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Wes Richards posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
One thing I heard before and again recently is that the only acceptable emotion for a man to express is anger. It’s not a belief I knowingly subscribed to but as I have it some thought I realized that although I’m not an angry person outwardly (like at all), part of the reason I don’t express emotion is because I do hold that belief. I don’t want to express anger but I also don’t feel I can express any emotion. And worse than that, I feel emotions like shame and sadness within myself as anger. I assign blame to events, things and people from my past and present for my emotions and emotional issues which feeds my anger and encourages It, making taking ownership of my original feeling of shame or sadness all but impossible.
Thanks for sharing your process. You know yourself well. If you were reading this from one of your peers in the group, what might their spiritual learning be from this experience?
Maybe to recognize anger as an emotion that needs to be examined compassionately and deeply to see what lies beneath it. Is it anger or some other emotion that doesn’t feel safe to express? And how can I use anger or any emotion to bring myself into greater alignment with my Self?
Really good awareness. Anger is coming forward to be learned from.