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How to Mindfully Release Hidden Anger

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How to Mindfully Release Hidden Anger Question How does mindfulness relieve anger? Answer 1- Mindfulness recognizes, embraces, and relieves. 2- Mindfulness helps us look deeply in order to gain insight. 3- Insight is the liberating factor, that allows transformation to happen. This is the Buddhist practice of taking care of anger. by Thich Nhat Hanh Requirements: Interest – In acknowledging the existence of the un-conscious mind Courage – To accept all that is true, hidden in the un-conscious mind Trust – In Buddha nature (Awareness) and the power of mindfulness

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  • 1.How to Release Hidden AngerQuestionHow does mindfulness relieve anger?Answer1- Mindfulness recognizes, embraces, and relieves.2- Mindfulness helps us look deeply in order to gain insight.3- Insight is the liberating factor, that allows transformation to happen.This is the Buddhist practice of taking care of anger. by Thich Nhat HanhRequirements:Interest In acknowledging the existence of the un-conscious mindCourage To accept all that is true in the un-conscious mindTrust In Buddha nature and the power of mindfulness

2. Conscious & Un-Conscious MindThe Basement and the Living RoomWe can identify two parts:the basement is the store consciousnessand the living area is mind consciousness.Internal formations. Like anger,rest in the store consciousness---in the basementin the form of a seed, untilyou hear, see, read, or think of something that touches your seed of anger.Then it comes up and manifests on the level of your mind consciousness, yourliving room. It manifests as a zone of energy that makes the atmosphere in yourliving room heavy and unpleasant.When the energy of anger comes up, we suffer.Whenever anger manifests, the practitioner immediately invites the energy ofmindfulness to manifest also, through the practice of mindful breathing. 3. AnapanasatiBody1. Breathing in, I know I am breathing in.2. Breathing in, I know whether it is a long breath or a short breath.3. Breathing in, I am aware of my whole body.4. Breathing in, I calm my whole body.Emotions5. Breathing in, I experience joy.6. Breathing in, I experience happiness.7. Breathing in, I am aware of the feeling [that is present now].8. Breathing in, I calm the feeling [that is present now].Mind9. Breathing in, I am aware of the activity of mind [that is present now].10. Breathing in, I make the activity of my mind happy.11. Breathing in, I bring right concentration to bear on the activity of my mind.12. Breathing in, I liberate the activity of my mind.Truth13. Breathing in, I observe the impermanent nature of all Dharmas.14. Breathing in, I observe the letting go of all Dharmas.15. Breathing in, I observe no craving with regard to all Dharmas.16. Breathing in, I observe the nature of cessation of all Dharmas. 4. The Process of, Releasing Hidden AngerRecognizing, Accepting, Surrendering1- Becoming mindful, of the sensations of the in-breath.breathing in, I know, I am breathing inbreathing in, I feel the sensations of the in-breathbreathing in mindfully, I feel all the sensations inside my bodybreathing in mindfully, I know I am good breathing in mindfully, I know I am Loved 2- Recognizing, my Hidden Anger.breathing in mindfully, I know there is anger, in me3- Accepting, my Hidden Angerbreathing in mindfully, I accept all of my hidden anger4- Surrendering, my Hidden Angerbreathing in mindfully, I surrender all of my hidden anger 5. Insights into Hidden AngerMindfulness does not fight anger or despair. Mindfulness is there in order torecognize.Mindfulness is the capacity of being aware of what is going on in the presentmoment."Breathing in, I know that anger has manifested in meBreathing in, I smile towards my angerThis is not an act of suppression or of fighting.It is an act of recognizing.Once we recognize our anger, we embrace it with a lot of awareness, a lot oftenderness. 6. It is important to remember, that we always have the Buddha in us.Practitioners of meditation do not discriminate against or reject their internalformations. We treat our afflictions and our anger, with a lot of tenderness.When anger comes up in us, we should begin to practice mindful breathing rightaway:"Breathing in, I know that anger is in me.Breathing in, I am taking good care of my anger:Continue to tenderly embrace the energy of anger within you.Anger may continue to be there for some time, but you are safe, because theBuddha is in you, helping you to take good care of your anger.The energy of mindfulness (awareness) is the energy of the Buddha.When you practice mindful breathing and embracing your anger, you are underthe protection of the Buddha (Divine Awareness). 7. Mindfulness of AngerRecognizing, Embracing, Relieving the Suffering of Anger1- The first function of mindfulness is to recognize, not to fight. "Breathing in, Iknow that anger has manifested in me. Hello, my little anger? And breathingout, "I will take good care of you."2- Once we have recognized our anger, we embrace it. This is the secondfunction of mindfulness, and it is a very pleasant practice. Instead of fighting, weare taking good care of our emotion. If you know how to embrace youranger, something will change.3- So the third function of mindfulness is soothing, relieving. Anger is there, butit is being taken care of. The situation is no longer in chaos, with the crying babyleft all alone. The mother is there to take care of the baby and the situation isunder control.Requirements: Interest, Courage & Faith 8. Our Buddha Nature 1 of 2It is important to recognize that we always have the Buddha in us. Our Buddha NatureThe capacity of being mindful, the capacity of being under-standing, loving, andcaring is the Buddha in us.Every time we are capable of generating mindfulness, it makes the Buddha in usa reality. With the Buddha in you, you have nothing to worry about anymore.Everything will be fine if you know how to keep the Buddha within you alive.Even if we are angry, unkind, or in despair, the Buddha is always within us. Thismeans we always have the potential to be mindful, to be understanding, to beloving.We need to practice mindful breathing or walking in order to touch the Buddha(Awareness) within us. When you touch the seed of mindfulness that lies in yourconsciousness, the Buddha will manifest in your mind consciousness andembrace your anger. 9. Mindfulness of Anger 2 of 2It is important to recognize that we always have the Buddha in us. You dont have to worry, just continue to practice breathing in to keep theBuddha alive. Then everything will be fine.The Buddha (awareness) recognizes.The Buddha (awareness) embraces.The Buddha (awareness) relieves, and the Buddha looks deeply into thenature of anger.The Buddha (awareness) understands. Understanding, will bring abouttransformation.The energy of mindfulness contains the energy of concentration as well as theenergy of insight. Concentration focuses on just one thing. With concentration,the energy of looking becomes more powerful. Because of that, it can make abreakthrough, that is insight. Insight always has the power of liberating you.If mindfulness is there, and you know how to keep mindfulness alive,concentration will be there, too. And if you know how to keep concentrationalive, insight will also come. 10. Fear gives life to angerSomeday this body will be a corpse. Everything that is near and dear to me will be lost.Every day we can practice like this, taking a few mo-ments as we follow our breathing.We practice the Five Remembrances so that the seed of fear can circulate.We must invite fear up, to be recognized, to be embraced. And then when it goes backdown again, it becomes smaller.When we invite our seed of fear up like this, we will be better equipped to take care of ouranger. Fear gives life to anger. We dont have peace when fear is there, so it becomes thesoil in which anger can grow.Fear is based on ignorance. Lack of un-derstanding is also a primary cause of anger.Source- Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child by Thich Nhat Hanh 11. 12Distinctions . . . Awareness is the field in which neural activity(mysteriously) becomes conscious experience. Attention is a heightened focus - a spotlight - on aparticular content of awareness. Mindfulness is sustained attentiveness, typically with ametacognitive awareness of being aware. Concentration is deep absorption in an object of attention- sometimes to the point of non-ordinary states ofconsciousness.