Day 41 – Huhu – Anger Anger is a part of the human experience. Trying to eliminate it, squelch the emotion, “make happy” when something else is occurring inside us, is to deny part of ourselves. Things denied are things buried, they lay in wait to ambush us when we least expect it. All our emotions are ok, anger included. However when an emotion takes us out of pono and disconnects us from our greatness – when it’s simply the knee jerk reaction of old, outmoded patterns – then that emotion bears examination. When huhu arises, welcome it as an opportunity to shed spirit light – and receive true and real spirit advice – on our current ways of being. Anger is a powerful force, bearing valuable information. The trick is to create an environment wherein it becomes something we use, not something that uses us. Most of the time, when we respond to anger, it’s a reflection, an echo, of places in the past where we were overpowered and obliged to disconnect from spirit to survive. These places are buried deep within na’au and trigger inappropriate, reactive anger when similar types of circumstances arise in our present. We heal these past hurts when we shine the light of spirit on them in present time. First, huhu is a clear signal to clean your kapu space. “In this moment, I am Spirit Greatness. My pu’uwai is feeling huhu. That’s ok pu’uwai; it’s only a temporary condition. It’s perfectly ok for you to feel it, but not in my kapu space. I love and honor your right to feel huhu – out there, outside my kapu space.” That connects you, in present, to your own “uhane nui, and through it, to Spirit. Once you’re connected to the spirit light, and have put out aloha and ‘apono – unconditional love and acceptance – for yourself, you can shine that light on this particular, temporary patch of huhu. Second, this emotion is your teacher in the Great Lesson of reconnecting to Spirit. It’s appropriate to address this lesson, this teacher, with respect – Aloha Ha’awina. Mahalo Kumu. Now, you’re in your kapu space – and huhu is in its proper perspective. Often the reminder to shift to pono, get back in the canoe, is enough. Other times you have to dig deeper. Mahalo this little episode for cuing to make the shift to pono, and for the opportunity to hone your skills at doing so. Then mahalo pau, yeah? Do not go back and re-run the mea, mea, mea of this situation through your mind. If you catch yourself wanting to do that, then repeat this process., and mahalo pau. Usually, a few firm mahalo pau’s are enough. “No, mana’o, I’m not going there with you, I said mahalo pau. No Buts, yeah?”
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:39:31 +0000
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