Lama Sumati Marut teaching how to overcome anger.
We all have provocative people in our lives and one of the hardest things to do is to exercise restraint when they are in your face. We know that getting angry is never in our self interest, however, anger is one of the most difficult mental afflictions to overcome. In this teaching Lama Marut speaks of how to beat anger. You will learn the magic words to get your self out of any tight situation, a new yoga asana, and the Verne Gagne sleeper hold. Ok, we’ll see about the last one…
Thanks for putting up Lama Marut media Kyler! Great resource here. Hope to see you soon.
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Cindy
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..on the anger thing. I am going through an anger experience right now, and when I dissect it, I am mainly angry that this person is willing to hurt me intentionally. I do not understand that willingness, and then I become angry at myself for not protecting myself from my own anger.
….and now I feel dizzy from going ’round and ’round.
Wow…..I really needed this feature on anger. I’ve stuggled with this emotion for a long time at various intervals in my life.
Lama Marut nailed it! The last time I allowed anger to get the best of me, I ended up with back pain for days. I got through what he described as step 1- take a break and step 2- take it. I never made it to step 3- compassion for the provocative person(s). I just unloaded all my frustration with them that piled up over time. I effectively managed to curse them out and tell them not to contact me anymore. Perhaps that’s what needed to happen as they’re behavior was toxic…but I know in my heart I could have found a more calm and rational …and compassionate…way to say the same things.
So for me, it’s still a work in progress.
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It is, in fact, work in progress. You may reach step 3 on one occasion, just to fall into a total relapse on the next occasion. Gotta be alert 24/7. The key point is awareness. So simple, yet so hard, due to our habit of falling asleep throughout life. But I dig working on it!