Seems to me in the instant when I perceive some thing that I would be upset by I can look clearly at and see the mechanics of getting angry and still keep the perspective of everything is fundamentally ok and the flash of upset does not push me into anger but just tweaks my system with a wave of attention and energy and sighing/grinning at life that lets the tweak dissipate. That is refraining.
Also, I can get completely angry, so far from seeing from myself that I either don't know it or couldn't bring myself to acknowledge it, and then my tense twisted body angrily does some other thing out of my awareness. That is repressing. Sometimes, my consciousness is dulled and I hang on to some tiny seed of anger that later blooms into a big storm of fury. And of course, there is the conventional seeing the stimulus and myself enough to know I am angry, but loosing the bigger picture and having to deal with the stimulus while all worked up, hopefully by calming myself down or waiting for the storm to pass before counting on sane answers coming from my mouth. On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, Maria Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Could anyone tell me what is the difference between refraining and repressing > anger?. Don't know the answer to it. Does anyone know?. This question came > up in the "Wake Up" website in Scotland. The "Wake Up" is the group for the > youngster founded by TNH. I didn't do myself subscription as I'm far of > being in teens or twenties but since someone in the group did for me I stayed > with them. I've already clarify the age issue and still they want me with > them. Oh, well!. > > Mayka > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
