How to Control Anger?
R
ishi Valmiki writes in the epic Ramayana that anger is the enemy of life and the road to destruction. Anger is a terrible poison. Not everything in life goes according to our wishes, and unwanted business loss, humiliation, or slightest rejection makes us angry. In anger, we lose our integrity and commit a terrible crime. A person can commit murder, suicide, and even bloodshed in a fit of excitement. Anger for a moment becomes a curse for a lifetime. There is no mercy in anger; there is no compassion. Anger does not create but destroys. Anger is an imbalance; anger is a cruel thought; anger is madness; anger is the door to hell. In the Gita, the cause of anger is said to be the non-fulfillment of desires. When a person desires that everything should work according to his wishes, and there is an obstacle in fulfilling it, it gives rise to anger. Everyone likes a smiling face; it impresses all. No matter how rich, scholarly, and higher a person’s position, if his behavior is not sweet and humble, he is not considered civilized. If he gets furious in trivial matters, gets irritated, and due to arrogance, reprimands, and tortures his subordinates on minor issues, then people are not happy with him, and he becomes an object of condemnation. His business is affected, and people wish him bad luck.
Anger leads to a loss in every sphere of life. Ayurveda considers anger to be the father of many diseases. In a state of anger, a person’s rationality is reduced. At that time, bile becomes more profuse, the mouth and eyes become red, lips start trembling, fists close, the throat becomes dry, and blood pressure rises.
When the passion of anger rises, a person reaches a semi-neurotic state. His decision-making ability and his behavior become bizarre. If you look carefully at the person’s movements in whom the impulse of anger is rising, you will know that he is very close to the state of madness. Due to excessive anger, the brain starts heating, and if it is not calmed, then a situation of committing cruel acts arises. The face becomes distorted in anger. Angry expressions are visible on eyes, nose, etc. Indecent and inappropriate words are uttered from the mouth. The body starts burning due to the rapid flow of blood. Hands and legs start shaking, and the skin’s hair stand on end. The toxicity caused by anger is the most dangerous for the digestive system. It gives rise to toxicity in the blood and produces yellowness in the body, produces sciatica, and tension in the nerves. According to Ayurveda, a baby drinking milk from a mother who is in a state of anger causes stomach aches, and drinking the milk of a mother who is always angry, then that child gets chronic stomach disease.
No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again. - Buddha AKHAND JYOTI
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