Today’s Reflection ~ 1.27.22

 

This was sent to me in e-mail today from my east-coast friend:

“For the spiritual scientist, anger is also the harbinger of something quite different. Life shows us that a person who is unable to flare up with anger at injustice or folly will never develop true kindness and love. Equally, a person who educates himself through noble anger will have a heart abounding in love, and through love he will do good. Love and kindness are the obverse of noble anger. Anger that is overcome and purified will be transformed into the love that is its counterpart. A loving hand is seldom one that has never been clenched in response to injustice or folly. Anger and love are complementary.

Transmuted anger is love in action. That is what we learn from reality. Anger in moderation has the mission of leading human beings to love; we can call it the teacher of love.”

Rudolf Steiner

It has long been a bit unpopular among some new-age doctrines – even traditional religious thought – to view anger as being something to avoid feeling or expressing.  Sinful.  Unenlightened.  And yet it is the resulting energy that we feel when we or others have been violated.  It is the voice of Love that cries out at harm and injustice – behaviors that violate our freedom.

I remember once hearing someone say they never get angry.  That statement made me scoff.  I didn’t buy it.  As I have “aged”, I have come to hold a distrust of people who don’t feel or express anger.  Something’s missing inside of them – deep within.  I have had conversations with people about difficult subjects – speaking of injustices done to humanity – especially our children – and I have at times been met with stoic silence – or total lack of emotional expression – or an “I don’t go there”.  Don’t go where?  Truth?
It is that sense of “I just won’t go there” that allows for evil to fluorish.  It’s what likely got us into trouble to begin with.  I remember about 25 years ago I suddenly blurted out:  “You can’t live on this planet and not be angry.”  (At the time I thought we lived on a planet. lol)
That phrase still holds true.  It is that anger that motivates us to DO something to stop the injustices we see.  Speak up.  Share what we see.
For a few years, I have read from some that we shouldn’t be seeking justice for the harm done here (as discovered by our collective Awakening).  Let God/Source handle it.
And yet – is God the one cleaning up the tunnels?  Rescuing the children and adults?  Isn’t it true that Source is within each of us and as such it is each of us doing the exposing and cleaning up/rescuing?  And most importantly:  Isn’t justice merely the desire to see those who have perpertrated horrific acts of evil upon humanity be held accountable?  So, you know – it won’t ever happen again?
Just some thoughts I had today.
Love, V.

Author: Victoria1111

Truthseeker. Philosopher. Commander of Freedom. Writer. Musician. Composer. Above all I Am A Creator.

5 thoughts on “Today’s Reflection ~ 1.27.22”

  1. I totally agree with you! I get leery of channels that say: “Just meditate and everything will turn around or don’t protest, it doesn’t work. I just recently read a message like that. I don’t agree! I feel both are necessary for change; going within and taking action are necessary to bring about change. Anger can be an excellent motivator if applied in a loving way, to bring about positive results.

  2. The psychologists agree that depression is caused by suppressed anger. It is therefore intuited that in order to evolve past a state of wallowing in apathy and despair we must allow anger to surface. The deeper discernment re attachment is to allow the emotion to surface without being held hostage by the reactive emotional state. A swami I listened to for a number of years at a universalist church said on a few occasions that e-motions are merely “energy in motion.” In order to complete a cycle we must always allow for the emotion to take its course-and with practice to discern the root cause of the reactive state of being. Mindfulness is the critical state of Being that is rarely taught, rarely practiced and avoided as we hurry on a treadmill to our deaths. Another spiritual ally repeated what adept psychologists have also observed: most humans die having the emotional IQ of an 8 year old. Isn’t human existence a wonder to behold!

  3. A perfect comment and so, so true!! Thank you for those thoughts and for quoting Rudof Steiner!!

    oooxxx

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