Who Says Anger Isn't Spiritual? Embracing Anger on the Spiritual Path

By Nanice Ellis

Contributing writer for Wake Up World

“Anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or not this is the outcome depends on your response.” ~ Lhamo Dondrub, the 14th Dalai Lama

According to many spiritual practices, if we want to attain spiritual awakening, we must avoid anger and other “low vibration” emotions. However, this is deceptively untrue, and, in fact, before we are fully awake, overriding anger can actually be a form of spiritual bypass that keeps us asleep. Here’s why…

Along with self-awareness and other key elements, spiritual awakening requires self-empowerment, and this includes being fully responsible for our lives, expressing our real selves, and speaking our truth. Furthermore, feelings of victimhood and powerlessness demonstrate the areas of life where we are most asleep. In fact, if you feel stuck or stagnant on your spiritual path, there is a good chance you’re experiencing disempowerment in one or more ways.

So, if spiritual awakening requires self-empowerment, how do we get from disempowered to empowered? No worries — life offers unlimited opportunities, and, in fact, until we are fully awake, it is common to find ourselves in situations and relationships that provoke feelings of powerlessness; not as karma or punishment, but, rather, as catalysts for self-empowerment.

Sooner or later, due to increasing intensity, disempowering situations and relationships become intolerable — the moment we cannot take anymore is the moment we claim our power. Nonetheless, it is often incredibly difficult to go from powerless to empowered. Fortunately, nature provides a “fail-safe switch” for self-empowerment. Anger to the rescue!

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