EPISODE‌ ‌58 Sacred Time Tevet

“Anger can be illogical and it can cause a lot of harm. But it also can be righteous and it can be rectifying something that’s wrong.”— Ganga DeviWhat is the role of anger in our lives? And what can we learn from our sense of it?This episode of Living Jewishly is an instalment of Sacred Time, a podcast devoted to the healing art of the Hebrew calendar.As we bid goodbye to Chanukah, we enter Tevet, the tenth month of the calendar. This is a time of cold and darkness, but one that evokes a fiery emotion. Its 10th day commemorates the onset of the siege of Jerusalem — no wonder Tevet is associated with the sense of anger.Tevet is also connected to the story of Purim, as it is in the month of Tevet that Esther was taken to the King Achashverosh's palace to be chosen as Queen.Most of us are only aware of anger when we feel it or when it’s directed toward us, and in these heightened states we are unable to reflect on and understand the wisdom and potential carried within it.Tevet offers us the rare opportunity to examine anger from a place of peace.Through drawing on Kabbalistic themes and psychological tools, we can work intentionally with anger and see it with new eyes. This episode explores anger’s purpose — how it can point us to unmet needs and fuel us to make necessary changes in our lives, relationships and social systems.“That is what Tevet gives us to work with. It’s understanding: what is anger? What does it mean to play with the fire of anger?”— BluthThis‌ ‌episode discusses:‌ ‌

• How anger can be used as a tool to create positive and necessary change
• Comparisons between ecological fire and the fire of anger, and how each plays a role in stripping away what no longer serves
• How to differentiate between the needs and the strategies connected with our anger

Highlights:‌ ‌01:30 Welcome to Tevet02:58 Purim & The Book of Esther03:53 Chanukah & Purim06:39 Tevet & anger08:04 Comparison between anger & fire10:46 Emotions as data points12:10 Regenerative anger & trauma15:13 Empathic communication & reframing19:58 Our needs v. our strategies24:45 The Language of Emotions26:51 Ganga Devi’s story31:41 The Work That Reconnects33:10 Tools within & without us37:31 Cultivating integrityLinks:‌ ‌Marshall Rosenberghttps://www.nonviolentcommunication.comAlexandra Paretta, Tantra practitionerhttps://www.wovenyin.comKarla McLaren, The Language of Emotionshttps://karlamclaren.com/product/the-language-of-emotions-bookhttps://karlamclaren.com/understanding-and-befriending-angerJoanna Macy, The Work That Reconnectshttps://www.joannamacy.net/mainTo get in contact or learn more about Living Jewishly:Visit‌ ‌our ‌website: https://livingjewishly.orgVisit our learning community: https://www.schooloflivingjewishly.comFollow us on Instagram: @living.jewishlyWatch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO2YEegjapKpQeXG6zh6tzwor send us an email at hello@livingjewishly.org.Shalom!