Today has been a great day! Our 18 year old (Indigo) daughter just returned from 5 weeks in Tokyo and our house is singing with laughter and happy hearts. And yet, the Angels have guided me to write about anger and focus on anger as the topic for our weekly tele-circle tonight. Anger is not an emotion that is even knocking at my door right now, nor is it for any of the human and non-human beings in our house. Or is it?
When the angels gave me the topic for this blog, they asked me to write about the faces of anger. It is an emotion I’ve written about and thought about and spoken about quite a lot recently. I am learning that one of the things that sets AngelsTeach apart from other spiritual educational communities, is that we encourage embracing the total human experience. We invite you to look at your emotions and use them as a catalyst for change. So many times, as Lightworkers (and believe me, I’m just as guilty as the next healer with this one) we tend to stuff our less pleasant feelings and explain them away with such things as “I see the love in all beings and I understand that this person is irritating me because of their own pain. I shouldn’t take it personally.” Well yes. This is completely true and exactly something that might come out of my mouth.
And yet, the interesting dichotomy is that while this is true, allowing the anger that is present is also a priority. For when we allow our upper chakras to rule and ignore the lower ones, we fall out of balance. As I’ve written before, anger is an invitation to change and when used properly fuels the passion to take powerful steps forward on your healing path.
The angels have asked me to focus on 4 faces of anger that are often overlooked: denial, frustration, rage and uneasy calm. Over the next few posts, I will be looking at each one of these facades and exposing the amazing potential for positive growth that lies within these interesting emotional expressions. Today I will start with denial…
Denial as an expression of anger. Denial is suppression of the truth. It is the belief that all is okay when the soul knows otherwise. Denial is like sandpaper against the skin that starts with fine grit, but over time becomes course and rough. Denial is probably the most corrosive expression of anger because it is turned inward. Ultimately, when the spirit is wanting one thing and the life experience is different and there is no effort to create change, the soul begins to feel constrained and unheard. The longer the denial continues, the more constrained the soul becomes. And eventually it bursts. Into an outright angry person, or a rageful illness (tell me that cancer doesn’t feel angry to you).
To put your denial to hard work, take a deep breath, get out your pen and paper and start writing. What are the areas in your life where you are denying your true desires? It may not be a pleasant task, but then again, cleaning toilets isn’t either – but it IS necessary and looks so wonderful afterwards! Do your best to be thorough but also to honor where you are on your journey. Perhaps you can only look at one area for now. Or maybe you’re ready to examine the whole kit and kaboodle. Trust your feelings whatever they are.
Until next time…
With love and peace, Rev. Nina
