(12-21-2013, 08:12 PM)plenum Wrote: this may seem like a strange question to ask, but do you have latent anger?

things about our society that piss you off, and maybe someone in your family that just irks you to be around ...
and I guess we can notice this when new instances come up, but my question is more to latent anger that has been around for a while, and that really does not get addressed (or one does not know the means - the 'how' - to deal with that low level of anger). It's just 'there' and we sort of know that certain things can set it off.

(12-22-2013, 12:28 AM)Bring4th_Austin Wrote: I think there can be a danger in adopting philosophies like the Law of One which say that strong emotions, like anger, are a result of a distortion or blockage.

Quote:The entity polarizing positively perceives the anger. This entity, if using this catalyst mentally, blesses and loves this anger in itself. It then intensifies this anger consciously in mind alone until the folly of this red-ray energy is perceived not as folly in itself but as energy subject to spiritual entropy due to the randomness of energy being used.

Positive orientation then provides the will and faith to continue this mentally intense experience of letting the anger be understood, accepted, and integrated with the mind/body/spirit complex. The other-self which is the object of anger is thus transformed into an object of acceptance, understanding, and accommodation, all being reintegrated using the great energy which anger began.

Quote:46.8 Questioner: Not sure that I understand that. Let’s take some examples: if an entity polarizing toward the negative path becomes angry… Let’s take the condition where he develops a cancer. What is the principle of that for him?

Ra: I am Ra. We see the thrust of your query and will respond at variance with the specific query if that meets with your approval.

46.9 Questioner: Certainly.

Ra: The entity polarizing positively perceives the anger. This entity, if using this catalyst mentally, blesses and loves this anger in itself. It then intensifies this anger consciously in mind alone until the folly of this red-ray energy is perceived not as folly in itself but as energy subject to spiritual entropy due to the randomness of energy being used.

Positive orientation then provides the will and faith to continue this mentally intense experience of letting the anger be understood, accepted, and integrated with the mind/body/spirit complex. The other-self which is the object of anger is thus transformed into an object of acceptance, understanding, and accommodation, all being reintegrated using the great energy which anger began.

The negatively oriented mind/body/spirit complex will use this anger in a similarly conscious fashion, refusing to accept the undirected or random energy of anger and instead, through will and faith, funneling this energy into a practical means of venting the negative aspect of this emotion so as to obtain control over other-self, or otherwise control the situation causing anger.

Control is the key to negatively polarized use of catalyst. Acceptance is the key to positively polarized use of catalyst. Between these polarities lies the potential for this random and undirected energy creating a bodily complex analog of what you call the cancerous growth of tissue.

(12-22-2013, 07:52 AM)βαθμιαίος Wrote: Thanks for your interesting post. I have excerpted above the only part that I didn't completely agree with, because I don't really think of the Law of One as saying that strong emotions like anger are a result of a distortion or blockage (any more than everything we experience is a result of a distortion or blockage). Instead I tend to think of the Law of One as encouraging us to treat them "as a teaching resource for self revelation," much as you describe yourself doing with regards to passive aggressive behavior.

(12-22-2013, 01:36 PM)βαθμιαίος Wrote: Ah, I see where you're coming from. I guess I don't equate distortion with imbalance. I would describe a healer, for instance, as balanced and yet distorted towards the desire to serve.

Probably it's just a question of terminology.

(12-22-2013, 01:48 PM)rie Wrote: Anger is typically a reation-to-an-emotional-reaction or a most-feasible way to express self... so more likely a 'mask' than honest emotional response.. my primary emotion that I repressed was anger that came out as sadness and being weepy. If it's used as a mask due to difficulty being honest about what one really feels, that could be an imbalance, no? E.g., some women are socialized to present 'sad' and 'cry' bc it's unacceptable to present angry, tho anger is their primary/latent emotions.