Anger is a higher state of consciousness if it feels like it for you. It may also be that you have to take other steps to find yourself in its vicinity.
Consider a situation where you're sad and ask yourself if any of these feels like a relief from the sadness. Let's assume the sadness is about a person:
- Blaming and judging the person (shifting the blame from you to him/her)
- Thinking vengeful thoughts towards her
- Belittliing her in your mind.
- Feeling frustrated at her.
- Feeling hopeful for her improvement on the issue.
- Contemplating her positive traits and deeds.
- Being ANGRY at her! :mad
- Maby finding better thoughts about yourself only.
All in random order.
If you sometime should find yourself in anger, you should maby find something to punch. Like a sort of boxing-bag that hangs from the ceiling. Also if you feel like screaming(!) grab a pillow and scream into that so that people won't complain about it. If I don't express my anger when I feel it, it can often feel like the bad energy crashes in my body and has nowhere to transmute itself.
Mockery, silence, coldness... I don't think about them as typical expressions of anger. They're more like expressions of grouchiness and passive-aggressive behaviour - i.e. anger that has been slightly repressed. If you feel relief from that, do it.
