Re: More about processing anger (following up "Ding, ding!" below).
Posted by Deirdre on March 27, 2002 at 07:10:27:

In Reply to: More about processing anger (following up "Ding, ding!" below). posted by John on March 26, 2002 at 18:09:49:

Hi John, and thanks I have worked with "self-remembering" and other
methods before and it does make sense from the logical standpoint. But
I wonder if there are some of us who instead of the external world
seeing our anger our internal world is where it is expressed. In other
words the "other" never feels our anger but *I* can feel it within
myself - when I am awake enough. Perhaps it is about respecting the
relationship with ourselves as equally important as our relationship
with all others? I wouldn't turn anger on another -- why would I turn
it on myself.

I wonder why when I have joy it is not something that needs to be
verbally or physically expressed. It just needs to be felt and
unfortunatly it will relax into the field of our general experience
until the next time we recognize joy again. Anger tho seems to have a
feel of cummulation and is not so easily released. I would prefer to
hold on to joy and yet it is difficult to hold -- anger however seems
to have a more sticking adhesive. Two emotional experiences that, in
general, our selves seem to hold entirely different. At least from my
own experience.

I know that we are about to go to a new semester and John you have
given me much to work with. And I will work with it! I let you know..

Best Always
Deirdre

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