), leaks out into ALL our daily rituals like work, sleep, eating habits,
DRIVING (Road Rage? Really?
Ridiculous!), contaminates our RELATIONSHIPS, OR worst case, we show up at an
elementary school with an AK-47.
There are many ways to RELEASE/LET GO of anger (and I am
hoping people will start SHARING methods that work for them!) but all of them
are about GETTING THE ANGER OUT OF your BODY and MIND. *NOTE:
The HEART does not SPEAK ANGER, only LOVE.
Personally, every once in a while, I like to throw an old skool TANTRUM in public, for a
classic Kelly example, read my “I Fought the Airport Law and the Airport Law Won (Twice)”. If it is REALLY bad, I
dedicate a whole day (or evening) to having a proper Self Pity Party—complete with blaring classical music; wine;
incense and candles; hair-pulling and other Bollywood-esque gestures of
torment; throwing things; ripping up stuff; primal screaming; and all that. A well-done Self Pity Party never fails to
EXHAUST me and then, inevitably, at some point, I always SEE HOW ridiculous I
am being and then, I end up LAUGHING at myself!
Of course, you can also write
your ANGER OUT! *True Story: I was SO ANGRY about the AIDS HOT MESS in
Africa (then later, the world!), I started writing out my ANGER in “Letters to
the Editor” of any publication I could find.
These same, very ANGRY Letters to the Editor not only got the attention
of Reuters (who would hire me as a Health and Sciences Reporter for the entire
Sub-Saharan Africa Region) but also got me A LOT of MONEY AND RESOURCES to
CHANGE shit over there BIG TIME.
You can also RELEASE
ANGER physically! You know…running,
martial arts, kick boxing, ANY HIGHLY aerobic sport or exercise. These are just
a few ways, I have let go of my anger, but I am hoping people will start
sharing about OTHER METHODS that have worked for them.
HINT: If someone says
something to you and it “makes” you ANGRY, then KNOW that they have told you a
TRUTH ABOUT YOURSELF that you have been unwilling to SEE. For example, if you told me, “Kelly, you are
a serial killer.” I would blow it off as
THEY are crazy because I KNOW it is not true.
However, if someone says, “Kelly, you can be an impatient BITCH
sometimes”—well, I think we all know that has happened! J
As Johnny Rotten said (and HE would KNOW!), “Anger is an
ENERGY!” So please, for YOUR sake, the sake of your families and loved ones,
your neighbors, your colleagues, the cashier, the driver in front of you, your
pets, you know…the WORLD, FIND HEALTHY ways to RELEASE/LET GO/GET OUT YOUR
anger. The suppression of ANGER is the root of ALL UNHAPPINESS and VIOLENCE in
this world. After you, US, THEM,
everyONE lets go of anger, there is only peace.
LIVE your bliss,
Goofy G.u.r.u.
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