Today, I want to start this blog post with a question What do we understand by the phrase "I feel Angry" What is this feeling of Anger? We as an individual do not understand that anger has the temporary strength and vitality of the isolated. There is strange despair in anger; for isolation is despair. The anger of disappointment, of jealousy, of the urge to wound, gives violent release whose pleasure is self-justification. We condemn others, and that very condemnation is a justification of ourselves.
Mentally we are highly developed, inwardly there is little substance or significance; and it is this inward substance that brings about true action, which is not acting according to an idea. That is why we should have very strong feelings- feelings of passion, anger - and watch them, play with them, find out the truth of them; for if you merely suppress them, if you say, " I must not get angry, I must not feel passionate, because it is wrong", you will find that your mind is gradually being encased in an idea and thereby becomes very shallow.
It is very important for us to understand all these feelings while we are young because once this sense of maturity grows within us we will be real revolutionaries, not according to some ideology, theory or book, but revolutionaries in the total sense of the word.
Why do we think Anger Is wrong? Because somebody has told us? So, it is very important to find out why one is angry, to see the truth of anger, and not merely say it is wrong to be angry. Now, why do we get angry? Because we don't want to be hurt which is the normal human demand for survival. As a human being, one should not be used, crushed, destroyed or exploited by an individual, a government or society. Why should anybody exploit you? So, in order not to be hurt, you protect yourself, you begin to develop a defence, a barrier. Inwardly you build a wall around yourself by not being open, receptive; therefore you are incapable of exploration, of expansive feeling. We say anger is very bad and we condemn it, as we condemn various other feelings; so gradually we become arid, empty, we have no strong feelings at all. Do you understand?
“Anger is a hot coal you hold in your hand while waiting to throw it at somebody.” - Buddha
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