Road Rage
A Frightening Personal Experience

What is road rage?

Aggressive driving, not to be confused by defensive or assertive driving, is hazardous and puts the lives of other drivers at risk as well as one's own life.

Mild annoyance of other drivers' behavior is not considered to be road rage, but nevertheless, it is a mild form of anger that feeds on itself and could escalate if one allows it to grow.

What causes road rage?

That is anyone's guess because the individual is overly stressed out and feeling vulnerable before he or she gets in their car.

To a driver experiencing an intense emotional power struggle, for example, a seemingly trivial incident like another car overtaking and passing him may force him over the edge.

Or the honking of a horn may be the spark that sets off a ticking emotional time bomb.

Extreme anger is the result of an accumulation of stress on the central nervous system. The offending stressor is unresolved suppressed negative emotion that by its very nature causes more negative assaults to the nervous system.

It is an insane and vicious cylce that causes depression and sometimes even death.

In the hands of a person suffering from this condition, a car becomes a potential weapon.

The scene in a supermarket parking lot is a great demonstration of road rage. I will spare you the details here but I laughed until I cried during that incident.

Cathartic emotional release, perhaps?

Hazardous to other drivers...

Careless and wreckless driving of aggressive drivers often results in road accidents. While a driver is feeling and expressing anger he or she is literally unconscious of everything else. They are not paying attention to their driving.

You have probably noticed on more than one occasion, a car weaving recklessly in and out of traffic lanes appearing to be in a big rush to get somewhere more quickly.

Have you ever noticed as you pull up to the next stop light, there he is waiting for the light to change, tapping his fingers nervously on the steering wheel.

Or worse, looking into the car beside him, challenging that driver to a drag race.

That driver is risking not only his life, but the lives of those around him as well.

My personal horror story...

As I type this, an old memory comes to mind of an incident where I was involved in a frightening experience of road rage.

Many years ago while my fiance and I were waiting in line to purchase a ticket at our local drive-in movie theater (yes, that long ago), he suddenly and angrily slammed on the parking brake and jumped out of the car.

I had no idea of what was going on, but as my eyes followed him I became aware of a very angry tall and muscular man approaching him.

This man pushed and shoved my boyfriend against our car and started pummeling him with his fists. I was paralyzed with fright. This big angry guy could have killed my boyfriend, but stopped suddenly and returned to his car.

I have no idea what triggered that episode. All I can remember now is that I was horrified, shocked and embarrassed for my boyfriend and myself.

In hindsight, having a better understanding of how the Law of Attraction works, a simple explanation would be that by the power of intense angry and fearful thoughts and feelings, at least two men, and a woman (me) were drawn together.

Like attracts like...

Under the universal Law of Attraction our thoughts and feelings which are vibrating energy, attract more of the same vibrating energy to us.

In other words, a person thinking angry thoughts and feeling intense angry emotion is like a magnet attracting to itself all things that match that energy.

If a road accident occurs as a result of one person's road rage, everyone involved in the accident was attracted to it by their own negative thoughts and intense emotional energy.

I know it is not easy to hear this and to accept it.

And even if you have never experience road rage, you stand a better chance of staying clear of it by understanding the Law of Attraction as described in the book, The Law of Attraction, The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham.

The Good News...

Rarely do people whose normal temperaments are peaceful, happy and joyful even feel angry while driving their cars.

However most everyone experiences off days and occasionally feels vulnerable to sudden and unexpected stressors in every day life, as well as while they are driving their cars.

And yes, if they feel intense energy they will attract similar energy to them, but as they are are not likely to be simmering pots of explosive anger, they will not become enraged drivers.

Here are two solutions to the problem of road rage:

1. Become familiar with the Law of Attraction. Purchase the book referred to above, and read it as many times as it takes you to fully understand it.

   And while you are on this website, you will find several related articles, and a couple of my personal manifesting success stories.

2. Meditation is a natural and effective way to relieve stress, calm the inner storm and keep you calm even in the midst of chaos.

   My main reason for learning how to meditate was to heal my chronic stress and anxiety. Often I felt like a walking time bomb on the verge of exploding emotionally. Shame was my debilitating issue and it was usually triggered by being criticized.

   It worked wonders for me and because of my regular practice of meditation I now enjoy awesome peace and joy most of the time.

   As a tool for attracting more of the same vibrant energy to me, nothing beats it.

I hope you are enjoying your visit to this website, and finding the information and exercises of great value.

Thank you for being here now.

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