Is Buddha Angry?

Is Buddha Angry?

by Eric Klein

Buddha is angry, overwhelmed, and depressed.

When you look at a statue of the Buddha or the image of a great yogi with their serene smiles, it’s easy to think that they never experienced the same reactive emotions and negative thoughts that swirl around in your mind. But, you’d be wrong.

The Buddhas and yogis faced the same reactive emotions & negative thoughts that you face.

Fear. Anger. Sorrow. Doubt. Overwhelm . . . All of those and more. The sages faced them . . . and faced them . . . and faced them . . . and through persistent compassionate facing (hint: meditation) they discovered something remarkable.

They discovered that every emotion – no matter how challenging – can be healed, transformed, and expressed as life-­giving energy.

They discovered how to experience freedom – not by suppressing, defeating, or avoiding emotions -­? but by transforming them. They discovered that freedom isn’t an escape from life but that freedom can be realized in the midst of life’s inevitable ups and downs.

But, here’s what made the great sages so great: they developed a method we can use to realize freedom in our lives. This method is based tapping into the source code underlying all emotions.

What is the source code that underlies all emotions?

First of all let’s pause on the term source code. It’s a computer term that refers to program instructions in their original form. The key term is ­? original form. Through meditation practice, the sages:

*   Traced emotions back to the source code

*   Returned emotions back to their original form.

And they discovered something wonderful: reactive emotions are simply life energy . . . running wild.

That’s it. And it’s everything!

Reactivity is life energy running wild.

There’s power, juice, creativity, and aliveness in that wildness. There’s also destruction, chaos, confusion, and suffering.

*   If you suppress the emotion – you suppress your life.