Posted by BarbaraCat on July 25, 2002, at 2:02:22
In reply to Re: Temper tantrums anyone?, posted by tabitha on July 25, 2002, at 1:43:56
I like that idea. I use it for anxiety and fear, ie., acknowledging that the feeling is there and allowing the energy to simply be, but haven't made the connection with anger. I'm usually too spitting mad to remember it then. Yep, counting to 10 always seemed dumb to me and used to make me madder when I was a kid - and still does! I don't know why things have to be so hurtful in the name of *progress* and the bottom line. It's totally dumb and greedy. We're such a young species and I guess some folks's brains are still in the hatchery.
> Oh, I hate bulldozers. Why can't they just build things without flattening all the trees and hills and scraping off all the plants, bugs, birds, rabbit warrens, etc? People can be so short-sighted.
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> If you are a meditator, have you tried deconstructing the rage into physical sensations and energy, rather than "truth and justice", when it happens? Or is it just too overwhelming for that? Seems like counting to 10 might just give the angry thoughts a chance to circle round and round and gather steam.
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