The angry people are those who are most afraid.
~ Robert Anthony
If you want to conquer anger in yourself, or in another, conquer fear! Where there is no fear, there is no anger.
Love and understanding get the job done.
Anger is fear
May 14, 2013 | 6 comments
I’m afraid (no pun intended) I don’t understand how anger and fear are related. Would you please elaborate? Thank you!
In chapter 16 of 1 John we read that
“God is love;” and …”There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear”
Hate is widely believed to be the “opposite” of love. Upon closer inspection, human hatred/anger is generally found to the ofspring of fear, which itself stems from the belief that man lives in matter rather than in Spirit, in whom “we live and move and have our being” We live in Love, and in Truth, Love has no opposite.
I never knew that hate, fear and anger could be related. In fact I can’t believe that. Fear is a strong human emotion that tends to hold anger and hate at bay while anger causes one to strike back at something threatening. To hate some one is also a striking back emotion. I can’t see resemblance, unless someone could explain this.
Anger is tied to fear because if one had no fear, they would have nothing to be angry about.
Why do you get angry? Because you fear loss of something.
People get angry at the economy because they fear economic loss.
People get angry at their boss because they fear what their boss is requiring them to do or not to do.
People get angry at their growing waistline because they fear gaining weight.
People get angry at acts of evil because they fear the evil is taking over.
This is not to say anger is not healthy at times. It can serve to waken thought out of a stupor, naivete or ignorance. And this is not to say that fear has to be destructive. It too, can serve to jolt thought into a proactive stance that conquers evil and has a positive impact. But as an understanding of the power of divine Love grows, the fear will fade, the anger and reason for anger dissipates, and Love takes over. No more fear and no more anger.
I was the person who asked for more information on this topic so I’d like to Thank You for providing that. This information indeed provides me with a better explanation of the topic and provides much food for thought. This is a very interesting way to think about what causes anger that I will give more thought to going forward until I can “make it my own”. Thanks again!
An added thought about anger: it is called a secondary emotion because it is generally preceeded by another emotion. You feel helpless and that makes you angry, or you feel frustrated and that makes you angry. Behind helplessness and frustration is fear– fear that something bad may happen or that something good will not happen. Instead of choosing to respond to helplessness and frustration with anger, you can choose love. Love the good that feels threatened instead of fearing its loss. Remember what is behind good and causing it to come into being and stay in the present. Fear is always about the past or the future.