Meditation and anger management
Sunday, March 30, 2008
photo credit: Guy Telreault
A couple months ago I wrote about SigEp's "balanced man" initiative which added yoga as one of the activities. Now, it seems natural to expect guys, frat or not, to look after their spiritual and emotional health.
Researches showed that meditation produced specific changes in the brain linked to empathy, constant meditation is believed to make your brain kinder. I think a lot of us do actually need some form of anger management, as increasingly we are bombarded with hateful messages, and almost invariably, we experience a rush in testosterone and respond with anger when we have the option of simply ignoring it. Sometimes you just couldn't believe how much hate people can have on others for no good reason. Case in point: the American Family Association recently picked General Motors as a boycott target for advertising to gay guys. And the GoodAsYou blog put it well: "Honestly, these AFA kids are more myopic in their focus than a used car salesman who just learned he has 100 dollars in the bank and twins on the way!" I always have this suspicion that those who are most vocal in bashing the gay community are the deeply closeted cases - John Paulk, for example (not to be confused with Johan Paulik who is as hot and fuckable as ever) I'm convinced that the best and the fastest way to shut these AFA people up is to expose their hypocrisy, and to expose their hidden messed up personal lives.
So, back to meditation. There are several free meditation podcasts that help to quiet your mind, meditationoasis.com is one of the good ones. If you are serious in maintaining your wellbeing and have $79 to spend, meditainment.com is a great choice, it has a collection of guided meditation that literally take you out of this world. You can have a free trial and see if you like it before spending any money.
One thing I want to try is transcendantal meditation, a lot of guys I know are recommending it, any of you tried that?
Labels: self help
