r legsor some other part of your body grew diseased and caused youpain. Would you for that reason try to get rid of your stomachor your legs? Of course you would not. Anger can be transformedand the energy contained in it can be of much use to us. Thestory is told of Angulimala - a famous dacoit who had murdered999 people. Yet a meeting with the Buddha changed him andtransformed the anger within him. If a legendary dacoit cantransform his anger then surely so can we.Think of your anger, as a farmer would regard organicfertilizer. A farmer with garbage and organic waste knows thathe can use it to grow nutritious fruits and vegetables. So alsowe can use the anger within us to grow spiritually and becomeawakened.We can care for and transform our anger the way a mother caresfor here baby - by practicing mindfulness whenever we are angry.The effect mindfulness has on anger...

... can be compared with the wayflowers respond to sunlight. At sunrise the rays from the sunreach the flower. The photons contained in the sunrays penetratethe flower. After 15 to 20 minutes the flower can no longerresist and she opens herself to the sunrays.In a similar manner we need to practice mindfulness at all timesand especially when we are angry. Observe the breath entering orleaving the body when you are angry. At the same time observethe anger within you without judging or condemning or rejectingit in any way. After some minutes the anger will open itself toyou and fade away. The cause of the anger will be revealed andthe energy contained in the anger will be available for your use.Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese poet and Zen Buddhist master,says that we need to care for our anger the way a mother caresfor her newborn baby. The mother may be cooking in the kitchenand yet the moment the baby cries out she immediately goes tosee what is wrong. Because she is a skillful mother she soonfinds out what is wrong - whether it is that the baby is hungryor the nappy is too tight or whatever may be the case. In thesame way the moment we fell angry we need to care for it bypracticing mindfulness. We can observe the breath. We can go outfor a walk and make the act of walking our meditation practice.Observe the sensations in the feet as they land on the groundone after the other. At the same time observe your breath. Youwill soon know how many steps you take for each in breath andout breath. Walk in this mindful manner for 20 minutes to halfan hour and your anger will open itself to you and betransformed.Anger, left uncared for, spread a lot of pain and misery notonly in ourselves but also in other that we come in contact.There is a natural tendency to lash out at others when we areangry and this has the result of spreading misery. If wepractice transforming anger through mindfulness we will not onlybe much happier and more peaceful ourselves but we can also carefor others and share our happiness and peace. In this way ourmeditation practice will help in making the world a better place.Thich Nhat Hanh has written a very insightful book on thissubject - Anger, Buddhist wisdom for cooling the flames. Manyeffective ways of dealing with anger are explained. Pick up acopy of this book by clicking on the link belowhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1573229377/ref=nosim/easternphilos-20.I hope you enjoyed this article and hope that it will be usefulto you.Stay tuned for more.For more articles in this series and a free report on theconnection between Eastern Philosophy and Quantum Physics pleasevisit EasternPhilosophy and Meditation...