In the last two posts, I shared my reflections on anger- how it affects us, the deeper aspects of anger, and how we can use our anger as a powerful catalyst for healing. A client suggested that if I were to write a part 3- then perhaps I could share about what it feels like…
As I sit down to write the second part about how we can heal our anger, I find myself entangled in the middle of a long-standing complex family discord. Over this past weekend, at different times, I observe within myself feelings of anger, fear and sadness. So, it is totally fitting that I am writing…
I have always had an ambivalent relationship with anger. Let me explain. When I was a young girl, I felt that child’s sense of utter freedom and abandon to be myself. And anger was just one emotion in the spectrum of feelings. Even as a teenager, I still felt safe to express my anger- at…
For the past three months or so, I seem to be drawing to me all sort of literature and films that are connected in some way to Rumi. Books. Novels. Documentary films. Poetry. Last week even the Bollywood movie I shared had a song set in a mosque in Turkey – with Sufi mystics dancing…
For those of you who are readers of my posts, you know how much I love Bollywood movies! Yes, they are long, and they are usually musicals, and many times, they are hopelessly sentimental and romantic too. 😊 But the thing is, that I grew up watching Bollywood long before knowing anything about Hollywood movies.…