Anger
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You would tell them that it was because you could not think
clearly. Yes it is when people cannot think clearly that they get
angry. Would they get angry if they were able to think? How
are you rewarded when you get angry? First the sparks set you
on fire and then you burn others.
THE FIRE OF ANGER BURNS ONESELF AND
THEN OTHERS
Anger is like putting a lighted match to one’s own home.
Anger is setting fire to one’s own home, which is filled with hay.
First his own house burns and then the neighbor’s house.
What happens when a single match is thrown onto a
haystack in a field?
Questioner : It will burn.
Dadashri : It is the same with anger. Whatever he had
earned in two years, he will destroy in an instant by getting
angry. Anger is a live fire. The person himself will not realize
that he has destroyed everything, because the damage is not
visible on the outside, but everything from within is destroyed.
Part of whatever he has accumulated for the next life is expended.
What happens if more is exhausted? As a human, he eats bread,
but in his next life, as an animal, he will have to eat grass.
No man in this world can conquer anger. Anger has two
parts. One part comes as discord and the other as restlessness.
Discord is apparent to others and restlessness remains within,
unseen by others. It is the discord part of anger that one is able
to overcome. However, as one part is suppressed, the other
part increases. When one claims to have conquered his anger,
his pride increases. In reality, anger cannot be completely
conquered. Perhaps one can say that he has conquered the
visible anger, discord.
SULKING IS ANGER
When a person sulks in anger, it is really anger itself. For