The same applies to anger as applies to pain. Mindfulness meditation can be used as both a remedy to and a preventative against anger and moralization. Accordingly, we can benefit from meditating both on a regular basis, as I do daily, and whenever we find ourselves getting worked up. Meditating allows us to be more accepting of and in touch with our own experience and therefore more able to have compassion for ourselves and others. It also allows us to more easily disidentify with our moralistic thoughts when they begin to enter our minds, thereby preventing them from spiraling out of control. To understand the many intricacies of meditation-if you are interested-I suggest finding an insight, mindfulness, Vipassana, or Buddhist meditation class or retreat in your area, reading books like Ken McCleod's Wake Up to Your Life, or joining an email discussion group devoted to integrating Objectivism and Eastern philosophy, available from my friend Josh Zader at www.zader.com. That's Z-A-D-E-R dot com. That said, I'll give you a very brief introduction to meditation here so that you can try it on your own if you like. You start by simply sitting comfortably and closing your eyes. Focus on your breath, experiencing fully the inhalation and exhalation. Thoughts will naturally pop into your head. Once you notice that you were drifting off into thought-which may take anywhere from a few seconds to many minutes-simply notice that you were thinking without scolding yourself and come back to the breath. Once you feel comfortable focusing on the breath, start to include other aspects of your experience. This can include physical sensations such as aches and itches. Instead of trying to change what you dislike-as, for example, by scratching the itch-simply notice it, watch it, and experience it without judgment. Your experience can also include emotions. Sadness, fear, boredom, joy, love, tranquility, and anger may all come up. Without going into the stories and thoughts that are connected to these emotions, simply experience the emotions. Instead of daydreaming about what makes you joyful, simply experience the joy. And instead of getting caught up in the reasons why you are angry, simply experience the anger. This preempts the otherwise automatic jump from anger to moralization. Moreover, simply watching and experiencing the anger allows it to take its natural course and dissipate more quickly than it would otherwise. Anger will never disappear completely, no matter how much we meditate. However, negative emotions tend to decrease and positive emotions tend to increase the more we meditate, and there are numerous scientific studies that support this conclusion.