Transforming the Energy of Anger
by Laura Castanza and Julia George
H
ow do we learn to deal with the
most powerful and improperly
Rage is an outward expression of an-
expressed energy on the planet, ger by those of us who validate our
ANGER? This emotion resides within
self through extreme verbal and non-
each one of us. Yet, we either deny its
existence or use it as a primary moti-
verbal displays of energy. We scream,
vating force in an attempt to manipu- yell, throw tantrums, and physically
late situations and others to our will,
contort our body to convey a mes-
never creating a desired outcome in
the bigger picture. Anger, unacknowl-
sage of displeasure. When enraged,
edged and blindly unleashed, is toxic we cannot see, hear, or sense any-
and destructive. But when we learn to
thing else and are locked into the
identify its presence within us, we can
channel this potent impetus positively
“red zone” like a vicious canine.
and creatively. Anger is one of our
greatest teachers, calling our attention and love are interchangeable within our manifests from repressing our anger, or a
to change and to heal at the very core emotional body. We cannot know love violent episode that erupts from our lack
of our being. without fear, peace without anger, or of control, releasing a blanket of debris,
The root of anger exists deep within calm without chaos, and none of these polluting our self and our environment.
our emotional body. Feelings associated emotional states can be experienced Rage is an outward expression of
with anger are frustration, injustice, simultaneously. anger by those of us who validate our
impatience, intolerance, and judg- What calls our attention to anger self through extreme verbal and non-
ment - just to name a few. If we break is its expression. In either an outward verbal displays of energy. We scream,
our feelings down into either love or display or an internal process, our con- yell, throw tantrums, and physically
fear, anger lives in the realm of fear. As scious control of this energy is the neces- contort our body to convey a message of
children, we were exposed to the fear sary step into transforming the destruc- displeasure. When enraged, we cannot
and anger of our caregivers and society. tive to the constructive. Until we become see, hear, or sense anything else and are
Anger could have been the dominant aware of the energy of anger within us, locked into the “red zone” like a vicious
energy, or suppressed in a household our expression will remain primitive canine. Ground breaking Psychologist
that openly expressed love. But because or in the model of our familial pattern. Carl Jung wrote, “Whatever is rejected
this planet is dualistic in nature, fear The end result will be an illness that from the self appears as an event.”
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