Dealing With Anger – Part 1

Dealing With Anger Say that you are experiencing anger. Anything to do with that anger you observe it, whether is the feelings, your body sensations, your mental activity and sensations. Any of it, if you look at it, is called noting your anger.But if you are repeating ‘anger’, ‘anger’, ‘anger’, to your self, this is not called noting. Because now your mind is looking at the word ‘anger,’ and you are not thinking about what you are angry about any more.You are not thinking about the story line any more.But you are also not looking at anything that you are experiencing directly that is related to anger in your body and your mind.If you are not observing any of this bodily and mental activity you are not noting, you are just repeating a word to your self.Noting means looking at the bodily and mental activity that is happening in the present moment.Others, (in the Mahayana tradition), when they feel anger they start asking: Who is angry? Who is the entity that is angry. And they forget all about anger and noting that anger!that is not noting. You are not noting the direct effects of the experience you are having, but diverting the attention to something else. It has to be the direct effects of the experience. Has to be direct experience.Try not to judge your own anger, because that doubles the trouble. You have the anger pain and the judging pain to deal with at the same time. Look at the feeling of anger and it loses its power. Look at the story and it gets stronger.When you are dealing with anger, look straight into it. Don’t want it to go away. If you have that attitude no matter how much you try it’s not going to go away.So simply look at it. Look right into it. Sometimes people watch their anger and expect it to disappear immediately.Don’t expect that. Just learn how to look into your mind. Use that anger to learn from.Consider these two ways of dealing with anger: Being reasonable and thinking if the other person is actually not aware of making you angry or he has a reason to behave the way he does.Watch that sensation in your body and mind, don’t judge and don’t elaborate. Just stick with the knowing mind, don’t worry about the object. Also do not expect all sorts of pains and problems to disappear quickly. Even when you take medicine pains do not go away instantly.With Vipassana you cannot hurry things up. Just stay mindful all the time and in good time things will happen.

From – THE WAY OF ATTAINMENT OF GENIUS