Aptavani-6
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The Weakness of Anger
Questioner: Should one suppress the anger that arises or
let it out?
Dadashri: Anger is not something that can be suppressed
even if one wants to. You can suppress it today, then tomorrow,
but what happens if you suppress a spring too much? One day,
it will recoil. For now, it is fine to suppress anger temporarily but
in the long run, it is harmful. Lord Mahavir has said to thoughtfully
analyze the anger. Mind you, it may take you many lifetimes to
think it through. One becomes angry even before he has time to
think about it. You can prevent anger only when you have the
awareness of your real Self. Such awareness arises only after
‘we’ give you this Gnan. Then anger-pride-deceit-greed will
come within a boundary. Awareness (jagruti) arises. Before
becoming angry, the awareness arises and shows you ‘who is at
fault’ and ‘what is the reality.’ You will understand all this and
so you will not become angry, will you?
Getting angry is tantamount to banging your head on a
wall. There is no difference between the two. These anger, pride,
deceit and greed are all considered weaknesses. The supreme
Soul (parmatma) manifests when these weaknesses go away.
These are veils of ignorance in the form of anger-pride-deceit-
greed. There are many prejudices. If you believe a person to be
a certain way, then you will see him that way all the time. One
is never the same forever. There is a change occurring every
second. The whole world is constantly changing.
If you try to get rid of these weaknesses of anger-pride-