An inquiry from a reader of my book and blog: “How do you view anger and frustration, i.e, with regard to the dynamics of what you coin in your book as ‘true health?’ How does one deal with these most difficult of human characteristics – meaningfully and healthfully grow past them – learn to deal with them in a more and more beneficial way?”
Response: Humbly and respectfully, I believe I need to ask myself many times each day…”What genuine effort am I making to control my anger? What level of honesty am I utilizing with regard to my attachment to hatred, pride, jealousy, greed, ignorance, frustration? Am I fooling myself? How deeply am I willing to look? How important is it to me to learn to objectively gauge my thoughts and actions…MOST PARTICULARLY in a spirit consistent with my responsibility in making the world a better place (i.e., versus a spirit of tearing it down)? Is the ‘key’ to unlock the door to such true health found in a loving sparkling spine-tingling/shivering ‘magic elixir,’ made up of splendid amounts of true appreciation and gratitude? Is it found in deeply embracing my comfort and discomfort equally? Is it found in learning to better and better ‘witness’ these dynamics in a less and less blemished fashion?”
Is this level of insight enjoyed by way of impeccably endeavoring to do the right thing for the right sake…without the need for selfish recognition or hidden agendas – no need for reward? Is this what ‘true health through true responsibility’ means? How much healthful faith does it necessitate? Yin to yang, how badly do I need to hide behind my ‘walls of lies’ – walls built with anger and frustration? How deeply do I want to embrace the notion that, “if there is a Heaven, if there is a key to the universe, if there is a sixth sense, they are rooted in true honesty, promoting of true happiness and true freedom – but most importantly, needing less and less to hide behind?
Can I stand the fact that no matter what, on this earth, there is always room for improvement, deeper and deeper loving and selfless objective insight? How badly do I want to avoid getting stuck on stagnant plateaus of living death…a living purgatory? How badly do I want to live my life as a “living loving art form,” versus living a life in which I take so much for granted? Once again, please remember that this is ALL meant in a spirit of humility and respect: We are ALL in the same common boat in this – our lives here. — Dr. Glen Hepker (Copyright 2011)
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Anger is one of the most ‘natural’, ancient emotions, it is deep inside and difficult to deal with, but there is no true freedom if we don’t control our anger. Thank you for this post, it gives me courage to look deep and fight my real enemies 🙂
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It is my pleasure and privilege, Inese – you’re so quite welcome. Thanks also to you for sharing your splendid insight. Brightest of blessings. – Glen
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Saludos.
Me parece muy atinada tu convencimiento sobre este contenido.
Desde hace ya tiempo me encuentro muy motivado con esto y también intento leer mucho sobre
ello. La ayuda que has realizado me ha parecido muy grata,
no obstante creo que se podría estudiar un tanto más y de esta
forma poder desenmarañar diversas dudas que todavía
considero. De todas maneras, muchas gracias por tu colaboración. Voy a estar avizor a
cercanas manifestaciones que elabores. Mil gracias.
Un saludo.
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Mi placer y privilegio, amigo mío. Y muchas gracias también por compartir tu visión y tu visión. Está claro que entiendes.
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Honestly, I feel anger is necessary to show rude and inconsiderate people how you feel sometimes. People are constantly using me and stealing tweets from me on twitter without returning tweets. If people do not start writing reviews, I will just leave. Social media is not a kind as it used to be. It is full of desperate fools, who feel they are better and more qualified. That is BS. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the day.
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My pleasure, MG. Yes, you’re right, people can be like that. It is difficult to forgive them, but we can remember that, they know not what they do. They suffer a total lack of objective insight and compassion.
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Such behavior is a reflection of their deep unhappiness.
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I do forgive as quickly as I can. When someone else’s unhappiness is dumped on me for not reason, I stand up for myself. I let the person(s) know how I feel about it and either it resolves itself or I move on. Life is too short to stay with extremely unhappy people. Thanks for sharing and I agree with you, people do this due to unhappiness or lack of something they want. Enjoy the day.
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