Institution of Anger

Dear Bapu,

I have realized one thing. I may let myself feel anger. Anger serves as a reminder to shed my comfort zone.

Your teachings have clarified my understanding of Anger.

I want to dedicate this post to You – The One Who Totally Owned this Institution of Anger. The more I maintain my life long fight to grasp the fundamentals of controlling anger, the more my respect for You grows. I wish to thank You for reminding us to shake our comfort zone which make our minds lethargic and complacent.

I am reminded how Satyagraha was founded on the notion of understanding the root causes of most of our rage – injustice and oppression. Through all Your effective systems of passive resistance, patience, and non-violence, You created this magnificent power within us. I have realized how passivity in the mind is far more damaging and can only be cured by passive resistance. After all, the source of the anger was from a certain injustice and it is that basis of that injustice we need to eradicate and change, not the person, not the object – just the action. The result will naturally be a change in the person.

I apprehend the importance of simplicity of shedding my anger as I pray and rest my eyes every night and importance of action required for remediation as I plan my day in the morning.

I have realized that feeling angry is just beginning of a struggle and not the summit of turn of events.


Your Humble Satyagrahi,

N



Bapu -
Quote # 1) "I have learned through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmuted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmuted into a power which can move the world." Quote # 2) “Man should forget his anger before he lies to sleep.”