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hinduism today

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chapter 32: anger management

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Management

wo cars bang fenders at an inter

-e; empe e   hek u. i  e ey,  mmp    uy, u he lek  el h e . i  p-me up he ee,  mhe em he uhe  le up he m.d he lk,  hll pueue he he ’ le hee  le y. ney, m lp h eh-ye-l eue he ’  ll he . ae  eveyhee.i  he m peul  huulem e pe. Ye, he ve-e pe uum   helplely,eve llly, lp  eepe    huhk muh u . Myee   l heyul lve hu.ae  expee   e e  y.L-me vul ke elh  e- y h he  expe he  eve  vle y—, ey, vlm  me. they e-leely ue e  vlee  e hhey  m le. the hee e he m eelly l- peple h lve ml, k le u e euly y he e u e h  he expe h e eully  he  . they e y  le  hve

neither the means nor the motivation to elimi-

e h huul e m he lve.

H I N D U I S M T O D A Y

By Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

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You demand that others behaveas you want them to orthreaten you will do some-thing drastic i they don’t,such as hurt them oryoursel. Example: Anargument betweentwo business partnersgets out o hand andreaches the point wherethe younger threatensto beat up his associ-ate unless he gets his way.

5: Demands and Threats

You approach or pursue othersand physically restrain themagainst their will and pre-vent them rom leavingyour presence. Exam-ple: A woman’s ian-cee has been accusedo seeing anotherwoman. Incensed, sheollows him to work,grabs him desperatelyand insists they talk aboutthe problem right now.

6: Chasing and Holding

You physically strike someoneor the purpose o orcinghim or her to do what youwant, but without los-ing control. Example:A young boy is caughtstealing at a neighbor’shome. The owner, out-raged, conronts theboy and swats him sev-eral times with a stick,wrongly thinking that thiswill reorm the errant youth.

7: Partly Controlled Violence

You physically attack a personwith total loss o control, tothe extent that when youreturn to normal con-sciousness, you may noteven remember theincident. Example: Asassy teenager delib-erately insults an over-weight stranger. Insteado just scowling, the eryman ies into a blind rageand beats him mercilessly.

8: Blind Rage

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what is hinduism?

wi  mild xprssion of ngr  sms rmlss noug bu

soon sls ino souing nd swing nd ulmins inysil violn.

Anger and the Chakras:

W gin usful insigs ino  nur

of ng nd ow o onol i by ling i o  hindu sysmof ks,  subl ns of onsiousnss wiin  indi-vidul (s sidb). t  svn imy ks long sinl olumn nd in  d. Wn ou wnss is owingoug s ks, onsiousnss is in  ig nu.t svn ks, o

talas

, blow  sin, down o  f,

r ll ss of insiniv onsiousnss,  origin of fr, ngr,

jlousy, onfusion, slsnss, bsn of onsin nd ml-i. t ig ung on  ldd of violn—blind g—o-sonds o  sond low k, lld

vitala.

Guudvxlins, “ang oms fom dsi o  ning of on’sslf-will. Wn ol  in  onsiousnss of is k,y  vn ngy  God. Wi i w, y ofn sikou  os ound m, lving  il of u flings bindm. Fom susind ng iss  sisn, vn buning,sns of snmn.”Wn somon gos ino  blind g,  s dod fblow  ks of mmoy nd son—

muladhara

nd

svadhishthana

. tfo i is no wond  fwds 

my no vn rmmbr w ppnd. his onsiousnss ws

olly in 

vitala

k

ving givn u is noml fulisof mmoy nd son.Mny ol ink  snky ng nd  old sould nul nd mlss. Guudv wns , wil y no s viious s ylling nd sming o owing objs

gins  wll, s pris simul  lowr krs ndovr im n sily ld o  mor violn xprssions of ngr,

s wll s  xin of o low-k moions, sus f nd jlousy. Fo s sons, i is bs no o indulgin i snky ng o  old sould. Ssm nd yni-ism n lso b foms of ng. Guudv sid, “pol wo ynil  xssing i ng nd onm wi snidmks. ty my sm o b joking, bu i s flingsom oss nywy, wi simuls  low k unilon dy i yniism will un ino lly good ng. tny build u nw kms y nv d bfo, wi ywill liv wi unil y  fd wi os kms.”Swing is vn mo oblmi, s i simuls  low

krs o  grr dgr n snky ngr,  old souldr

o yniism. tfo, i is qui imon in mnging ngo bk  bi of swing.

Step One for Conquering Anger:

For os on  spiriul pwo r sriving o onrol ngr, r is n imporn rs sp.t is o knowldg  ngr is  srious problm  sily

lds o violn nd is  quliy  sould b olly bsnfom os ddid o mking ogss in i siiul lif.I gv  following dvi vi -mil o  dvo wo wswoking o fin fom xssing osionl ng owd 

prn: “tnk you for sring  dils rgrding your ngry

nouns wi you n. I would suggs you  on siousnss of dismony in  om. I is king  fw ss

bkwrd in spiriul progrss. Wn you do

sadhana,

you mov

fowd. Bu if you bom ngy gully, you s bkwd,

nd s  rsul you ould nd up snding sill. I is lik rying o

sv mony fo  sil uos. You sv fo  wil, bu n

bom ngry, wi is lik spnding w you svd for  lsmon. I is diful o mk your nnil gol. By king ngr

mo siously, you  mo moivd o void i  ll oss.”t dvo nly -mild gin sying  dvi dld  o wi  fo of ng. S d kn  ss—knowldging  i is  sious oblm, n un-bl mod of bvio fo os on  siiul .

Seven Remedies:

Wi is solv mly in mind, s wsdy o k  sond s, wi is o ly mdis oimov  bvio. On gs

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, in  illusd sid-b, w off svn mdis. t s is o fm  hinduilosoy  vying in  univs is f;  ni

pysil, mnl, moionl nd spiriul ow of vns is moving

in f mony nd xquisi oodinion oding o 

divin lws of krm nd drm. e ppning is s prf

The ourteen chakras are centers o orce and conscious-ness within the inner bodies o man—with correspondingnerve plexuses, ganglia and glands in the physical body.Where we reside in the range o chakras deeply infuencesour state o mind, our actions and reactions. Anger is thepredominant consciousness o the

vitala

chakra

secondamong the seven lower chakras, all o which are instinc-tive realms o distress, darkness and conusion.

s n on wv o  buy’s wing. ang is n insin-

iv-moionl pros o w is ppning   priulr

momn. “tings  jus no ig!” ng dls. tsou of  nd onnmn is  oosi sni-mn— wolsom, inllign n of lif’s ondi-ions, bsd on  undsnding  God s givn us f univs in wi o gow nd ln, nd llng o sming imfion w noun is n

opporuniy for spiriul dvnmn. Gurudv wro:

“W  ll gowing owd God, nd xin is . toug xin w mu ou of f inoflssnss, ou of ng ino lov, ou of oni ino, ou of dknss ino lig nd union in God.”t sond mdy is  s-id niqu o ly

during ngry ouburss. I is o visuliz lig blu ood-

ing ou fom  n of you sin ino you u,

displing  blkis rds  ngr uomilly

dislys in  oloful ld of subl ngy -diing wiin nd ound you body. Mysilly,is s  ff of moving you wnss ouof  ngy s of mind ino  mo fulmood. t id mdy is o wosi Lod G-ns,  ln-fd Lod of Dm, omssion God, v vilbl o ssismbodid souls wi immdi nds ofu i voluion. rmdy fou is nn, sing sid  sid sum of mony vy im you xin ng.t f mdy is o ski  nx mlif you bom ngy. ts wo sis dsignd o mold d-sd subonsiousns, lld

vasanas,

onvining you sub-

onsious  you r srious bou onrolling

you ng, nd gdully subduing ny ou-n of w. rmdy six,  ow nn, is wy of ling go of ngy flings  you oldowd no son. Offing ows wi

SAhASrArA…

Imii—

crown o head

AjnA…

dii i—

thIrd eye

ViShuddhA…

dii —

throat

AnAhAtA…

di ii—

heart