Freedom From Anger, Understand It, Overcoming It, and Finding Joy, ~ Venerable Sumanasara,

Freedom From Anger, Understand It, Overcoming It, and Finding Joy,
~ Venerable Sumanasara,

When Rejection Grows Too Strong

Anger arises when we see, hear, taste, smell, or think about something that we reject out of a sense of distaste or dislike; the energy that accompanies feelings such as “I don’t want to eat that” or “I can’t stand talking to that person” is anger.  When this rejection energy grows strong, it can be a terrible thing.  The feeling of not wanting to talk to or encounter some person can easily evolve into the feeling of not even wanting that person to exist. If it escalates even further, the feeling can become so strong that it becomes impossible even to tolerate the person living in the same country—you may even want to kill him.

That’s how far anger can go—to the point where it’s capable of tearing apart nature, society, anything in its path.  But we also know that anger is born from within, so we can say this much about it:  “If you fix yourself, you can leave anger behind.”  In truth, it’s entirely up to you.

Venerable Sumanasara