#channel/bodhi-light-teachings  The anger you're talking about is a build-up. It starts first with, say, "I'm not happy. I'm not happy about my mother. She neglects me. She favors my sister." So, it adds one more thought and one more reason. So, you're sinking lower and lower and lower. You don't recognize it starts with "I'm not happy." So, you build up this vast network of thoughts that justify to yourself why you should feel morose and happy. And once you're there, you're caught in this net. It's very hard for you to extricate. In meditation, we take these people who are used to those thoughts, and we teach them meditation so they develop skills to recognize "I'm not happy." So, they're a lot more manageable to deal with before you become a victim of your own negative thoughts. You develop skills to squash it.