Always Room Enough

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 I just read an article about a paper published by two communication researchers at Ohio State University that said that dealing with anger by a monotonous activity increases arousal of anger, and not decrease it.  Instead their study showed that anger is best dealt with by meditation.  I don't need a study to tell me this.  But I'm happy that research has born this out.  Their study has shown that meditatiion decreases heart rate and lowers a state of arousal caused by anger.

I know for a fact what any kind of stress does both to me mentally and physically.  I can't equate stress with anger but the physiological affects on the body are the same for both.  People have dealt with their anger by a physical exercise like punching or running.  But quiet meditation has been found to be the best way to deal with both anger and stress.  Physiologically they both have the same affect.  There is an increase of heart rate and all related physiological effects with both.  

I've found any kind of meditatiion is the best way to deal with both anger and the stress it causes.  I see an increase of heart rate by any cause as my worst enemy.  And both have detrimental affects on both mind and heart.  Calm is best for both mind and heart.  And when I'm not calm, it has an effect on how I act towards others.  I've had to learn this.  Too much anger causes too much stress.  I'm happy I read this article because this study gives support to what many have discovered.  Meditatiion is best.

One can't be too calm in today's world.  We need more calm and less stress.  It seems meditation is the best answer to life's problems.  This is the key to Mr. Myogi's teaching of young Daniel in the Karate Kid movie.  This study gives support to what quiet meditation does for a person. 

There are those who don't need research to bear this out.  Too much anger causes too much stress.  I am at my very best when I am calm and relaxed.  I know my mind can be triggered.  And I'm not myself under most any kind of duress.  This is partly why I have retreated from life in more recent years.  The stress caused by the anger in others is something I seek to avoid.  I've paid a price for my mental health, but for me it has been worth it.  

I have been writing about the meaning of this week every day now and don't really need to say much more than I have already said.  I feel I need this week in light of some stress from my son being hospitalized this past week.  But like all things I let my Spirit Guides work.  I do what I do and let them work.  I always have enough room in my life for quiet meditation.

This week IS different, but there is growth this week.  Just because I am older doesn't mean I stop growing Spiritually.  This week really doesn't have to be different.  But April 12 is the ONLY date I have, other than an anniversary date of my experience at around Thankgiving.  But I've never forgotten the dates.  So, I'll smoke my pipe and meditate on the meaning of April 12.   Today it is my Gettysburg pipe with some Elizabethan English tobacco.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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