The path to Tranquility (spring)
18. Transforming anger into creativity
When we feel angry, we often lose our calmness and rationality, and may
not be able to control our emotions, which is potentially harmful to ourselves
and the people or things around us. But if we learn to channel this
destructive force into creativity, we can be inspired and progress from our
anger.
The reason for being easily angry is usually that we cannot correctly use the energy of life. The biggest problem is that we are controlled by our emotions and mistake our angry self for our true self. If we can recognize that emotions cannot define the real self, the problem will be greatly reduced, and we can objectively deal with anger.
We cannot suppress the energy of life, we can only channel it. There is no need to regard anger as a very serious problem, as long as we no longer pay attention to it, it will naturally recede. However, if we can transform anger into creativity and put it into things we like, we can have more creations. For example, write a song, and express the anger in the lyrics.
Focus on doing things, look back at the things that make us angry, the feeling is very different, even big things can be seen as small things. Being able to enjoy ourselves in things we like, we have no time to take care of those little things. Likewise, after a period of anger has passed, we will find the meaning of those little things.
Transforming anger into creation will bring about a huge change in life. Since we cannot fight against anger, let's accept it and use its energy to create a better self. Therefore, we can often review the past anger, find its root cause, and think about where it will take us. If we can discover our strengths and weaknesses from anger, then anger can enhance our consciousness.
Accepting everything life brings, does not mean being passive and having no choice. Anger is a part of life and something that must be experienced in growth. As long as we can understand and use it, we can not only handle our emotions well but also gain more nourishment from it.
Being able to be angry means that our feelings for things are not numb and want to express our inner feelings. Therefore, we can use the ingenious tool of language to express our feelings and opinions in an organized way so that others can understand them and make it easier for them to interact with us.
Try to calm down and let ourselves return to a state where we can think. This is a necessary foundation. This may require more practice and increased self-control ability, but if we can overcome this difficulty, when we feel angry next time, we can start transforming this negative emotion.
17. Clear away ignorance to avoid conflict
