Strange to say, anger is looked upon, by Westerners on a spiritual path, as brutish or boorish. It’s not. It’s, in fact, stuck energy.

It’s, therefore, a good sign when seemingly placid but actually resentful spiritual practitioners get to a point at which anger starts to emerge. This tells you that your practice, your understanding is deepening, ripening, maturing.

The nondual teaching, quite sensibly, says that the reason humans are here is in order to realize that each of us is the Self. This realization is termed knowledge for those engaged in jnana yoga and love by those following bhakti yoga. There is, however, no difference between knowledge and love.

Suffering is to be taken seriously but not personally. If you really grasp the cosmic teleology intellectually grasped (i.e., the only reason for being here is to realize the Self), you’ll start to see suffering not as a problem but as an opportunity. Suffering, each time, is inviting you inward. Go here, and be THIS.