We’re conditioned to turn away from anger or guilt, blame, jealousy, and so on. Feeling angry—at ourselves, at others, at experiences that come upon us—is undoubtedly intense, and we might fear that intensity will be all-consuming. So to avoid the rabbit hole of anger, our culture teaches us to find safety in repression. But there is a profound dif

What the other person says will not touch off the anger and irritation in you, because compassion is the real antidote for anger. Nothing can heal anger except compassion.

There is no awareness of peace without authentic forgiveness, and there is no authentic forgiveness until we integrate the resonance that arises in us when we place our attention on those who still anger us.