“Anger is
The tormentor
Of its possessor.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Anger is ink spilt and thrown over one’s graceful heart of sweetness.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Power should make one stronger. Yet anger is a power that makes us weaker. The stronger our anger, the weaker we become. We know this, for anger robs us of our greatest treasures – our poise, inner peace, emotional balance, mental clarity and above all, happiness. When we become angry we are indeed ugly to behold. We do not possess anger: anger possesses us
How then can we learn to diminish, and ultimately control our anger? In this passage,
Sri Chinmoy writes of the destructive capacity of anger:
“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. When this happens we must immediately call the police. That is to say, when anger assails us we must cry inwardly for deep aspiration to come to the fore and chase away our anger. If we love someone, we cannot get angry; but for the time being we have lost our love. In order to regain our love, we have to call our aspiration-police to save our most precious love-treasure.
“Again, when anger comes to us we have to feel that it is something that is breaking us. We have come into the world to build. If we build something, then only will the world appreciate and admire us. So we have to see which qualities build our nature. Love and peace build our real life; anger only destroys.”
– Sri Chinmoy