How to Overcome Frustration

The dic­tio­nary def­i­n­i­tion of frus­tra­tion is that it’s a com­mon emo­tional response to oppo­si­tion related to anger and disappointment.

Most of us (includ­ing me) think that obsta­cles which cre­ate frus­tra­tion are out­side our­selves, and we deal with these exter­nal causes either through anger, irri­ta­tion or even aggression.

My frus­tra­tion had been grow­ing over the past few weeks and, since I dis­like com­plain­ers, I wasn’t about to com­plain. Of course, that bottled-up emo­tion had to go some­where, and it did: my throat.

Curi­ous, I had the sense that this was about some­thing deeper, so I went to my book­case for inspi­ra­tion. This is what I read:

Frus­tra­tion is not depres­sion. Frus­tra­tion draws the energy of the throat cen­ter down into the sacral cen­ter and depletes the man.

New Dimen­sions in Heal­ing, Torkom Saray­dar­ian, p. 494

No won­der I felt exhausted and suf­fered from a sore throat!

In the chap­ter, Cre­at­ing Iden­tity, I found the anti­dote to my recent frus­tra­tions by tak­ing it out of the emo­tional level and rais­ing it to the higher mind where I could look at it, destroy it and release it.

This is a supreme method of dis-identifying with your not-Self which all the great Teach­ers of the Age­less Wis­dom taught.

Here are the steps:

1. Relax.

2. Take a few deep breaths.

3. Close your eyes and think about “frus­tra­tion” or any emo­tion you are hav­ing trou­ble with.

4. Try to visu­al­ize “frus­tra­tion” in your emo­tional nature and make a sym­bol of your “frustration.”

5. Visu­al­ize your True Self, located one foot above your head, as a sphere of light.

6. Visu­al­ize a fiery beam of light directed toward the sym­bol which rep­re­sents the emo­tion that is caus­ing you prob­lems. See it burned up and com­pletely gone.

It’s pos­si­ble that after your sym­bol has been destroyed, it may return, depend­ing on how deep the emo­tion is. Again direct the fiery light, and burn it until the image is cleared away.

When I did this exer­cise, I felt men­tal clar­ity and peace. I over­came my ten­dency to respond  aggres­sively and in haste.

I hope you can see from this small exam­ple how impor­tant it is to cre­ate inner peace and how by address­ing our inner tur­moil or obsta­cles will lead us on the path of right human relations.

Related Posts:

• What Hap­pens to Body After Death
• Irri­ta­tion: Scourge of Our Time

Tagged as: Ageless Wisdom, Irritation, Right Human Relations