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Anger Manifests in Different Intensities Depending on the Stage We Focus On
IN STAGE 1
all intensities and varieties of this challenge may influence us. This is the only stage where we can get completely overwhelmed by mindless rage.
IN STAGE 1 we think it perfectly normal to aggressively flare up when something irritates us intensely (i.e. when we don't get our way).
As long as we permit anger and rage to run unchecked, we automatically lay the seed for further - active as well as passive experiences of similar intensity. Rage and all its negative effects remain a theme of our life for as long as we don't stop this automatism.
The only effective way to remove totally overshadowing rage is to shift focus to STAGE 4.
Though in the higher stage anger may still occur, it ceases to block us completely. This enables us to reduce our willingness to reinforce this violent emotion, which in turn diminishes its effects on our life.
Fully overshadowing anger (rage) and violence can manifest in our life only as long as we stay focused on STAGE 1.
In STAGE 2 to 4
anger ceases to overshadow us. If - every time this challenge activates - we make a conscious effort to stop this destructive emotion, we create a momentum that will ultimately free us
