Tels of the Gut
(Rage Instincts )
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Issuing up through our throat from the gut instincts of the body. We detect levels of anger by the tensions in our tone of voice. Anger is not always a mask for more vulnerable feelings. You can often hear it resting beneath a smile .
When experiencing Rage at its most overwhelming, self is sundered in exchange for pure defense of self. The defense rarely if ever serves self’s purpose. Instead, the sundering of self carries long lasting repercussions - the mending takes exponentially longer than the breaking. Still, the impulse to destroy is built into our cellular architecture. No matter the harm done to others, fury is always about our own deep intoxication with the destruction of self.
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This state of high reactivity in the gut brings the blood coursing through one’s veins. Harm is at hand and requires the will to fight to keep it at bay. Here is where oaths are announced, ruptures enacted, and duels arranged. No need to keep weapons concealed - for the time has come at last for a show of force. The liberty of this place is in having all claims, petty or grand, laid out for all to see. Volatility is its own sweet abode as you ignite your kindling disappointments into action.