' The Pain of Anger '...

“You will not be punished for your anger;, you will be punished by your anger..” – Attributed to the Buddha.... ....................... Whether the Buddha spoke these exact words or not,, the spirit of this teaching is deeply aligned with Buddhist psychology.. ....................... Anger doesn’t just hurt the person it’s directed at .. it poisons the one who holds onto it.. ...................... When we’re angry,, our inner peace is the first casualty.. The mind becomes clouded.. The heart closes.. We say and do things we regret.. But when we recognize anger as a passing mental state — not who we are — we can meet it with mindfulness.. ........................ What if you didn’t fight anger,, but saw through it?.. What if you chose peace instead?.. .......................... The practice of metta (loving-kindness) and vipassana (insight) helps us observe emotions without clinging.. And in that awareness,, something extraordinary happens:... peace returns....................... from Buddhismway.org