Is It Okay To Get Angry?

Feeling any emotion -- anger, grief, fear, joy -- is a warm welcome surprise!

We all walk around numb. We smoke, eat, drink, work, exercise, watch TV, party -- whatever it is that we do to distract ourselves from ... ourselves.

Yet, it is so important to constantly check in with oneself and see where one is at in terms of emotions. In fact, if you'd like to start, begin with setting your watch to beep every hour and stop what you're doing and listen into your gut ... feel what's in there ... and just be with it. After some time of getting used to how to feel your emotions, you won't have to set your watch anymore. You'll check in naturally all the time and you'll feel the imbalances right away. It doesn't take long to get to this place of being.

When the emotion comes up, it starts as a vibration, a feeling ... sit with it and let it rise up. Watch this emotion as if you're watching a movie, completely detached, yet with it. Up, up, up it will go -- up and out of your system.

You ask -- why is this so important? Because it is okay to feel angry but it is not okay to vent this anger on others. When you're conscious of your emotions you are also conscious of how you treat others.

What's the big deal if I vent my anger on others? The big deal has to do with your soul and the karma that you are trying to clear up in this lifetime.

What is karma? If you have ever heard the expressions "What goes around comes around" or "You reap what you sow," you'd understand the law of karma. Sometimes, it refers to past lives, if you believe in that, but isn't there already a lot of karma in just this one lifetime? How you treat others is how others will treat you. If you put out kindnesses into the world, you will get kindness back. If you are mean and hurtful, then that's what you will get back. It's all a mirror. Some people believe that there is a karma record-keeper to track "good karma" vs. "bad karma" and these people are working very hard to help erase their past history of negativity.

Why worry about the past? Because time is only an illusion and, ultimately, it is all about you and your own own soul and your own accountability for your happiness. Instead of blaming it on others, we must all take responsibility for our lives, our soul growth and our paths.

So how does tapping into and clearing my emotions help me to clear up my "bad karma"? There are two factors happening simultaneously here: (1) You're now conscious of what's going on and conscious of how you're treating others and you will be very careful especially in light of the fact that you don't want to create any more "bad karma"; and (2) As you tap into your emotions, you help to clear those blockages out of your own system, which helps you to feel more free.

So when this emotion comes up, what do I do if I feel I need to express it? There are ways to express emotions without hurting others. If you remember that everything is energy and energy can be neither created nor destroyed, then you will understand that it is important to "transmute" this energy back to the universe. Some form of creativity -- painting, music, etc. can help us clear our emotions as it is a form of meditation. Or simply, meditation where you sit or lie perfectly still is perfect for that! You can let the grief come up, cry, or just clear and you can let the anger come up via the vibration that is moving through you -- you can even scream very quietly if that helps you -- whatever works for you.

This sounds so awful to go through, why would I want to do this? Because, ultimately, you will feel free. It is very challenging at the moment but, after the fact, you will feel completely refreshed and clear.

In short, the negative karma and emotions that we carry are reflected in the dis-ease in our body. Whether you believe this or not, every physical pain does have some emotional connection. Everything that we do, has a repercussion. Start to be conscious, start to clear and you will start down the road of happiness today!