|| Shri Hari ||

How to Overcome Anger

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If you desire peace then give up pride; because pride is the root of all the demoniac traits. In the shadow of pride of greatness, lies all the demoniac qualities of Kaliyug. All the bad qualities pertaining to demoniac traits, such as anger, greed, attachment, jealousy, passion, hypocrisy, deceit etc., they all come under the umbrella of pride, because pride is their king. If you do not give up pride then how will anger go away! Therefore give up that pride.

Now what is the means of giving up that pride ? Those who do not listen to you, they are helping you in getting rid of your pride, and those who listen and do as you say, they are boosting your ego and pride - are you getting this point or not? The people who are obeying you are not benefiting you as much as, those who don’t do as you say. For your own good, the more that your pride is confronted, the better it is for you. Therefore you must be grateful to those who are not listening to you, because as such this is for your own good. If they knowingly do not listen to you, saying that brother, we are not listening to you because it is for your own good, as your pride will go away, then too it is to your benefit only. They are not further inflating your pride i.e. your pride is not getting further bloated.

Do you wish for what is for your good or do you not? Do you want your spiritual progress or do you want your downfall? If you desire your spiritual growth, then it will be possible only when you are free of pride. And you will become free of pride, when no one listens to you. If someone listens to you, then your words become established and this itself is cause for pride. This pride is a demoniac tendency -

“dambho darpobhimaanashrav krodhah” (Gita 16/4).

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‒ From book “Art of Living” in English  by Swami Ramsukhdasji