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Anger

        Guidance from Sri Aurobindo
            Anger, moreover, like all forms of violence, is always a sign
        of  weakness,  impotence and  incapacity.  Here  the  deception
        comes from the approval one gives it or the flattering adjective
        one covers it with; for rage can be no more than blind, ignorant
        and asuric — opposed to the light.
                          The Mother: Conversation with a Disciple, january 17, 1961

        Yes, anger is a harmful and wasteful force, harmful both to the
        person himself and to the one on whom it is thrown. You are
        right in saying that it must be got rid of. Anger immediately
        opens the door to hostile forces; it is as if you were calling them.
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        It [a violent outburst of anger] is obviously a surprise attack that
        took you off your guard. But you must throw off the tendency
        to anger with yourself also as well as the other tendency to
        sudden anger with others — for all anger only disturbs the con-
        sciousness and makes it difficult to keep the quiet poise. The
        whole thing has to be thrown out and the consciousness has to
        recover and be as if it had not happened.
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        These  things,  hard  forms  of  speech,  anger  etc.,  are  habits
        formed by the vital-physical consciousness and, as they are
        supported by the subconscient, very difficult to change. If one
        can conquer or change them by force of will or mental or spiri-
        tual control, so much the better. But if one cannot do this at
        once, one must not be upset or think oneself unfit. It is easier
        for most to realise the Divine or enter into the psychic con-
        sciousness than to change this part of the nature; but once the
        psychic consciousness governs or the higher consciousness
        descends then it is much easier for these to go. You must not


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