This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the nature of anger.  In it Polaris invites us to look at anger differently from what we are used to.  Anger is simply a natural expression of the human state, but you can learn how to allow it to manifest within you differently, thus creating huge and wonderful changes in your life!

Anger manifests in different ways, and there are different levels of this manifestation.  The levels correspond, roughly, to many other things that also manifest as seven levels along a spectrum.  Much of human experience manifests this way.

There are also differences, of course, in perception among people. These differences in perception vary widely depending on a number of factors, not the least of which is what has been referred to as soul age (which is a rather limiting term if you think about it). There are infinite permutations that affect perception in human experience.

Anger exists because of perception of lack. There is a perception of justification that there is something missing. There is a sense of "something missing" that must be attributed to something else. This is where the concept of blame arises. The feeling of blame is tied to the feeling of lack, for the human mind searches to find an answer to something. It sees a "problem" and wishes to find a "solution". The human mind, in general, is not geared toward seeing an entire situation, seeing the bigness of it, seeing all the possibilities. The human mind is geared toward remaining within secure limits. So holding this perception of how your mind works as a species on the physical plane may help you to understand.

Again, anger arises from the perception of a lack. This creates, on an energetic level, a feeling of imbalance. You are then pulled towards finding a way to maintain balance somehow. Since there is not the perception that this lack arises from the inability to see the wholeness, you go searching to find this lack, which causes the imbalance: tipping over the side, moving off the tightrope, moving away from center. You then go searching for this lack, looking for a reason for it. Typically the search is done externally. We must look toward others for why we feel a lack within ourselves. This looking externally causes you to regard others with suspicion: "Oh! It's their fault! They did something!". It is so much easier to accept that than it is to accept responsibility for your own lack of perception.

Another common way to go searching is to search inward: "I am not enough. Therefore, I lack." This causes anger to be directed inward, which in turn causes feelings of self-loathing and emptiness. "It can't be anyone else's fault—they look fine to me. It must be mine." You are looking for faults, again, because of an inability to see the wholeness.

Regard the moon. You know that the moon is an entire wholeness to itself. It's a spherical shape. You can imagine all of it existing. However, you only see one side of it; you see the side that has light on it. You don't see the moon as a spherical shape because you're not close enough to it to see it that way. If you step back a little from your life, you change your perspective. By stepping back, you change your perspective and you can see the entirety of what you are looking at. You see the whole thing. You see that part of it has light on it and part of it is in the dark. You can't see that part that's in the dark but you know it's there because you have stepped back and changed your perspective.

Can anyone change their perspective and see this bigness about themselves? We have already told you tonight that all of you have such wonderfully widely-varying perspectives; there are an infinite number of ways in which you can perceive your Self, the world, the universe, and others. So truly, can everyone step back to an extent where they can see the bigness of their life?

Frankly, we will tell you: no. It is not within the scope of human perception to always be able to see this bigness. There are those of you who unfortunately will always feel a lack based on what you cannot see, and will always then move into that state of anger over that feeling of something missing. Does that make you feel sad, thinking that there are some of you who will always be in a state of anger? A state of anger is simply a fear that there is something missing. It doesn't mean there is anything actually missing. It's simply a response. So it needn't cause sadness on the behalf those who will hold anger as part of their life experience. After all, anyone reading this now will have been in that state at one time. But we will say that most of you reading these words will be able to, in some fashion, step back from your life to the extent in which you will not necessarily remove anger from your experience, but you will be able to perceive your own wholeness.

Does that mean that anger will not exist in your experience? No, not at all. Anger is also a learned response to the perception that something is missing. If it's a learned response, does this does not mean you can unlearn it? Of course! You can choose a different response. You can also choose how anger manifests within you. As we said before, we have divided up the spectrum—the entire spectrum of anger—into seven parts. Some parts make you feel smaller. Some help you expand your awareness. You move from one end of the spectrum to  the other.

By staying in the more expansive end of the spectrum of anger, you increase your perception. You are aware of the potential of your bigness, yet you're also aware that there something missing. And you're okay with that!

Anger can manifest in different ways and you are accurate in stating that there are different levels of this manifestation. The levels of coarse correspond, roughly to other things that also include seven levels along a spectrum. So we will say there are seven levels of anger.

See the next part of this for the seven levels of anger.