I have been contemplating the amount of Anger arising at this time on the planet, and how that is experienced individually by all. In examining the best path to be of Loving service to myself and humanity, there is no doubt in my mind that the transformation ahead of humanity will take time and require endurance. I have felt moved to come up with a personal plan or strategy to be ready to steadily hold my Love and Light while unprecedented amounts of cleansing and shedding of the old take place and we shift into a beautiful new reality. I thought I would share my personal reflections here in hopes it may resonate with others.
~Blessings
I’m thinking about Anger and all it embodies.
I find my personal journey with Anger has been centered around letting go of heavy judgement of myself and others for feeling or causing it. When I feel anger rising within me, or encounter it from others, time and again my core go to is:
In the midst of anger, What Would Love do?
Love allows me to sit with anger and look at it. Love can look directly at anger and see it for what it truly is - fear based on illusion - the illusion of separation from source which manifests itself in myriads of ways in our daily lives. It is helpful for me to remember that all roads of reaction lead back to me and something that has been triggered. Guess what I have concluded? Anger is always teaching me something, and I am here on this journey during my lifetime, just as we all are, to learn a variety of lessons about myself.
Always I begin with the breath. Returning to the breath and surrounding the anger with Love, even when I am unable to let the anger go right away, is a clear reminder to myself of where I am headed - always back to Love. (I use imagery as a way to focus, and the idea of the waves of each Love-infused breath breaking on the shore of anger and washing it away is especially effective for me.)
Love breathes deeply and honors the truth - while anger may feel justified, when I let go of the judgement surrounding it, I am a better teacher and servant because I am coming from a place of 'Love' intention vs a place of ‘Anger' reaction. This is so very powerful. I regularly practice my breath work so I can remember that with each slow breath I draw in, I am pulled deeper into the stream of Divine Love Consciousness. As I exhale, I intentionally let go of the illusions that tie me to anger in that moment. If I falter, I return to the breath, one beautiful inhale and exhale at a time. When I have engaged my breathe sufficiently, I ask, 'What am I learning here? What does anger have to teach me in this moment?'
Love listens. The Divine Collective Wisdom available within each of us IS the voice of Divine Source Love that we each embody if we will but listen. Everywhere I go I take this with me. That’s powerful - I am never without the full resources of Divine Source Love because I AM that love embodied! Yes, accessing my Love center is a process. Yes this takes beautiful intention and practice. YES! it is so worth the effort!
Love allows. Love embodies healthy boundaries and consequences but does not do so via the lens of judgement through anger. Rather, Love allows for the lessons that have been chosen by each soul to play out, stepping in only when invited, and resting in the Peace that comes from surrendering to the Law of Divine Order in all things.
Yes. Love is generously and Divinely Ordered. I regularly encounter people I know slightly or perhaps not at all, and each of them bumps into me at a pivotal time for either me or them. I can see Divine Order in these encounters and know that in the turmoil and anger ahead, if I breathe into my Love center, All that is for me, including people and experiences, will drop into my life. I will be of service, or be held in service, just as it is perfectly ordered for me. I find so much comfort from this knowingness.
Beginning with the breath work imagery, and resting in my listening heart, I am guided through anger via the lens of Love. It takes patience and intention to open to all that is curated just for me, to find my path through anger, learn my lessons, and shift deeper and deeper into Love Consciousness. It’s beautifully transformative work, and I encourage you to practice now as you ask yourself, “In the coming days and months when I encounter anger in all its forms, 'What would Love Do?'"
Blessings ~JoyfulChristie