Anger

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Anger
Anger
we not voice our anger at him?
time for any anger to take place. Even when children do not listen, there is no reason to become angry. Here you have to handle the situation by remaining calm. To become angry is a terrible weakness. Anger is the worst weakness of all. You should be sympathetic towards the person who becomes angry and understand that he does not have any control in this matter. You should feel compassion for the person who has no control over himself.
Dadashri : He will not stop the beating even if you do get angry. Why would you get angry with him? He may beat you too. Talk to him calmly and explain to him that it is a weakness to react in anger.
Questioner: Should we let him continue to beat the child?
Dadashri : No, but you should ask him why he is beating the child. Try to make him understand. If you get angry with him, then this anger is your weakness. First and foremost you should not have the weakness within you. Those that do not have any weaknesses, have impressive personalities. When such people utter even a single word, everyone will listen to them readily.
What does it mean to become angry? It is like setting fire to oneself and then setting others on fire. Once this match is struck, he burns in the flames and then destroys the other person. Therefore, if getting angry were under one's control, one would not get angry. Who likes to burn? If someone tells me that anger is necessary in this world, I would tell him there is never a reason for anger. Anger is a weakness and that is why it happens spontaneously. God has called it a weakness. God has said that a real man (Selfrealized) is the one who has no weakness of ego, anger, greed or attachment at all. These men that you see around you are weaklings, because they have no control over their anger and they do not know how to deal with it. Anger, ego, attachment and greed are all obvious weaknesses. Can you not feel your body tremble when you get angry?
Questioner : Even the body is saying that anger is not good.
Dadashri : Yes even the body tells us that it is wrong, when it trembles. Therefore, one should consider anger as a great weakness. PERSONALITY WITHOUT WEAKNESS OF ANGER
Questioner : If we see a man beating a child, should
Questioner : Perhaps they may not.
Dadashri : They would not listen to you because you are weak and lack personality. There should not be any weakness. One should have good conduct. One must have a personality. Even thugs will run away at the sight of such a person. No one will run away from an angry person. On the contrary they may even beat him up. The whole world strikes at the weak.
When can one acquire such a personality? He will acquire such a personality when he understands the spiritual science of the Self. In this world the relative knowledge gets forgotten, whereas the science of the Self remains with you.
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