There is an ancient spiritual truth that is also confirmed
by modern psychiatry. If you do not have a place to put
your anxiety, you will project it onto others; if you do
not have a place to put your anger, you will project it
onto others; if you do not have a place to put your fear,
you will project it onto others.
For us as
Christians, the place we put our anxiety, anger and
fear is
on the cross of Jesus. If we can do that, we
can
live in peace
as people of faith, people of hope, people of love.
from
The Miracles Within: God Turns
Anxiety to Faith,
Anger
to Hope, Fear to Love
by The Rev. Lowell E. Grisham
The Energy of Anger
Our fear, our anger are not
our enemies; they are us. We have to treat
our fear, our anger in a most non-violent way, the most
non-dualistic way, like we are treating our own baby.
So if you are a good practitioner of meditation, you will
know exactly what to do when the seed of anger is
watered and begins to manifest in the upper level of
your consciousness. With the practice of mindful
breathing or mindful walking, you generate the energy
of mindfulness, and exactly with that energy, you can
recognize the energy of anger, of fear in you.
from Mindfulness
of Ourselves,
Mindfulness of Others
by Thich Nhat Hanh
God's Immanent Presence
Because God is immanent we need never go through
any experience believing that no one cares, no one
understands, no one will feel the pain with us. Not
even when we feel alone. Not even when it seems we
have been abandoned by those who said they loved
us. Not even when the trials of life seem more than we
can bear. Not even when our anger and agony are so
deep as to be beyond words.
God can be with us, understand us, and feel our pain,
because God became a human—a human baby
wrapped in swaddling cloths. God "walked the talk."
from
Passages: God is with Us
by Renee Miller
How Can I Let Go if I Don't Know I'm Holding On?
Weaving together her own experiences and the
stories of
others, Linda Douty offers specific strategies for letting
go
of all
the things that keep us from a deeper relationship with
God
and with others.
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