Safe Release of Anger

Anger is considered one of the basic human emotions. It is powerful, it is physical. Often expressed in an instant as a result of an event stimulus, anger can be all consuming and destructive.  Though it is not supported in expression openly by the familial/social/cultural guidelines, it is, nevertheless, prevalent everywhere.

Anger is an energetic result of repressed response to a previous experience. It is the unexpressed history of all the words unsaid, the abuses taken, the frustration swallowed, the fighting back stopped, the resentment masked, the revenge disallowed.

Our design is such that emotion moves freely through our being, like a cloud on a windy day. It responds to the stimulus, rises, expresses, and moves on, leaving us clear of the energy. That is, if we allow this process to occur. Most are not supported to speak freely or share the emotion’s intensity. And so it is stored by the wisdom of the body. The storage is an adaptation of our organism, done with the intent that, through consistent reminders, we will eventually clear the energetic memory and residue. If we do not, then the body increases the intensity of the “calls for release” becoming more and more noticeable in the physical domain. In other words, it creates a condition to get our attention. Anger, being about power, is typically stored by the body in the solar plexus chakra, the belly. In Chinese medicine it is stored in the liver, the spleen, and the gall bladder. The venomous energy becomes bitter and toxic…digestion is effected, the stomach develops ulcers, the bile overproduces and creates acid reflux…the bitter taste of anger.

The longer the anger is held the more intense the response when it does release. Explosive rage that bursts and destroys via words or action is prevalent in our culture. The excessive investment in tools of violence and the infatuation with the vicarious expression of violence through abuse, killing and war in the media (being considered entertainment) are strong symptoms of a culture about to explode. People become invested in protection with guns and technique, more because they are afraid of their own cesspool of rage than the outside world. But most do not see the connection.