It seems whenever someone starts to talk about difficult feelings like grief or anger, someone usually shuts them down with phrases like "think positive" or "don't be negative". As part of that brief conversation, a value judgment is placed upon whatever the person is feeling, and that is usually that the emotion is negative or…
It can be easy to think that it's not spiritual to be anger, to have rage, and yet, if we're thinking about our lives as fully embodied beings, then of course we're going to be furious. We're going to experience anger, rage, and all those negative emotions. There are plenty of stories from religious traditions…