Shift from anger to creativity, and immediately you will see a great change arising in you. Tomorrow the same things will not feel like excuses for being angry.
Out of one hundred people suffering from anger, about 50 percent suffer from too much creative energy that they have not been able to put into use. Their problem is not anger, but they will go on thinking their whole life that it is. Once a problem is diagnosed rightly, half of it is already solved.
Put your energies into creativity. Forget about anger as a problem; ignore it. Channel your energy towards more creativity. Pour yourself into something that you love. Rather than making anger your problem, let creativity be your object of meditation. Shift from anger to creativity and immediately you will see a great change arising in you. And tomorrow the same things will not feel like excuses for being angry because now energy is moving, it is enjoying itself, its own dance. Who cares about small things?
Everyday Osho — 365 Daily meditations for the here and now by Osho
I started cleaning when I was angry about something. It helps give you something to do with the energy, and gives you an activity instead of venting at someone. It gives you time to think things through and lose the anger. Even when I don’t feel like cleaning anything else, I often sweep the floor. Just that little bit makes things feel so much cleaner to me, getting the bits of dirt out from under my feet and making things look that little bit better.
Dragon of anger
Calls for us to take action
Anger is the fuel
“A friend of mine once noted that anger was not possible without a goal. No goal, no possibility of anger. I thought about this a long time and realized that no matter how modest or unimportant the goal, the moment I have something I want, an outcome I desire more than other possible outcomes, there arises the possibility for anger, and farther along that spectrum, the possibility of cruelty if I am willing to pursue my goal at any cost, even at the expense of another living being. We may not take the achievement of a goal to Machiavellian extremes. But simply shaping a goal and focusing on it has the additional effect of narrowing our perspective.” — Suzanne Clothier, “Bones Would Rain From the Sky”
When the Madwoman is transformed from destructive paths and embodied in creative ways, a woman will not give up her vision. Rid of the resentments, paranoia, and isolation that result when her anger is suppressed or goes unrecognized or unacknowledged, she will be free to create. Her vision will be clear and congruent, and she will have the courage and wisdom to embody it in the world. — Linda Schierse Leonard, Meeting the Madwoman
Nurture the darkness of your soul
until you become whole.
Can you do this and not fail?
–Tao Te Ching, 10
“When you are feeling depreciated, angry and drained, it is a sign that other people are not open to your energy.” — Sanaya Roman
“The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn’t angry enough.” — Bede Jarrett
“At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled.” — Marshall B. Rosenberg
“It is wise to direct your anger towards problems — not people; to focus your energies on answers — not excuses.” — William Arthur Ward
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