Anger and indignation are spiritual
poison. Period. When we are angry, outraged, indignant, upset or offended, who
pays the price? We do. Sure, we may vent at the source of our displeasure, but
our face becomes red, our heart beats faster, our blood pressure rises, our
serenity is lost, our peace of mind replaced with turmoil. Even if we get the
chance to give them “a piece of our mind” what was really accomplished? Then
there are those occasions when the object of our ire is beyond our reach,
speeding away down the road, on the other side of the TV screen or radio
speaker or try as we might we just cannot get through the maze of voice
mailboxes to get to a real person and ranting e-mails are wholly unsatisfying. There
are few laws that are truly immutable, here is one: we reap as we sow.
Immutable: adj
Unchanging or unchangeable: not changing or not able to be changed
(Encarta)
We cannot get angry enough to instill peace, in ourselves or anyone else. No
one has ever been moved for long in a positive way when anger is the sole
motivation and no world leader or politician has ever changed their mind
because we yelled at the TV or posted something on social media.
Does this mean we should go through life with a Mona Lisa type smile cemented
on our face, never taking a stand or pointing out mistakes, having no opinion
on anything? Of course not, Living on the Spiritual Basis is not about
disconnecting from life, floating above it all, but connecting in new and
profound ways, for we are living on a new basis, the basis of trusting and
relying on God.
There will always be something or someone to be upset at or offended by, but
our peace, our serenity must never be the victim. When we allow the world to
get the better of us, we suffer the pain we are attempting to inflict on
others. We drink the poison of resentment and discontent, we
become upset and irritable, we close ourselves off from the sunlight of
the spirit and not only do we suffer, but those closest to us do as well. So,
the next time the thought “I have a right to be angry” crosses your mind,
remember who truly pays the price for this “right.”
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