Posted by Donna Louise on June 15, 2006, at 7:27:06
In reply to Re: Emsan-Day 36 » Declan, posted by Jakeman on June 14, 2006, at 23:54:25
> > I am afraid of my anger too, but I stop being frightened of someone when I am openly angry with them. It's when I am covertly angry but unable to express it that I get frightened, maybe. (Perfect fear driveth out love, of course, just thought I'd throw that in.)
> > Declan
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> I went to see the Dalai Lama when he was in town a few months ago. He told a story about being very irritated when he was trying to sleep in his hotel room and they was music blaring from a dance club across the street.
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> ~JakeWell, that is one to remember. If it is ok for him, it is ok for me...
I know and am comfortable with the so called negative emotions. I have been doing recovery work for over 20 years, and still have a ton of it to do. It is the excessive, pathological, inappropriate emotions that are a problem for me.
The anger, the appropriate, protective anger can still scare me, it is a lifelong thing, but I know it is my friend. And one of the big problems with sri's is that it robbed me of my feelings. I have spent too much time making friends with them and learning to appreciate them to walk around numbed out. There is ecstasy, if only for a moment, on the flip side.Donna
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