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<\/a>This blog post<\/a> was sent to me by my friend Sjors in London. It\u2019s well worth a read and, more so, a listen. And I thought Dick Cheney was going to take the cake for foul language in the White House\u2026 Guess not.<\/p>\nThe very interesting <\/span>point is that this didn\u2019t come out until after <\/span>the election. As with Obama\u2019s unproven citizenship and his fumbled swearing in ceremony, I have to wonder if this won\u2019t spark yet another crazy right-wing conspiracy<\/span>.<\/p>\n \u2014\u2013<\/p>\n In the Christian tradition, the sin of anger or wrath (ira in Latin) is considered \u201cdeadly\u201d because it means a fatal rupture in our connection with God\u2026<\/p>\n Part of the \u201cmiddle brain\u201d, or limbic system, they are our mammalian \u201cfight or flight\u201d monitors, which kick in before the higher reasoning faculties of the cerebral cortex have a chance to react\u2026.<\/p>\n \u2026the Roman physician Galen (AD 129-200), \u2026 thought it best to control anger by finding a teacher or philosopher to learn from, much as you would find a doctor if you were ill\u2026<\/p>\n Road rage now has a medical name: \u201cintermittent explosive disorder\u201d, supposedly the result of inadequate production of serotonin in the brain\u2026.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This blog post was sent to me by my friend Sjors in London. It\u2019s well worth a read and, more so, a listen. And I thought Dick Cheney was going to take the cake for foul language in the White House\u2026 Guess not. The very interesting point is that this didn\u2019t come out until after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/telegraph\/multimedia\/archive\/01290\/pqitemper1_1290882c.jpg\")
<\/a>And for those who are ever-fascinated with the all-too-human phenomenon of anger, here\u2019s some helpful background info<\/a>:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7907151-3879308882206965560?l=americanbuddhist.blogspot.com\")