Our Volcanic Eruptions

​In our emotional landscape, it doesn’t take much to trigger a volcano. Many of us are passive aggressive where by repressing emotions we allow our inner pressure to build up and then a trigger factor comes into play and we blow. The problem with such explosions is that they are indiscriminate and whoever is in the line of fire can get seriously hurt. Particularly when a big hurt of childhood trauma like sexual abuse breaks through, the subsequent anger needs careful handling as it has the potential to be devastating. For some reason we are almost genetically programmed to outlaw our negative emotions. We tend to treat them as enemies to be got rid of rather than friends to be entertained. The problem with trying to control, repress and deny them is that they will resist, persist and become even more controlling in our lives. The very energy that we use to keep them out of sight is empowering them to claim even more headspace than before. Learning the art of practicing inner hospitality is a major turning point in life when it comes to dealing with difficult emotions. Even the difficult and unpleasant emotion of anger that rises to meet us, is our hidden creativity, coming in disguise, waiting to greet us.