TRANSFORMING ANGER

[Guest guest]

prof laxmi narain (prof_narain)

 

Source and courtesy: Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad

This article was published in Sri Ramana Jyothi,

monthly magazine of the Kendram.

 

TRANSFORMING ANGER: In its unrestrained and impulsive expressions,

anger can be most devastating. The ancient Tamil work Tirukural

written by Tiruvalluvar observes that anger destroys, like fire, not

only the person enveloped in rage but also those who try to intervene

and pacify the person. The Gita sums up the stages of degradation

which follow anger: " From anger springs delusion, from delusion

arises confusion, from confusion proceeds destruction of intellect

and in consequence of destruction of intellect, the person perishes. "

(Ch. II- 63). Just like emotions which are pleasant, creative and

positive in themselves, anger, frustrations and indignation are

manifestations of an abiding energy within. These too can be

transformed into positive expressions. The need is to be equanimous

even in those situations which may be provoking by being proactive

and not being reactive. To be proactive is to transform the

apparently destructive emotions within to creative and constructive

expressions, obtaining support from all over. – K. Vijayaraghavan

 

When one can see eternity in things that pass away and infinity in

finite things, then one has pure knowledge. – The Gita

 

 

You are not born when the body is born, nor do you die when it dies.

To think that the space within the jar came into being when it was

made and the space perished with the jar is sheer foolishness. – The

Yoga Vasishta

 

More things are wrought by prayer than the world dreams of. –

Shakespeare

 

All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

They have their exit and entrances; And one man in his time plays

many parts. – Shakespeare