Yeah! That happens to me a lot too. The universe just seems to do it's own thing, just keeps rolling right alont whether I like it or not! Sucks to be me...Bill!
--- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > It can be said that anger has no 'direction', but is due to a (mistaken) > belief that the universe owes it to one that people/and or things ought > not to be the way they are, but ought to be the way one wants them to > be, and that the universe has has failed to deliver. --ED > > > > --- In [email protected], yonyonson@ wrote: > > > > Where is the anger directed? At the person who was abused before that > > continues the chain? At the behavior? Your example was so general. Are > > you seeing this? Do you give the abuser a hand after you stop the > initial > > action and ask them what's happened to them? Can you let them have a > > cigarette to gain their composure? Do you have children? > > > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:55 PM, SteveW eugnostos2000@ wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi ED. I agree with you on this. I certainly don't think that people > > > should never be angry when it is appropriate to the situation. What > I am > > > really talking about are pervasive conditioned patterns of response > across > > > the board. For Aversion types, even when they are not angry, there > is still > > > a subtle urge to push away, and escape from, people, places and > things. > > > Anger is sometimes perfectly appropriate, imo. If I see a child > being > > > abused, I will certainly allow the quite appropriate anger to > energize my > > > appropriate response to protect the child. IMO. > > > Steve > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
