Here’s a list of the benefits I notice from meditation:

Here’s a list of the benefits I notice from meditation:

• lower pulse rate
• feel more relaxed/body feels more “open” (lower blood pressure/blood vessel dilation?)
• emotions seem less overwhelming and intense, with the option to disengage identity from emotion
• worries seem more distant and less urgent
• internal monologue dissipates, less “mental chatter”
• remember to do things that need doing
• think of more things to do, more ideas
• immediate action path is clearer (what to do next)
• emotional conundrums clarify (“oh — that’s what’s going on”)
• libido increase (parasympathetic nervous system activation?)

Meditation is usually associated with the “spiritual” side of consciousness, and to some extent that matches my experience, at least in terms of increased emotional awareness and reduced reactivity, and “quiet mind”/enhanced attention.

Being angered about your personal circumstances or, those of the world doesn't do much good without actions intended to bring about change.

 Actually, without doing something that leads to positive changes, anger brings only harm. This kind of complaining coupled with inaction doesn't make us smarter or more powerful. Although, it may feel as though it does. Then of course, this kind of smartness usually leads to more inaction and still less freedom. Action-less anger turns us into bellyaches. The world has always had its complainers. They have never added to the humanity's overall good.

Sometimes people use anger as a way to get others to react in a certain way.

 For example, they want the other person to do them a favor and if the other person hesitates they get mad so the other person will do what they want. Or they want to gain control over the other person and they know if they get angry the other person will back down. Or they want to make the other person afraid of them. Sometimes people even use it as a way to get out of doing things. Someone asks them to help them with something and they get mad at the other person not only to get out of the current situation but to discourage the other person from ever asking again.