A Remedy for Anger

Anger appears when the world differs from our desire of how it should be. Therefore, anger and desire are comrades. The world will not change solely because we desire it to. The world has faults because these faults lie within us. It shaped itself to our faults. It’s gift to us, therefore, is to show us the truth about ourselves uncompromisingly. Anger comes when we are shown faults that we cannot accept. It follows that we do not need to lift a finger to change the world for the better. Do you believe me? We do not need to lift a finger to fix ourselves. Again, do you believe me? We need only be aware. What fault can thrive if we are aware of it? Awareness is a light. Awareness is an energy. Simply sit in awareness and the world will right itself. Be aware of what you can do. Be aware of what you want to do. This is enough. Awareness allows the answer to find its own way. Awareness will allow you to only do things that are within your power and, also, to accept the things you cannot do or do not want to do. Lift a finger because you want to, because it feels good. Honor yourself that doing this is doing enough. If it does not feel right, do not do it. You may feel like you need to do the work of all the people who are doing nothing. Are you angry that they are doing nothing? Awareness that they are doing nothing is enough. What would the world be like if everyone was aware? We would not do nothing. We would live - our actions fueled by awareness so that none would suffer needlessly. Sitting in awareness is enough. Do what you can and like. Wait for others to join you.

When you say, “I forgive you.” but it doesn’t work.

How do we forgive an atrocity dwelling in our psyche?

It has been suggested to me by some spiritual healers with whom I sought advise that in order for me to heal more deeply, I needed to forgive the abuse I suffered in childhood. I thought I had done this years ago. From high school on, I never saw the purpose of carrying around resentment. So why were these healers saying this? Apparently, the more spiritual activities you do, the deeper you go into yourself. You can find parts of yourself that have yet to be healed. So the forgiveness I offered years ago only went so far. Why is this? It would seem my forgiveness was incomplete. No matter how many times I say, “I forgive you,” something is missing.

I’m sitting in traffic and a path to forgiveness comes to me. However, this idea only works if everyone has a higher spiritual body.

Do I believe this? Does every person have a higher spiritual body? For this discussion spiritual body can be defined as the part of a person that understands the oneness we share, that we are extensions of one being. The higher spiritual boby understands when we deliberately hurt another, we hurt ourselves. So do I belive this? Do I believe that every person can achieve this in this lifetime or some future lifetime?

The traffic is heavy on the 405 freeway northbound near LAX. I am surrounded by thousands of people isolated from each other by metal and glass. I never had a problem with the concept that every person has a higher spiritual body, but this was the first time I truly put it to myself whether I really believed it. It is easy to believe with the Dali Lama and difficult to accept with (put your bad guy here).

I waited,

thought,

and felt.

Finally, looking around I could honestly say, ‘Yes, I believe everyone has a higher spiritual body.’

So I was able to continue.

I say this to the being I seek to forgive:

“I am speaking to your higher spiritual self. It is you who I forgive. Earth is a place we dwell to learn and grow. I understand that the pain you caused me was an essential part of your growth. Of all the options open to you at the time, you felt the path you chose was the best for all involved. All of us always choose the option that seems best at the time. We must remind and forgive ourselves and others of this when hindsight gives us pause. I hope I have been a valuable part of your growth. I understand it is not for me to decide whether you have finished what you need to learn. However, I invite you as I invite myself to look to a lighter way of being fueled by the illusion of our experience.

In addition, I realize the hardest person to forgive is myself because I now see so clearly the many ways I could have avoided the pain and suffering that I endured. I now forgive myself and on top of that I commend myself for making the choices I thought were best no matter how they appear to me today.

As a species we have been tricked and bullied throughout time into behaving in a manner that contradicts our nature. A theme of forgiveness now permeates the planet. As we cross the threshold of a new age, referred to by many as the Age of Aquarius, we realize we must forgive each other for all the past behavior that no longer serves us. We are being called to cleanse ourselves of regret and anger. And by forgiving we point the way to a lighter frequency of being.

Ads For Prescription Drugs Actually Help Alternative Medicine

We see advertisements for prescription drugs everywhere. We question the benefits. We laugh at the side effects. People see a drug ad that treats a condition they have been diagnosed for or think they might have. They go to their doctor and ask for it and often get it. The advertisement, in this case, IS the doctor who has prescribed the drug. The regular doctor has been virtually reduced to a drug dealer, a dispenser. As an acupuncturist and practitioner of Oriental Medicine, I can see how this benefits my business. If people are progressively seeing their doctor as someone who dispenses TV drugs and not as a healer, they will turn more quickly to alternative medicine should the pill not satisfy their needs.

When a client comes to us as practitioners of holistic medicine, we have a vast arsenal of healing modalities to draw from. We work directly with the patient/client to relieve their complaints. They do not come in and give us instructions they got from their TV set. Actually, that is not completely true because many influential personalities like Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Oz have been raising awareness of the powerful results alternative medicine can bring. Patient/clients will come in asking if I can do something they saw on Oprah or some other show. However, the interaction between us is still more organic. They are willing to try different things, not just what they saw on TV. We provide a TREATMENT not a pill.

For this reason I praise the drug companies and their onslaught of advertisements which ironically cause people to seek healthier methods to address their health concerns.