I’ve been seeing an image going around on Instagram from Dick Sutphen’s book “The Oracle Within” that I want to talk about because the way it’s being shared is how the spiritual and witchy community tries to suppress and denigrate negative emotions and feelings, and especially anger, which is a way that deny ourselves and commit spiritual bypassing. The passage reads:
“Any time you get upset with someone, it is a self-created karmic test to see how much you’ve learned and whether you’ll need to be tested in the future. Did you respond to the situation with compassion or neutrality? Did you respond with anger or negativity? Until you learn that negative, fear-based responses don’t work, similar future situations are assured.
“Be aware that you got upset because you had expectations of approval or control – of attaining the approval of others or controlling their actions or reactions. Simly stated, your expectations conflict with what is. It would be impossible for you to be upset about anything if your expectations were not in conflict with the current situation.
“Ask yourself, “Where do I get the right to expect others to be the way I want them to be?” You don’t want them to expect you to live up to their expectations, do you? In the future, every time you start to get upset, remind yourself “My expectations are in conflict with what is.”
So I’m going to talk about negative emotions, the human experience, and how important and SACRED anger really is. Let’s do it!
