Gil Fronsdal on aversions

So ill will is something to respect in all its different forms, and I think meditation practice is a phenomenal opportunity to allow these forces inside of us to exist in their simplicity. There can even be murderous rage -- strong anger -- which is socially unacceptable in certain situations ... in the privacy of your own meditation with your eyes closed and sitting still, this is a very unusual circumstance where it might be safe to let strong energies of anger, aversion, ill will, to surface, to arise, and be there ... without any need to dampen it down or be critical. And let it be free to move through us.