147. Blood Pressure

Why not be angry with G-d?! G-d could certainly be doing a better job with this world. There are too many tradgedies and too much injustice. The world is topsy-turvy with too many good people bearing terrible burdens and too many evil people thriving. I think yelling at G-d is a way of hopefully getting G-d's attention so that his compassion is aroused. It's just too much sometimes. The latest being a 2 year old angel not waking up. The sadness is awful. I think it's appropriate to be angry at G-d for not stepping in and righting wrongs. It's way past the time to send Moshiach-send him now. Enough of this already-G-d are you listening???

Anger against what is an anathema to the ways of G-d as described in the Torah IS NOT anger at G-d. Even though we do not understand His motivations in letting 'stupidity', immorality, and foolishness rule His world, it is incumbent on all of us who follow Him and His ways to protest such ungodly behavior and try to reverse this rediculous thinking. Those that oppose/challenge G-d do so at their own risk - check out the history of Mankind. G-d rules and controls; to think and do otherwise is folly. It is apparent that those who currently act in such a despicable manner do so for their own egos - they worship the current definition of Idol worship, namely money, power, and glory, or just plain 'status'. How sad!
Also, properly-applied anger or letting emotions out can be beneficial to you by lowering your blood pressure.

It is true, for the Living G-d know everything and He turns everything for good. Praise him!!

Anger is a powerful emotion and unless we channel that energy in a constructive way it really is harmful to us.

The quote above by Rabbi Freeman was expressed fairly well. I am taking it to mean to avoid being upset with all or most of humanity an ongoing basis based on the world’s current state of spiritual-social evolution (if I may use the E-word here). I am also taking it to refer to avoid getting angry over the petty things in life such as the local grocery being out of an item or even the passage of a new tax bill. BTW, avoiding letting anger get to us does not mean that we need to be passive and not take action when it is called for.

I believe there is a Jewish teaching equating anger with idol worship. Is that so? Taken literally, that can suggest that we shouldn’t get angry over any issue. Yet, there are grave times when (selected or focused) anger is an understandable human emotion based on the context and extremism of the situation.

We’re human, not robots.

The Rebbe had a great thinking and sense of humor