Through the selfless practices of Tantra and Guru Yoga, RamDev outlines how to have a conscious relationship with anger rather than allowing it to consume us.
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This time on Healing at the Edge, RamDev gives a talk on:
- Having a neutral view of anger (not good v. bad) and consciously allowing ourselves to feel it
- Recognizing anger as a valid response to the state of the world
- Seeing all beings and experiences—even those that trigger anger—as expressions of the Divine
- Noticing that we are often not angry for the reasons we think we are
- Lessening one’s self-absorption as a key point of the spiritual path
- Cultivating gratitude and appreciation for everyone we encounter
- Exploring Guru Yoga: merging with the guru’s wisdom and presence
- Realizing our inherent wholeness and receiving blessings from the guru
- Becoming nobody so that there is no one to become lost in anger
- Transmuting outer devotion to tantric, inner devotion
- Feeling anger and sadness without becoming consumed by it
- Remembering that the same shakti fueling anger can also power creativity
“Anger is not good or bad. Anger is often a reasonable response to what is going on in the world. Yet, it is a difficult emotion because it’s so hot, and it’s often very sudden. In Buddhism, fear and anger are thought to be the same emotion.” – RamDev
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Listen to more from RamDev Dale Borglum:
RamDev talks about how the current state of the world is uncovering so many opportunities for practice, in Healing at the Edge Ep. 48
RamDev gives a dharma talk about cultivating enough faith to face things as they are, and leads a meditation centered on the power of the grounding breath in Healing at the Edge Ep. 49.
Building a bridge from separation to connection, RamDev offers practices for staying grounded, working with emotions like grief, and transmuting fear into love, in Healing at the Edge Ep. 67.
RamDev shares stories of his time with Ram Dass from the early days of the satsang and reflects on what Ram Dass meant to him as a teacher and friend in Healing at the Edge Ep. 42.
RamDev shares a dharma talk on how we can ease our suffering by offering compassion to our fear, in Healing at the Edge Ep. 46.