"You should not become a victim of the feelings of anger, hatred, ego or pride which may arise in
you. When such feelings arise in you, sit silently for a few minutes. Instead of doing so, you
must not give vent to your anger by scolding or beating others as you like. How to put this into
practice? As soon as you get angry, you should immediately leave that place and go out into the
open and quietly walk a furlong. Then your anger will disappear.
An easier method than this is to
stand before a mirror and look into your own angry face. You will dislike your own face and
look upon it with disgust or aversion. Then try to laugh heartily and your anger will leave you.
If you find it difficult even to do this, go into your bathroom and turn the water tap on. To the
accompaniment of the tune of the sound created by the water flowing from the tap, begin to sing
a good song. Then your anger will certainly disappear. Or else, drink a glass of cold water.
Like
this, you have to seek ways and means of regaining a calm and peaceful mood. Instead of doing
so, if you allow your anger to grow, restlessness will also grow along with that anger depriving
you of peace of mind. You should never give tit for tat, or word for word."
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Divine Discourse - 24.5.1992)
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