How Anger Hurts You
How
can the fire in your house burn the neighbors house without engulfing your own?
Whatever
begins in anger end in shame, so many lessons to learnIts worth reading this
article from How Anger Hurts You By:
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
You may remind yourself a hundred times that you shouldn't get
angry, but when the emotion comes, you are unable to control it. It comes like
a thunderstorm. Emotions are much more powerful than your thoughts. What can
you do when anger rises in you?
Anger is a distortion of your true nature and it doesn't allow
the self to shine forth fully. The structure of human consciousness or the mind
is very similar to that of an atom. The positively charged protons and neutrons
are in the center of the atom while the negatively charged particles are only
on the circumference. Similarly, even in human consciousness, mind and life,
all the negativities and vices are only in the periphery. Your true nature is
peace and love.
Showing anger itself is not wrong, but being unaware of your
anger only hurts you. Sometimes you can show anger purposefully. For example, a
mother gets angry at her children and can act tough or shout at them if they
put themselves in danger. There are situations that warrant showing anger, but
when you get angry, have you observed what happens to you? You are shaken completely.
Look at the consequences of getting angry. Are you happy with the decisions you
have made or the words you have spoken in a state of anger? No, because you
lose your total awareness. But if you are completely aware and are acting
angry, that is fine.
Being in the Present Moment
All anger is about something which has already happened. Is it
of any use getting angry about something which you cannot alter? The mind
always vacillates between the past and the future. When the mind is in the
past, it's angry about something that has already happened; but anger is
meaningless as we can't alter the past. And when the mind is in the future,
it's anxious about something that may or may not happen. When the mind is in
the present moment, anxiousness and anger appear so meaningless.
Spiritual practices help you maintain your centeredness and not
be shaken by small events. This is where a little knowledge about yourself,
your mind, your consciousness and the root of distortion in our nature helps.
It is when you are exhausted and stressed that you lose your nature and get
angry. Every individual is bestowed with all the virtues in the world. They
simply get covered-up by lack of understanding and stress. What is needed is
just to uncover the virtues that are already there.
The Secret of the Breath
Breathing techniques and meditation are very effective in
calming the mind. Learning something about our breath is very important. Our
breath has a great lesson to teach us, which we have forgotten. For every
rhythm in the mind, there is a corresponding rhythm in the breath and for every
rhythm in the breath there is a corresponding emotion. So, when you cannot
handle your mind directly, you can handle it through breath. Meditation is
letting go of anger from the past and the events of the past. Meditation is
accepting this moment and living every moment totally with depth. Often anger
comes because you do not accept the present moment. Anger comes when one seeks
too much of perfection. When you are joyful, you don't look for perfection. If
you are always looking for perfection then you are not at the source of joy.
The world appears imperfect on the surface but, underneath, all
is perfect. Perfection hides; imperfection shows off. The wise will not remain
merely on the surface but will probe into the depth. Things are not blurred;
your vision is blurred. Infinite actions prevail in the wholeness of
consciousness, and yet the consciousness remains perfect, untouched. Realise
this now and be natural.
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