Transforming Anger Into Flower

The energy that has great power to destroy at any age is the energy of anger. Suppose the leader of super power country which possess the nuclear weapons is furious, within few minutes the planet Earth will be destroyed simply because of the anger of that person.

For that reason, it is understandable if anger is prohibited in all religion. Not only because of the destructive power of anger, but also because anger makes soul journey worsening from time to time. Acharya Shantideva ever mentioned, the kindness that has been accumulated from life to life can be destroyed by one moment of burning anger.

That is why, the very important homework of all spiritual seekers is how to heal anger. As an important field of study, anger has been approached through variety of perspectives. And meditation has a very powerful tool which is called being a compassionate witness.

Whenever anger burns your emotion, try to remove your footwear. Then walk slowly step by step on earth. At the same time learn to witness that all negative things like anger and all positive things like delicious food are appear and disappear like footsteps.

Moreover, the huge energy is not only hidden in the sky. It  is also deeply hidden here on earth. As we all know, all the garbage that are thrown into earth are processed into beautiful flowers and fruits by mother earth.

In the same way, whenever you do walking meditation learn to visualize that you are processing the waste of anger into beautiful flower of peace. To put it more precise, learn to see the lessons behind anger. Deeply contemplate the blessing of anger.

To go deeper, anger is an honest feedback that there is still burning fire within that need the holy water of acceptance and forgiveness. The more often anger appears, the more one need the holy water of forgiveness and acceptance.

Furthermore, anger does not only bring disaster, anger also bring spiritual blessing. Anger often unlock the mysteries about the people who deserve our attention. Those who often cause outrage open the holy secret that they were born to teach you the perfection of patience and tolerance.

Unlike commoners who hate the people who cause anger, on this path we learn to see them as kind souls.  More than just the ordinary kindness, in order to make you more patience and tolerance, they are even willing to go to hell. Look deeply to the life of the Avatar, Buddha, Prophet, all of them have luminous souls because they were surrounded by persons who are full of anger.

To make it short, the energy inside that can process anger into flower of peace is the consistency to always witness every movement of energy within. When pain appears simply witness, when pleasure appears simply witness. At the same time always remember that the energy that makes people sad is the same as the energy that makes us glad.

Author: Gede Prama
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