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…
DetailsI 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…
DetailsAs 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…
DetailsIn 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…
DetailsWhat if our anger at a person or situation is really a smokescreen for deep, buried anger at God? (Or, if you aren’t comfortable with ‘God’- you could substitute ‘the universe,’ or fate or destiny.) Recently, a client shared feeling angry at God because for many years she felt empty inside. She had a nice…
DetailsBeing clear on our purpose It’s not easy to negotiate a journey through anger. It’s like asking ourselves to deliberately walk through fire or through an area that’s filled with hidden landmines. Why would we do that? For what purpose? Well, I believe the purpose is always to heal ourselves, so we discover the ‘upside’…
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