Anger, RV

Shirak made an inspiring post in the quotes section:

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." - Buddha

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become. - Buddha

I copied this from another thread but it holds power here it is.

"One day a man found out that his brother had renounced worldly life to become a monk, and he became very angry. He set off on foot to find the Buddha, and upon finding him, he began to abuse the Buddha. He yelled at him, spit on him and even struck him with his fist. The Buddha did not flinch, instead he remained as calm and as blissful as he always was. If you offered some food to a guest who came to your house, and the guest left without eating any of it, who would the food belong to? the Buddha asked the man.

The man was confused by this seemingly very strange question, but upon reflection he replied, "Of course, it would belong to me!" The Buddha shook his head in agreement and then said, In the same way, I do not wish to accept your abuse, so the abuse belongs to you. The man then realized this truth and bowed to the Buddha's feet in forgiveness. The Buddha told him there was no need for forgiveness and asked the man to sit with them in discussion. The man soon after became a monk, just like his brother.

Such a simple story, but the implications are tremendously powerful! The Buddha was being verbally and physically abused and managed to fix the problem without becoming angry in the least bit. This is not surprising though because an awakened one will never become angry. But let us not place the Buddha on a pedal stool and act like we too cannot awaken to this simple realization today; that when we are angry at something or someone else, we are only hurting ourselves and making our lives that much more difficult than they already are. When we truly realize this simple fact, the doors of real lasting and powerful change will open wide."

"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. - Buddha

I disagree that an awakened one will never become angry moreso they are less likely to become angry. Ego is one of the byproducts of humanity it is a great tool of the consciousness but a terrible master.

I really enjoyed it. Though, I suspect it played a large role in my dreams this morning. Lots of habits, emotions and feelings that I didn't know I had. Bullying someone, fighting some "bad guys" and ending up more violent than they ever were. Didn't find it too pleasant though and focused on the central channel instead.

I saw a road on the edge of a slope, with a mountain ridge in the background. There was a white / grey van coming down the road while we were exploring the place. There was a lot of noise on the foreground, some people talking. I think it was somewhere in Hungary. Everything looked incredibly vivid and detailed. Woke up when I realised what was going on.

Tried again. This time I saw what looked like a dormitory. I was looking through an open door to a corridor. A guy ran in, in a hurry. He was looking for a WC. I think there was no noise on this one. Not as many details as on the previous one. The most important part seemed to be his face. Woke up again.