How to Overcome Anger
2007-01-25 07:43 AM | Posted by Tejvan Pettinger | Permanent Link | Sri Chinmoy, Spirituality
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When practising meditation we can learn how to develop greater equanimity and forbearance of difficult situations. Emotions like anger, hate and depression are very much polar opposites to the experience of meditation. When we allow anger to take over our mind it can be very destructive often leading to depression. My spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy says:
“Anger is a great obstacle. The after-effect of anger is frustration and depression. We should take anger as a thief. Its very nature is to steal. We have love inside us and it is our treasure. If we allow anger, the thief, to enter into us, then it will immediately steal our inner treasure.”
However if we sincerely wish to stop anger then it is possible. We can try to implement steps such as these.
- Distance ourselves from our own anger. If we feel separated from our own anger then we will give less importance. The anger that comes quickly may soon disappear.
- Make a determined effort to not allow anger to enter into you. Feel these thoughts and emotions are contrary to your real nature.
“If you are a victim of anger and hatred, try to feel sincerely that these forces are your enemies. This is not imagination; it is reality. They are your enemies. Think of anger as a thief. ”
- Sri Chinmoy
- Remind ourselves that anger will never help improve the situation. Anger usually makes things worse because people react adversely to our angry countenance.
- Breathe deeply. Breathing can have a transformative effect on our thoughts and emotions. The nature of anger is to demand a response without any rationality or forethought. Slowing down our breathing will tame our emotions of anger.
- Meditate. When we meditate we sincerely try to avoid allowing any thought or emotions. What we do is to make our mind calm and vacant. When we no longer pursue thoughts and emotions like anger it allows our inner peace to come to the fore.
See also: Poem - Be Happy
