@Karen, thank you for your comment.

@Gary, I’m sure there was an example of day time universal given. I think initially it was said as look to the sky. I like the image of stars, personally. Like I was saying to Evan above, seeing anger is very helpful to see what’s going on. Very interesting idea of looking across the city. I sat with this at lunch today, looking at http://is.gd/mMK. Was amazing. Thank you for suggesting.

Congrats again on getting Buddha Space up and going, I’ve enjoyed both your posts so far and look forward to what’s coming up.

@Seedoubleyou, Namaste, thank you, I hope you had an enlightening Vesak Day too. Yes, we hurt ourselves. Like I was saying with Gary and Evan, we can use the anger to see where it’s coming from when we feel it rise. And then let it go like the hot coal. No resistances, no desires, accepting and working with what’s present.

@Liara, that’s a very different and honest view of things. If only we could live this reality.

@Terry, Thanks Right on, keep up the good work.

May all beings be blessed by the Dharma.

Gassho,

Wade

If you are in hell, all you can give is hell. You cannot love anyone else until you love yourself first. To be happy, don’t judge yourself. Perfection is already here.

xo
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This post of yours reminds me of one of my own personal ‘demons’ in suffering. My personality, that little voice in my head, largely inherited from my father, is one who seems to enjoy voicing negative emotions at the expense of others through teasing and poking fun.

While I continue to study and do my best to live with true Buddha-nature, this demon is the one who causes me the most suffering and to live with the most regret in things said or done. Your post reminds me to work harder to quell that little voice before I attack primarily because I am harming myself more than anyone else.

The most important thing for me is to remain mindful, in the present moment, and to remember that karma is a very powerful thing.

Seeing anger in its mental context can help us to let go of it also. If we see the space that precedes, ‘surrounds’ & follows such thinking we can see that it is an object in awareness & that we can attach associate with it or view with equanimity. We can see that it is empty of any true individual being – just as ‘we’ are – and that there’s actually nothing substantial there to cling to. All of this takes time & effort, of course.

Nice post, Wade.
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I agree with everything you say in this post.

I wonder about times when our lives are threatened though. I think anger can be useful then to organise our energy. I also think that it is a good signal that something important is going on (whether we use the energy to attack is another question).

I also think it can be useful energy to attack ideas – take them apart and sort the wheat from the chaff.