Friday, January 11, 2008

Anger and Being Right

“We cannot become angry unless we believe we are right.
Today when you feel irritated about something,
breathe deeply and allow being right to melt into being present.”

Here is a quote from Judith Lasater from her book Living Your Yoga. What do you think? Let us know if you have any experiences around this thought...

4 comments:

@MuseLaura said...

Ready for an interesting insight? I have yet to find an instance for myself in which the idea that if I am angry, I must feel I am right, doesn't fit. Now, I can't always melt into being present...:-)

Everyday Yogini said...

Mmmmm, I think I have to agree with Laura. Of course, I'm going to have to check it against coming experiences, but I suspect that this is very true.

Marya said...

Still trying to figure out my dog, though. I get angry at him quite a bit and I think it's because circumstances don't go my way (inconvenience) I suppose that is a form of being right. I see a pattern of irritation with beings that I don't always find to behave rationally (at least by MY definition)!

Kris said...

How perfectly put and how very true! Thanks for this quote.